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  • Lumber Liquidators taps Lowe’s veteran as COO

    Lumber Liquidators on Monday announced the appointment of Dennis Knowles as COO, effective March 1, 2016.

    Knowles has served in store operations leadership roles at Lowe's Companies since 2001, most recently as chief store operations officer, and prior to that as senior VP of store operations support and specialty sales and its senior VP of store operations for Lowe's West and South Central Divisions, respectively.

  • A sparkly fourth quarter for Signet Jewelers

    Signet Jewelers attracted large numbers of Christmas shoppers over the fourth quarter as the parent company of Zales, Kay and Jared posted a jump in same-store sales.

    The world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry reported that for the period ended Jan. 30, same-store sales increased 4.9%. Diluted earnings per share grew over 20%. Adjusted EPS increased over 18% and ahead of the guided range.

  • Inland honored as one of InformationWeek’s Elite 100

    Oak Brook, Ill. -- Inland Real Estate Investment Corp. has been named a finalist of this year’s InformationWeek Elite 100, a list of the top business technology innovators in the U.S. Inland Investments has also been selected as a finalist for a Business Innovator award in the category of Cloud Services.

  • Lumber Liquidator woes continue in Q4

    Things were worse than expected for Lumber Liquidators in the fourth quarter, which experienced decreased customer activity that was likely due to cancer-related concerns over its laminate flooring.

    Net sales for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2015 were down 13.7% year-over-year to $234.8 million, including a comparable store net sales decline of 17.2% that was based on a 15.6% decrease in customer count and a 1.6% decrease in the average sale.

  • Starbucks to finally open in ultimate coffee market

    Photo: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz at Milan’s Duomo Cathedral

  • Another online brand gets serious about offline expansion

    An online brand known for its retro-inspired Indie fashions has brought on new executives to help it move into physical retailing and build an international presence.

  • J.C. Penney reports strong Q4 sales; debuts 'Penney Days'

    J.C. Penney continues to be a bright spot in the retail sector with impressive increases in same-store sales and earnings, as well as a new marketing campaign that is generating a lot of buzz.

    On Thursday, the retailer announced that same store sales grew 4.1 % for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 30. A combination of strong sales growth, accelerated gross margins and disciplined expense reduction resulted in full year adjusted EBITDA of $715 million, a $435 million increase.

  • Groupon hits sales milestone

    Online deal provider Groupon has joined an elite group – companies that have sold one billion products.

    In Groupon’s case, the product is also known as a “Groupon,” or a limited-time, localized online promotion. It took Groupon, which launched in October 2008, roughly seven-and-a-half years to reach the billion-Groupon mark.

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