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Torrid Holdings Inc. has resumed its plans to go public.

For the third consecutive year, a regional grocer came out on top in a ranking of the nation’s highest-rated retail workplaces.

Coinciding with its efforts to boost new technology initiatives this year, Taco Bell is bolstering its digital team.

As the industry remains on its path toward frictionless retail, there is one clear way to achieve this goal: embrace innovation.    There is no denying that innovative solutions are the industry’s ticket to transforming operations, and eTail West 2017 was chock-full of ideas of how to make this transition. The hottest digital strategies that continue to shape retail run the gamut, from conversational artificial intelligence to redefined mobile strategies that center on personalization, virtual reality and digital payments. 

It’s the end of an era for Belk Inc.   The retailer announced that Tim Belk will retire as CEO of the company in July 2016. Lisa Harper, CEO of Hot Topic, will succeed Belk as CEO, effective July 5.     The news comes less than a year after Belk, which operates 293 stores in 16 Southern states, was acquired in a $3 billion deal by Sycamore Partners. The private equity firm also owns Hot Topic.        

Tracy Borchardt has been promoted from senior project manager to associate VP of architecture firm CMA.
 
Borchardt joined CMA in 2003 as a project coordinator. In 2006, he was promoted to senior project manager. As of June 2016, he is now the associate VP of CMA.
 

New York -- Sycamore Partners is rocking.

Months after trumping Hot Topic with a better offer, GameStop has officially acquired Geeknet for $140 million.