Saks Fifth Avenue

Chili’s is the newest victim of a data breach.

Keeping stores safe and secure has always been a top priority, but retailers are taking more proactive steps to mitigate threats on a larger scale.

Hudson’s Bay Co. has a handle on its previously announced data breach — an incident that its investigation revealed lasted nine months.

Several months after it named a drugstore veteran as its CEO, Hudson’s Bay has once again reached outside department store ranks to fill a key management position.

Yet another retailer — the fourth in seven days — is involved in a cyberattack.

Hudson’s Bay Co., whose holdings include Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, is the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

Leveraging the industry’s keen interest in retail innovation, Chain Store Age’s 2018 SPECS conference, held at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, included a first: the SPECS Tank Innovator of the Year award.

Despite capitalizing on the value of its real estate portfolio and hitting its first profit in eight quarters, Hudson’s Bay Co. missed expectations for the fourth quarter.