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  • NRF: Gradual rollout will blunt impact of overtime rules

    The National Retail Federation (NRF) is publicly supporting legislation that would phase in the Labor Department’s new overtime regulations.  

  • Supervalu’s Van Buskirk to depart

    A Supervalu executive will be departing the company, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company’s executive VP merchandising, marketing, retail and pharmacy Mark Van Buskirk’s employment will end effective July 16, the filing says.    In the interim, the company is evaluating a succession plan and Van Buskirk’s functional areas will report to Supervalu executive VP, COO and CFO Bruce Besanko.  

  • Delhaize, Ahold to divest 86 stores; Publix and Supervalu among buyers

    As their merger enters the home stretch, Delhaize Group and Ahold have reached agreements with buyers to divest 86 U.S. stores.   The two international companies announced their intent to combine forces back in June 20115. The merger is set for completion at the end of July, pending final approval by the Federal Trade Commission.  

  • Possible Rite Aid divestiture leads to buyer speculation

    If Rite Aid needs to shed some stores for antitrust reasons in the wake of a merger with Walgreens-Boots Alliance, many experts expect one well-known drug store to step forward. 

  • Delhaize, Ahold prepare for merger

    The $11 billion purchase of Belgium-based supermarket operator Delhaize Group by Netherlands-based grocery conglomerate Ahold is coming closer.   The two companies both announced they expect the deal, approved by the shareholders of both companies in March 2016, to go through before the end of July 2016, subject to regulatory approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).   

  • Retailers back swipe fee limit

    The National Retail Federation (NRF) has been actively campaigning to keep federal caps on debit card swipe fees, and now its constituents are speaking out.  

  • Survey: The waiting is the hardest part of EMV

    Tom Petty fans can commiserate with retailers who report having difficulty implementing EMV due to slow movement from the payment card industry.   According to a new survey of retailers conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) in May and June, 48% of respondents had already implemented the new EMV chip card system or expected to have done so by the end of June. A total of 86% expect to have EMV up and running by the end of the year.  

  • Walgreens cuts store closure estimate

    Walgreens Boots Alliance may not have to shutter as many stores in the wake of its planned merger with Rite Aid as it once thought.   
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