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  • Kroger stepping up in fight against organized retail theft

    New York City -- Kroger Co. is increasing its efforts to stop organized retail theft rings, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

    The supermarket company now has an executive in charge of organized crime investigations. He oversees investigators in each of Kroger’s 17 divisions across the nation.

  • Long-time Washington insider named RILA's top lobbyist

    ARLINGTON, Va.  — The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that Bill Hughes has joined the association as SVP government relations. Hughes, a 27-year veteran of Capitol Hill, will serve as RILA’s top federal lobbyist.

  • Saving on energy costs and sustainability

    By Lynn Burkhart Jr., [email protected]

  • Acting CEO takes helm at Sunflower Farmers Market

    Boulder, Col. -- Sunflower Farmers Market appointed Chris S. Sherrell as its CEO, the natural grocery chain announced Friday. He has worked with Sunflower since its inception in 2002 and most recently served as the company's president and COO.

    Sherrell has served as the acting CEO since the middle of February, shortly after Michael Gilliland, the company's founder and then-CEO, was arrested in Phoenix following a prostitution sting operated by undercover Phoenix Police Department officers.

  • Kronos Retail Labor Index: Hiring on the rise

    Chelmsford, Mass. -- Retail hiring is on the rise, according to the May report of the Kronos Retail Labor Index, a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector.

  • Late-fee agreement in Hollywood Video case

    New York City -- A trustee for bankrupt retailers Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video reached an agreement on Thursday with all 50 states over how the defunct company collects late fees and other charges from its former customers, the Associated Press reported.

    The agreement bars debt collectors from filing negative credit reports or threatening to file such reports against former customers, the report said.

  • Unemployment rises back up to 9%

    NEW YORK —The unemployment rate in April edged up to 9.0%, compared with 8.8% in March 2011.

    Construction employment was about unchanged in April, according to Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This industry has shown little net movement since early 2010, after having fallen sharply during the prior three years.

    Overall, the economy added 244,000 jobs in April, a higher gain than anticipated by analysts.

  • Best Buy hit with security breach

    New York City -- For the second month in a row, Best Buy had to tell customers that their email addresses were compromised.

    The chain said that a former business partner’s files containing email addresses of some Best Buy customers were accessed without authorization. Best Buy said it would take legal action but it did not name the vendor involved.

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