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  • With Rite Aid deal on track, Walgreens Boots Alliance Q3 sales hit $29.5 billion

    Walgreens Boots Alliance reported climbing sales and profits in a generally successful third quarter of fiscal 2016.  

  • Walgreens cuts store closure estimate

    Walgreens Boots Alliance may not have to shutter as many stores in the wake of its planned merger with Rite Aid as it once thought.   

  • 24 new Ross Stores set to open on July 16

    With nearly 1,300 locations spread across 34 states, Ross Dress for Less makes the claim that it is the nation’s largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain. With a mass grand opening of 24 more stores set for July, the chain clearly intends to hold on to that distinction.   New Ross locations will spring up in 14 states, with Wisconsin hosting four of them -- in Brown River, Onalaska, Racine, and West Green Bay.   

  • Petco has growth in store for July

    Petco will not be taking it easy this summer.   As part of a 2016 growth plan which includes 26 new Petco stores and one new Unleashed by Petco location, the specialty pet supplies retailer will open five new Petco stores across the country in July. In addition to the five new stores, the company is also remodeling 12 stores in Seattle, one in San Diego, expanding one store in Heath, Ohio, and relocating one store in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.  

  • NRF: Consumers want swipe fee status quo

    The people have spoken – and they like limits on debit card swipe fees the way they are.  

  • ASSESSING IT

    It’s important to look beyond the traditional hard metrics of ROI to determine the bottom line value of an IT solution. Here are five key areas CFOs need to consider when evaluating technology:

    1. Sales growth: There are many types of applications that can drive increased sales, but some of the most common are solutions that optimize pricing, including markdowns. Determining the ideal price for maximizing sales without cutting profits at a store level is too complex for merchants to do on their own.

  • NO GROWING PAINS HERE

    Tractor Supply Co. supports expansion with science

  • GETTING THE REBATE

    There is substantial funding available to reduce the cost of upgrading existing lighting systems, but it takes some preparation. Here are some tips:

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