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  • Sears Canada makes COO position permanent

    Sears Canada is again calling on Becky Penrice to lead an important aspect of its nearly 300 store operation.

    Penrice was named executive VP and COO after serving in that role in an interim capacity for little over a two months. Penrice has worn several hats at Sears Canada since joining the company on Dec. 1, 2013 after holding supply chain and human resources roles role at Hudson’s Bay Company.

  • Climate Change Demands Retailers Rethink Cold Weather Apparel Strategies

    Apparently shifts in weather patterns have thrown yet another curve ball to the traditional retail industry.

  • HBC details omnichannel growth agenda

    The number of Saks Off 5th stores will surge dramatically as will investments in technology as Hudson’s Bay Company said it will make higher than normal investments in growth initiative this year.

  • Surging Hudson’s Bay details major investments in expanding Saks, Saks Off 5th and store renovations

    On the heels of soaring profits and revenues in the fourth quarter, Hudson’s Bay Company said it will make higher than normal investments in growth initiatives this year, including a dramatic increase in the number of Saks Off 5th stores, store renovations and investments in technology.

  • Macy’s adds real estate expert to its exec team

    Amid ongoing pressure from investors to maximize the value of its real estate holdings, Macy’s has appointed Douglas W. Sesler as executive VP for real estate, effective April 5.

  • Christopher & Banks board member withdraws name

    For about three hours the morning of April 4 it looked like Christopher & Banks had found itself a new board member, but then the company discovered a conflict that prevented the high level executive from accepting the nomination.

  • How Express is building its brand

    Apparel retailer Express has been building its brand and upping its cool factor among millennials by signing up famous athletes and models to serve as “brand ambassadors.”

    It’s just one of several tactics that the chain is using to drive its performance under the leadership of CEO David Kornberg, who took the reins in January 2015.

    Click here to read more.

  • Start-up wants to make it easy for customers to return online goods — in malls, stores

    Two e-commerce vets are looking to tackle one of the retail industry’s most vexing problems: returns of online purchases.

    David Sobie, former senior VP of marketing & business development at flash site HauteLook, and Mark Geller, former head of mobile at the company (which Nordstrom acquired in 2011), are launching Happy Returns, which seeks to eliminate the “pain” of returns by mail by establishing a network of “Return Bars” in malls and stores where shoppers can return merchandise purchased online and get an immediate refund.

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