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Corporate Governance

  • Lidl goes a long way in North Carolina

    German grocer Lidl has made its entry into the U.S. market official by selecting a regional headquarters and distribution hub in the South.

  • P&G veteran joins QVC finance team

    QVC has named a Procter & Gamble veteran as its next business planning and analysis chief, as the company looks tomaximize efficiencies and organizational synergy.

  • P&G veteran joins QVC finance team

    QVC has named a Procter & Gamble veteran as its next business planning and analysis chief, as the company looks to maximize efficiencies and organizational synergy.

  • Sears Hometown and Outlets has a new CEO

    Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores has promoted its chief operating officer to CEO.

    The board of directors has elected William (Will) A. Powell as the company’s chief executive officer and resident, effective immediately. Powell succeeds W. Bruce Johnson, who as previously announced is stepping down.

  • Costs hinder earnings at Family Dollar

    Family Dollar had a dip in profit in the third quarter as the company reported higher costs ahead of its planned merger with Dollar Tree.

    Family Dollar Stores Inc. reported a profit of $79.9 million, or 70 cents a share, for the third quarter ended May 30, down from $81.1 million, or 71 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding restructuring- and merger-related charges, the company’s profit was 74 cents a share, compared with 85 cents a year earlier. Net sales rose 2.60% to $2.73 billion.

  • Barnes & Noble picks Best Buy veteran as CEO

    Barnes & Noble is hoping that hiring a CEO with experience launching electronics products will help revive its Nook e-reader division.

    The retailer has named Ronald D. Boire, currently president and CEO of Sears Canada Inc., to become the CEO of its new retail division.

  • REI targets nature lovers in 2 new cities

    Sporting goods retailers are going to face increased competition in Cleveland and Philadelphia as one of the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved outdoorsy stores comes to town.

  • Better late than never, Whole Foods apologizes

    After initially quibbling with an investigation that found instances of incorrectly priced products at stores in New York, Whole Foods co-CEOs, Walter Robb and John Mackey offered a mea culpa in a YouTube video.

    The nearly two minute video appeared on Whole Foods YouTube channel on July 1, eight days after the New York Daily News first published an article based on an investigation by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA).

  • Sears Canada CEO out after less than a year

    Sears Canada Inc. is looking for its fourth CEO in a little over two years as the company seeks to return to profitability.

    Sears said Ronald D. Boire will be departing from his position as president and CEO of the company at the end of the summer to pursue an opportunity in the United States. On the same day, Barnes & Noble announced that opportunity is CEO of that company's retail business.

    Sears Canada said that Brandon G. Stranzl, chairman of the board of the corporation, has been named executive chairman effective immediately.

  • Macy’s to Trump: You’re fired

    New York – Macy’s Inc. has dumped The Donald.

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