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  • Former lululemon CIO rejoins company as board member

    Kathryn Henry is back at lululemon athletica inc., in a new role as a member of the company’s board of directors, a move the company’s founder contends is an important first step to making larger changes.

  • Hancock Fabrics files for bankruptcy, considers sale of company

    Hancock Fabrics has filed for bankruptcy again and said it might put the entire company of 250 retail sewing and crafting stores up for sale.

  • Inland names executive VP and head of property management

    Oak Brook, Ill. -- Inland Investment Real Estate Services hires Niall J. Byrne as executive VP and head of property management. Byrne will be responsible for IIRES’s property management for Inland Investments, Inland National Development Corporation and Inland Institutional Capital Partners.

  • Publix heads north, enters seventh state

    Publix Super Markets has signed two leases for its first stores in Virginia.

    The first Publix locations in that state will be in Bristol and in the greater Richmond area of Glen Allen. The Bristol store, at 54,000 square feet, will be located at the northeast corner of Lee Highway & Clear Creek Road in Washington County. In the greater Richmond area, the Glen Allen store, at 49,000 square feet, will be located at the northeast corner of Nuckols Road & Twin Hickory Road in Henrico County.

  • Albertsons personnel move brings together pharmacy, center store

    Albertsons announced Tuesday that Mark Panzer, who was named the company's SVP pharmacy, health and wellness in May 2015, has accepted the additional responsibility of leading general merchandise and HABA (health and beauty aid).

  • Gordon Brothers finance unit names board member CEO

    Eugene Martin was named president and CEO at Gordon Brothers Finance Company succeeding Patrick Dalton who had previously announced plans to step down.

  • Analysis: Why J.C. Penney will win with appliances

    Photo: J.C. Penney launched appliances at 22 stores in three test markets this week, including the inviting presentation shown above at a store in Tampa.

    Large appliances are back at select J.C. Penney stores after a 30 year hiatus and when – not if – the merchandising initiative is rolled out more broadly the contribution to same store sales growth could be huge.

  • Kroger elevates two to division president roles

    The retirement of Kroger’s Nashville division president Rick Going and the earlier appointment of a new Fred Meyer president gave the supermarket company the opportunity to elevate two other executives.

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