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  • RadioShack lives on

    Fort Worth, Texas – RadioShack, which came to the brink of disappearing earlier this year, will see its brand continue to live on thanks to new financing.

    General Wireless Operations Inc., doing business as RadioShack, has completed new financing totaling $75 million, consisting of a $50 million asset based lending credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets and a $25 million first-in last-out term loan led by Great American Capital Partners.

  • Summer camp redefined at Books-A-Million

    Books-A-Million is re-defining the meaning of summer camp and fun for kids this summer with a new character-based series of store events.

    Summer Fun Camps at Books-A-Million will take place from 2-4 pm each Saturday in July, and feature activities based around popular characters like the Minions, Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. The camps will take place at all Books-A-Million locations.

  • Acquisition creates discount giant

    Chesapeake, Va. -- It’s a done deal.

    Dollar Tree announced Monday that it has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Stores.

    Gary Philbin, 58, formerly president and COO of Dollar Tree, has been named to the same position at Family Dollar, effective immediately. In his new role, Philbin will continue to report to Bob Sasser, CEO of Dollar Tree.

  • Conn’s is on the move through the South

    Specialty home goods retailer Conn’s continues to expand outward from its home state of Texas with several recent openings in key markets pushing the company toward its ambitious 2015 growth plan.

    Conn’s currently operates 90 stores and earlier this year announced plans for between 15 and 18 new stores. Over the July 4 weekend the company added two store in North Carolina, a 46,000-sq.-ft. store in Charlotte and a slightly smaller 43,000-sq.-ft. store in Gastonia.

  • QVC names Abercrombie exec as finance VP

    West Chester, Pa. – QVC has appointed Sanjay Singh as senior VP to lead its newly formed business planning & analysis (BP&A) group. Singh will be responsible for developing financial insights and driving integrated global business and financial planning across markets and functions.

  • Dollar Tree just created the nation's biggest dollar store chain

    Dollar Tree's yearlong takeover saga, in which the retailer's offer to buy Family Dollar prompted a separate buyout attempt from Dollar General, is finally over.

    Dollar Tree Inc. announced that it has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Stores Inc. Dollar Tree also named a new president and COO of Family Dollar. The combined company will operate about 13,000 stores, making it the largest dollar store chain in the U.S. by store count. 

  • American Apparel saga continues: May need more cash

    Los Angeles -- American Apparel on Monday announced it would close some stores as part of a $30 million cost-cutting initiative in its strategic turnaround plan. (American Apparel CEO Paula Schneider discussed the plan with CSA in a recent interview.) The embattled company also made two other revealing disclosures.

  • American Apparel may need more money to keep going

    American Apparel Inc. is launching a restructuring plan aimed at cutting costs as the retailer looks to turn around its struggling business.

    The retailer said it would be closing stores, cutting jobs and unveil a new fall line.

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