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Corporate Responsibility

  • Walmart extends veteran hiring

    Bentonville, Ark. -- Walmart announced the next step in its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment by guaranteeing a job offer to any eligible U.S. veteran honorably discharged from active duty since the commitment’s original launch on Memorial Day 2013.

    The previous commitment was for veterans within 12 months off active duty. In addition to the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment, Walmart is expanding its 2013 projection of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2018, increasing the projection to 250,000 veterans by the end of 2020.

  • A&F exec named Big Lots general counsel

    A legal veteran of Abercrombie & Fitch and Harvard Law grad has been named general counsel for Big Lots.

    Ronald "Rocky" Robins Jr. becomes SVP general counsel and corporate secretary at Big Lots. Robins will be a member of the executive leadership team of the company and report directly to David Campisi, CEO and president.

  • '&' marks the spot for Smart & Final campaign

    Smart & Final is launching a new marketing blitz that puts its use of punctuation front and center.

    The rollout will include print, radio, television and outdoor advertising in select markets and digital outreach now through July 3. The new campaign aims to tell the story of what the value-oriented food and staples retailer has become through its growth initiatives and will highlight the company's heritage.

  • Walmart to expand vet hiring program

    Walmart is more than doubling the number of veterans it plans to hire by the year 2020.

  • Phillips Edison develops leaders with Innovation Labs program

    Salt Lake City - Phillips Edison & Co. is introducing a new program created to empower and prepare emerging leaders for a successful future. Innovation Labs is a professional development series that places associates from various departments on a team and assigns a real-life challenge facing the company.

  • American Apparel sues Charney

    Photo: Dov Charney

    Los Angeles – In the latest set of dueling lawsuits to hit a major retailer, American Apparel is suing its founder and ousted CEO Dov Charney for violating a standstill agreement with the company. Standstill agreements typically limit the amount of stock in a company a party can buy during a certain period of time.

  • Jo-Ann Fabrics crafts a new kids' collection

    Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores is teaming up with an A-list celebrity mom on a new line of craft kids for children.

    The retailer has nabbed an exclusive partnership with Jennifer Garner on a new line of creative kits and projects for active kids. We Made It by Jennifer Garner will be available exclusively at Jo-Ann stores and Joann.com beginning in June. 

  • Walgreens' Red Nose Day campaign a hit with shoppers

    A British charity has brought its highly successful fundraising event across the pond, with a lot of help from Walgreens.

  • Dollar General donates millions toward literacy

    Dollar General is making a difference in the lives of its customers and their communities with another massive donation to literacy programs.

    The retailer’s Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $5.8 million in grants to support adult, family and summer literacy programs to approximately 720 schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations across the 43 states Dollar General serves.

  • Big Lots grows goodwill in Ohio

    Big Lots employees in Ohio will be going to work for their communities in 2015, but not in a retail store. 

    The company's associates in the West Columbus area will be planting and maintaining a 17-bed community garden and hope to harvest more than 2,000 pounds of fresh produce in 2015 for the LSS Westside Food Pantry through the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.

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