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  • Hancock Fabrics, Fred's vet to be new CFO at Gordmans

    Gordmans Stores has named a veteran from Hancock Fabrics to take over as CFO.

    The Omaha-based apparel and home decor retailer announced that James B. Brown has been appointed executive VP and CFO effective immediately.

  • Burlington Stores shines a light on blood cancer

    Burlington Stores is taking the lead on raising awareness of blood cancer with an in-store donation drive and employee program.

    The retailer is launching its 14th consecutive company-wide campaign today in all its stores nationwide, encouraging its customers to make a donation at checkout to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society now through Dec. 2.

  • 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.

  • Three dream tenants for American Dream project

    The long-delayed, controversial American Dream retail-entertainment destination in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has snared three high-profile tenants.  

  • Dollar General puts literacy first with $4M donation

    New York -- Dollar General is giving major financial support to a cause that may appeal to many value-oriented shoppers.

    The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced that it has awarded over $4 million to approximately 870 schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to enhance and support youth literacy and education across the 43 states Dollar General serves.

  • Report: Target tapping alternative energy for North Carolina store

    Minneapolis – Target Corp. is reportedly bringing a sunny approach to energy at its store in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

    According to the Fayetteville Observer, Target will install solar panels that can generate 432 KwH of electricity per year on the store’s roof. There is no firm launch date yet for the store’s solar panels, which will likely generate 15%-30% of its total electricity needs.   

  • Top Kroger exec joins 99 Cents Only

    In another indication of its growth aspirations, 99 Cents Only named a former high ranking Kroger executive president and CEO just months after the retailer tapped former Walmart executives to fill the head merchant and CFO roles at the 389-store retailer.

  • 99 Cents adds another top exec to its ranks

    New York -- In another indication of its growth aspirations, 99 Cents Only named a former high ranking Kroger executive president and CEO. The hiring comes just months after the retailer tapped former Walmart executives to fill the head merchant and CFO roles at the 389-store retailer.

    Former Kroger and Procter & Gamble executive Geoffrey Covert, 64, was named president and CEO at 99 Cents Only on Sept. 11, filling a position that had been held on an interim basis the past four months by board chairman Andrew Giancamilli.    

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