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Family Dollar marketing chief joins Lowe’s as head of seasonal
Mooresville, N.C. - Lowe's Companies Inc. has named Jocelyn Wong senior VP and general merchandising manager for the company's seasonal product business area, effective Oct. 12.
Wong joins Lowe's from Family Dollar, where she served as senior VP, chief marketing officer since 2012.
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REITs: A Smart Move for Retailers?
A red-hot real estate market and sky-high property values have some retailers, including Macy’s and more recently, McDonalds, feeling the pressure to cash in on the value of their real estate assets. How? By spinning off store properties and/or land assets into a REIT and entering into a lease-back deal.

