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  • Whole Foods’ new 365 format to anchor Butler Town Center

    Whole Foods Market’s 365 store concept is the first anchor to be announced for Butler Town Center, in Gainesville, Florida. It is also the first 365 location to be announced for the state of Florida.

  • Papa John’s delivers – on the back end

    For pizza retailer Papa John’s International Inc., successful customer delivery begins with successful delivery in the supply chain.

    Papa John’s is optimizing routes, improving on-time store deliveries and enhancing the performance of its transportation fleet by using transportation modeling capabilities from the Manhattan Associates Transportation Management Solution.

  • Veteran CPG executive joins BJ’s board

    The former head of global health and well-being at Procter & Gamble is the newest member of the board of directors at BJ’s Wholesale Club.
     

  • J.C. Penney gives two execs more private label, supply chain responsibilities

    Two top merchandising and supply chain executives have been given new responsibilities at J.C. Penney after veteran executive Ken Mangone retired following a lengthy career.

    Mangone served as executive VP of product development, design and sourcing and will retire effective April 1 after 39 years with the company. His responsibilities will be split among two current executives.

  • Build-A-Bear focused on diversification

    Build a Bear overcame a negative same store sales performance to produce better than expected profits in the fourth quarter.

  • Off-pricer to make Canadian debut

    Nordstrom continues to expand north of the border.

    The retailer announced that its Nordstrom Rack off-price division will open its first Canadian location, in Toronto, in 2018.

    The 38,600-sq.-ft. store will be located at One Bloor in Yorkville, on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street, a well-known shopping district in Toronto. It will be approximately one mile north of the Nordstrom full-line store, which is scheduled to open in September 2016 at CF Eaton Centre.

  • Schimenti constructs Kohl’s showroom

    Schimenti Construction has created a new space for Kohl’s Corp. to show off its latest collections.

    The 4,000-sq.-ft. showroom, at 1400 Broadway in the garment district of Manhattan, acts as a striking backdrop to the retailer’s latest fashions, with large windows, bright spotlights and a gleaming white epoxy floor. The new space is in the same building that houses Kohl’s design offices. The retailer now occupies 100,000 sq. ft. on four floors.

  • Visa makes play in mobile payment space

    Visa Inc. has disclosed an investment stake that indicates it has a strong interest in helping retailers process mobile transactions.

    In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Visa said it holds 3.5 million shares in payment processing provider Square, equal to a 10% stake. The investment was worth about $30 million as of Thursday, Feb. 11.

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