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  • Target focused on process improvement

    All manner of store operational processes will soon be under review at Target following the appointment of a new executive whose role is to simplify, optimize and make the retailer more agile.

  • Target’s Cornell tasty addition to YUM board

    A little over a year into his tenure as Target’s chairman and CEO, Brian Cornell has added new responsibilities as a member of the board of directors at KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands.
     
    Cornell’s appointment to the Yum board comes 13 months after he was named to the top job at Target and just three months after Target sold its pharmacy business to CVS Health for $1.9 billion. The latter is noteworthy because two executives with strong ties to CVS Health serve on Yum’s Nominating and Governance Committee.
     

  • Major retailer CEO joins Yum Brands board

    The CEO of one of America’s most prominent discount retail chains has joined the board of directors of quick service restaurant operator Yum Brands. Target CEO Brian J. Cornell, 56, is now a member of the Yum Brands board.

  • 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.

  • Lowe's adds ex-Dollar Tree executive

    With the seasonal merchandise season about to get into full swing, Lowe's has hired a marketing executive from Family Dollar to lead its seasonal product business.

    Lowe's Companies Inc. announced that Jocelyn Wong has been named senior vice president and general merchandising manager for the company's seasonal product business area, effective Oct. 12.  She will report to Chief Merchandising Officer Michael P. McDermott.

  • Malicious and unfair: Albertsons sued for $1 billion

    Regional supermarket chain Haggen’s acquisition of 146 Albertsons and Safeway stores has been a disaster and the reasons why are detailed in a new lawsuit that heaps blame of the parent company of divested stores.

  • Haggen slams Albertsons for sabotaging store takeover, sues for $1 billion

    Boise, Idaho -- Haggen’s acquisition of 146 Albertsons and Safeway stores is shaping up as a disaster and the reasons why are detailed in a new lawsuit that puts the blame squarely on the parent company — Albertsons Holdings — of the divested stores.

  • Come One, Come All

    Supermarket anchors offer wide range of products and services

    Grocery retailers have always served as ideal shopping center anchors, as they guarantee extra foot traffic by providing consumers with their daily needs.

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