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  • Legal expert joins Sears Canada board

    Toronto — Sears Canada has named Don Ross to its board of directors, effective immediately.  Ross is a partner at a prominent law firm in Toronto and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the New York State Bar Association, and the Canadian, American and International Bar Associations.

    Sears Canada also announced today the resignation from the board of Deidra Merriwether, SVP and president retail services of Sears Holdings.

  • Home Depot settles National Guard case

    New York -- The Justice Department and The Home Depot have reached a settlement in a case where the government accused the retailer of unlawfully terminating an employee who was a member of the Army National Guard.

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  • American Eagle Outfitters to exit 77kids brand

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  • Lowe’s reports sales, earnings gains on warmer weather

    New York -- Lowe’s reported net earnings of $527 million for the quarter ended May 4, a 14.3% increase over the same period a year ago.

    Sales for the quarter increased 7.9% to $13.2 billion, from $12.2 billion in the first quarter of 2011.

    Comparable-store sales for the quarter increased 2.6%, while comparable-store sales for the U.S. business increased 2.7%.

  • Hefner out, Redfield in as Sam’s Club new head merchant

    Sam Club president and CEO Ros Brewer on Thursday named Charles Redfield as Sam’s newest EVP merchandising to replace Linda Hefner who will relocate to Chicago, according to an internal announcement.

  • Starbucks announces management changes to accelerate growth

    Seattle -- Starbucks Corp. announced a series of management changes that it said it was undertaking to accelerate its innovation and growth. The changes come after Starbucks missed its global sales forecasts in April, mainly due to a downturn in Europe.

    The company named Craig Russell, the senior VP U.S. Store Services, as senior VP of the Global Coffee division.

  • Foot Locker names COO

    New York -- Foot Locker Inc. said Thursday that current executive VP and retail group president Richard Johnson as been promoted to COO, giving the company veteran operational oversight of all the retailer’s banners. The appointment is effective immediately.

    Along with its namesake Foot Locker stores, the company also operates Champs Sports, Kids Foot Locker and CCS.
     

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