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  • Top Kroger exec joins 99 Cents Only

    In another indication of its growth aspirations, 99 Cents Only named a former high ranking Kroger executive president and CEO just months after the retailer tapped former Walmart executives to fill the head merchant and CFO roles at the 389-store retailer.

  • NRF seeks reversal of joint employer ruling

    Washington, D.C. - The National Retail Federation (NRF) is not backing down from its opposition to an expanded definition of “joint employer.”

    The NRF is publicly asking Congress to pass legislation introduced this week that would reverse a recent National Labor Relations Board ruling that significantly broadens the definition of a joint employer.

    According to the NRF, the move would unfairly make companies that work with franchise locations or subcontractors responsible for actions they do not control.

  • 99 Cents adds another top exec to its ranks

    New York -- In another indication of its growth aspirations, 99 Cents Only named a former high ranking Kroger executive president and CEO. The hiring comes just months after the retailer tapped former Walmart executives to fill the head merchant and CFO roles at the 389-store retailer.

    Former Kroger and Procter & Gamble executive Geoffrey Covert, 64, was named president and CEO at 99 Cents Only on Sept. 11, filling a position that had been held on an interim basis the past four months by board chairman Andrew Giancamilli.    

  • Gymboree net loss declines, sales grow

    Gymboree increased same store sales and profit in the second quarter, but the kids' retailer still plans to close dozens of stores and sell a distribution center.

  • Kroger’s winning ways continue in Q2

    Cincinnati -- For almost 12 years, Kroger has reported same-store sales growth every quarter. And they did it again Friday.

    The supermarket giant reported net earnings of $433 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, and identical supermarket sales growth, without fuel, of 5.3% in the second quarter of fiscal 2015.
     

  • Mattress Firm in corporate restructuring

    Houston -- The integration of the Sleep Train organization into Mattress Firm continues as the firm works to drive future growth.

    Mattress Firm Holding Corp. announced that Ken Murphy has been promoted to president and Rob Killgore to COO.

  • New honor for Container Store chief

    Kip Tindell, co-founder, chairman and CEO of The Container Store, has joined a global list of who’s who in retailing.

  • Team Depot mobilizes for military veterans

    The Home Depot's Team Depot is taking on the home lives of U.S. military veterans and their families through a two-month-long campaign called Celebration of Service.

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