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  • CEO of Pier 1 Imports stepping down

    Pier I Imports is on the hunt for a new chief executive.   The home décor retailer said that its board of directors had  “mutually agreed” with Alex W. Smith that he will step down as president, CEO and a board member, effective Dec. 31, 2016. Pier I’s board is working with Korn Ferry to find a new CEO.  

  • Shoes.com new president to support expansion

    Just in time to lead the company’s next growth phase, Shoes.com has appointed Bradley Wilson as president.    Most recently, Wilson served as general manager at Expedia, in charge of the Travelocity business. Before that, he served as CMO at Travelocity, growing it to a multi-billion dollar travel marketplace that was successfully sold to Expedia in 2014. He has also held senior management roles at both Nutrisystem and Match.com during their respective and explosive growth years.   

  • Sportswear brand launches PLM

    Collaboration is key when it comes to seamlessly creating private-label apparel to sell across branded stores and department store partners.   In effort to streamline information sharing across product development processes, GANT is deploying a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that promises to improve its product-hit rate, shorten lead times, and enhance margins.  

  • Milan’s hippest merchant to open first U.S. location

    10 Corso Como, the eternally cool Milanese retailer, is coming to the Big Apple.   The Howard Hughes Corp, announced that the Milan-based retailer will open its first U.S. store in the Seaport District of lower Manhattan as part of the development’s ongoing transformation.    

  • Home goods retailer offers private label, co-branded credit cards

    As retailers industry-wide search for the ideal customer engagement program, Williams-Sonoma is getting back to basics.  

  • Chain Store Age welcomes readers of Retailing Today

    Chain Store Age is pleased to announce that its sister brand, Retailing Today, has become part of a larger, more robust Chain Store Age, one with greater industry coverage and retail audience reach.   “With the merging of Retailing Today into Chain Store Age, readers and advertisers can expect a comprehensive brand representing the full range of omnichannel retail operations,” said Gary Esposito, group publisher, Chain Store Age.  

  • Pet supplies chain keeps opening stores

    Petco will be busy in September.   The retailer announced it will open 13 stores in September, along with one relocation. The expansion reflects Petco’s 2016 growth plan, which includes 34 new Petco stores and one new Unleashed by Petco year-to date.  

  • Office Depot rewards ‘mobile abstinence’ among college students

    Taking a lesson from B.F. Skinner, Office Depot is taking steps to reward college students for refraining from using their phones at the most critical time of the day — during class.   College students are so obsessed, and thus distracted, by their phones that 33% said they checked their device a minimum of 10 times a day, according to a study conducted by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln  
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