Skip to main content

Marketing

  • Giant Eagle COO announces retirement

    A career that began in 1974 as a Giant Eagle supermarket clerk will end on June 30, 2016 as one of the company’s most instrumental figures in recent decades, president and COO John Lucot, will retire after 42 years of service to the Pittsburgh-area grocer.

  • Help wanted: Francescas seeks CEO

    Francesca’s Holdings is looking for a new CEO after the abrupt departure of former Chairman, President and CEO Michael Barnes and weaker than expected first quarter guidance caused the company’s shares to plummet.

  • Home Depot constructs solid first quarter

    Atlanta-based The Home Depot reported first-quarter sales of $22.8 billion during what CEO Craig Menear described as a "stronger than expected start to the year." Comp-store sales for the quarter were up 6.5% - with comps for the U.S. stores up 7.4%. Net earnings for the three months ended May 1 were $1.8 billion, up 14.2% compared with net earnings of $1.6 billion in the same quarter last year.

  • Target names new top merchant, creates chief digital officer role

    Target on Tuesday announced the hire of Mark Tritton as EVP and chief merchandising officer. In this role, Tritton will oversee enterprise buying, product design and development, sourcing, visual merchandising strategy and merchandising transformation and operations for the retailer.

  • Robert Redford’s newest Sundance store opens in Oregon

    The lifestyle retailer named after the famous film festival started by Robert Redford continues to grow its retail footprint and has added a store in the Northwest. The Bridgeport Village shopping center in the Portland, OR., suburb of Tigard is the location of the newest Sundance store which offers women’s and men’s apparel, footwear, jewelrey, accessories, art, and home décor.

  • Women take charge in the retail supply chain

    The retail supply chain is one of the most male-dominated areas of the historically male-dominated retail industry, but a growing number of female executives are shifting the paradigm. During the Women in Supply Chain & Technology luncheon held at the recent Manhattan Associates Momentum 2016 conference in Orlando, Florida, three veteran female retail supply chain practitioners discussed the challenges and rewards of their pioneering careers.

  • UGG celebrates 10th anniversary with trip to Disney

    The Disney Springs collection of retail and entertainment offerings in Lake Buena Vista, FL is home to the newest UGG brand flagship store.

  • Smart & Final gets ‘Extra!’ dose of growth

    The demise of regional grocer Haggen has been a boon to Smart & Final which grew its store count by more than 10% after acquiring former Haggen locations.

    Last December, Smart & Final acquired 33 Haggen lease locations and the company recently announced that it had opened all those locations under its Smart & Final Extra! banner.

  • Gordmans grabs Bon Ton ops exec

    Veteran Bon-Ton Stores executive Michael Ricart has joined value-priced department store chain Gordman’s Stores as senior vice president of stores.

  • Gander Mountain opening more stores

    Three new Gander Mountain stores are slated to open this fall in Colorado, Pennsyvania and Texas as the St. Paul, MN-based company looks to live up to its billing as the nation’s fastest-growing outdoor retailer.

    The new stores, which range from 52,000 to 57,000 square feet are located in Parker, CO, Warrington Township, PA, and Frisco, TX and are among a group of 55 stores the company has opened since 2012, bringing its total store count to 160 units. The company has also remodeled roughly 85 locations since 2012.

X
This ad will auto-close in 10 seconds