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  • Destination Maternity withdraws offer for U.K.’s Mothercraft

    Philadelphia -- Destination Maternity Corp. has stopped its pursuit of the United Kingdom’s Britain's Mothercare Plc chain after having two bid proposals rejected.

  • Changing of the guard at Molson Coors

    After 40 years in the beer business, Molson Coors Brewing Company president and CEO Peter S. Swinburn is retiring from the company and its board of directors on December 31. The board has named Mark R. Hunter, currently CEO and president of Molson Coors Europe and a 25-year industry veteran, as his successor.

  • PepsiCo announces board changes

    PepsiCo announced that James Schiro has resigned from the company's board of directors for health reasons, effective immediately.

    Schiro is the former CEO of both Zurich Financial Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was elected to PepsiCo's board of directors in 2003 and served as the company's presiding director from May 2010 to May 2013. Most recently, Schiro served on PepsiCo's nominating and corporate governance committee and its compensation committee.

  • EBay makes $3.5 billion debt offering

    San Jose, Calif. – EBay is offering $3.48 billion in debt bonds in a sale that will close July 28. EBay intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, for general corporate purposes including loan repayments.

    $400 million of the debt will mature in 2017, with the rest coming due in stages through 2024.

  • Rite Aid names Roundy’s exec as CFO

    Camp Hill, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corporation announced that Darren Karst is joining Rite Aid as executive VP and CFO, effective Aug. 20.

    Karst succeeds Frank Vitrano, who has announced he will retire in September, 2015. Until then, Vitrano retains the chief administrative officer responsibilities for the company’s information technology, real estate and indirect procurement functions. He will also serve as a key resource in the development and execution of new business and growth initiatives.

  • Barnes & Noble offers free content to Canadian Nook Windows app users

    New York - Nook Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble Inc., is offering a limited time free ebook and magazine offer through the Nook app for Windows 8.1 in Canada. Customers who download the app will receive five free popular books and two free top magazines.

  • Greg Foran new CEO at Walmart U.S. as Bill Simon departs

    Walmart named Greg Foran president and CEO of its U.S. stores division to replace Bill Simon, who is leaving the company after an eight-year run.
     

  • New kid Foran pushes out old guard at Walmart U.S.

    By Sandy Skrovan, U.S. research director at Planet Retail

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