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April 26, 2013
Supervalu adds to board

Supervalu has elected Rite Aid chairman, president and CEO John Standley and Cerberus COO and general counsel Mark A. Neporent to its board of directors.


April 16, 2013
Stater Bros. names former Supervalu exec as new president and COO

Stater Bros. Markets said Tuesday it has named that Peter Van Helden as president and COO, succeeding the retiring Jim Lee.

March 5, 2013
Best Buy names COO of Canada ops

Best Buy Co. named Ron Wilson as president and COO of its Canadian operations, effective immediately.

February 21, 2013
Hastings names COO

Hastings Entertainment announced that Alan Van Ongevalle has been promoted to president and COO, effective Feb. 15.

January 23, 2013
PetSmart announces management succession; new CEO to take reins in June

PetSmart announced its planned management succession plan. The company said that following its annual shareholders meeting on June 14, 2013, current president and COO David K. Lenhardt will be promoted to CEO and simultaneously join the board of directors.

December 17, 2012
Staples president and COO resigns

Staples Inc. announced Monday that its president and COO Michael Miles has left the company, effective Feb. 2.

October 25, 2012
Belk’s Reinvention

Regional retailers are typically defined by geography, but Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk is a bit different than most. Distinguished by its signature Southern hospitality, the nation’s largest privately held department store chain has a dominant presence throughout the South and a footprint as far west as Oklahoma and north through Maryland. But its reach extends even farther, as Canadians and Californians alike shop its e-commerce site. 

September 27, 2012
Tractor Supply Co. announces succession plan

Tractor Supply Co. said that, as part of its planned management succession, current president and COO Gregory Sandfort will assume the role of president and CEO, effective Jan. 1.

August 7, 2012
Sycamore completes acquisition of Talbots; appoints former Vitamin Shoppe executive as CEO

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which has wrapped up its $391 million acquisition of The Talbots, appointed Michael Archbold, formerly president and COO of Vitamin Shoppe, as CEO and CFO of Talbots.

February 22, 2012
Keeping Family Dollar Stores on Fast Track

After 30 years in the drug store sector, Michael Bloom left CVS Caremark in September 2011 to become president and COO of Family Dollar Stores. The extreme-value chain has adopted an aggressive growth strategy in recent years, and plans to open 450 to 500 stores in 2012.

Family Dollar is equally committed to improving existing locations. Under its ambitious store-reinvention program, an estimated 1,000 locations are scheduled to be renovated, relocated or expanded this year.

November 23, 2011
Incoming Class

The new year will see a changing of the guard in the chief executive’s office of several big retailers. Here are four to watch:

November 16, 2011
Giant Eagle names Laura Shapira Karet as CEO

Giant Eagle announced that its Board of Directors has named Laura Shapira Karet to serve as the company's CEO, and John Lucot to serve as the company's president and COO, effective January 9, 2012.

October 26, 2011
Books-A-Million to open 41 locations

Books-A-Million (BAM), which has been taking over the leases of former Borders locations, will transform 41 of the sites into BAM stores in early November.

October 18, 2011
Belk names new operations leadership

Department store retailer Belk has named Mark Chandler as executive VP operations, reporting to Johnny Belk, president and COO.

October 10, 2011
You Can’t Avoid FASB Changes Forever

By Andy Thomas, president and COO, Virtual Premise, Inc.

September 28, 2011
Burberry, Walgreens and Tesco among winners of Oracle World Retail Awards

Burberry, Walgreens, Ralph Lauren’s Roger Farrah and Tesco were among the winners at the annual Oracle World Retail Awards, which took place on Tuesday during the annual World Retail Congress in Berlin.

September 27, 2011
Family Dollar appoints longtime CVS executive as president and COO

Family Dollar Stores said Tuesday that it has named longtime CVS/pharmacy executive Mike Bloom as its new president and COO to replace the departing R. James Kelly, who announced his retirement on Tuesday after 15 years with the company.

September 15, 2011
Gap vet named Frederick’s of Hollywood president

Frederick's of Hollywood said Wednesday it has named former Gap executive Don Jones as its president and COO.

September 12, 2011
Stage Stores names president, COO of South Hill division

Stage Stores announced that Mike Searles has joined the company as president and COO of its South Hill Division, which is headquartered in South Hill, Va.

September 1, 2011
Costco CEO Jim Sinegal to retire

Jim Sinegal, the much-admired CEO and co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corp., plans to step down effective Jan. 1.

August 22, 2011
Smarter Supermarkets

If you want to know how supermarkets are trending, just talk to the companies that acquire, build and operate the shopping centers that grocers anchor. Grocery-anchored centers are a specialty of certain real estate companies that have accumulated enough skill and category understanding to pick the right grocery retailer for the community or trade area, and to ensure that the grocer and the center remain relevant during changing market conditions.


July 19, 2011
Survey: More than half of retailers optimistic about rest of year

Results of a survey released Tuesday by shopping center owner Levin Management Corp. showed that, while store sales remain relatively flat, the majority of its retail tenants are optimistic about the balance of 2011.

April 27, 2011
Darden looks to double size of LongHorn Steakhouse over 10 years

Darden Restaurants plans to roughly double the size of LongHorn Steakhouse during the next 10 years.

April 18, 2011
Men's Wearhouse succession plan: Founder Zimmer to step down as CEO

Men's Wearhouse announced Monday that company president and COO Douglas S. Ewert will succeed founder George Zimmer as president and COO, effective June 15.

March 22, 2011
Wet Seal taps Gap veteran Seipel as president and COO

The Wet Seal announced Monday that it has hired Ken Seipel as president and COO, effective March 28.

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