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Family Dollar Stores names senior VP real estate
Matthews, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores names Brad Rogers as senior VP real estate. He replaces Keith Gehl, who retires from the company at the end of June.
Rogers joined Family Dollar in 1998 as a real estate manager with responsibility for new store development in North and South Carolina. Between 2006 and 2011, Rogers assumed greater roles with increased responsibilities, and in 2011, he was named VP real estate. -
Sears Hometown Q1 profit falls 27%
Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. reported a 27% drop in first-quarter earnings amid a cool spring throughout much of the country and rising costs. But the company, a spinoff from Sears Holdings Corp., pointed to improving signs in late spring.
Sears Hometown earned $15 million in the quarter that ended May 4, compared with $20.6 million in the year ago period.
Revenue dropped 3% to $601.1 million. Same-store sales fell 5%.