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  • 99 Cents Only Stores has a new CFO

    99 Cents Only Stores has appointed a new CFO who has been a veteran retail leader for Kroger and Albertsons.

  • Report: Another retailer powers up same-day delivery

    A major national retailer is the latest chain to start offering same-day delivery in a large metropolitan area.

    According to Re/code, Best Buy is partnering with third-party delivery service Deliv to offer customers in the San Francisco area, including San Jose, same-day delivery of online orders. The official rollout follows a recent pilot of the service Best Buy conducted with Deliv in the greater San Francisco area.

  • Whole Foods adds Target omnichannel guru to exec ranks

    Whole Foods Market is adding a Target veteran with experience in technology and omnichannel marketing to its executive leadership team.

    The grocery retailer announced that it has named Don J. Clark global vice president of purchasing for non-perishables.

  • Publix same-store sales up but stock takes a hit

    Exceptional customer service continues to drive growth at Publix Supermarkets, which had strong earnings and same-store sales growth in its third quarter.

    Publix sales for the third quarter 2015 totaled $7.8 billion, representing a 6.3% increase from last year. Comparable-store sales for the third quarter of 2015 increased 4.2%.

  • Report: HEB to hand out shares to 55K employees

    The New York Times is reporting that Texas grocery chain HEB is planning on distributing some 15% of the company’s shares to employees who are over 21 and have worked at least 1,000 hours in a calendar year. “So many in retail are competing in the race to the bottom, and people are the largest cost. So it seems logical to cut people, and lots of folks are doing it,” H-E-B president and CEO Craig Boyan said. “We think that’s a trap. We believe the race for the bottom cheapens the American experience.

  • Borrowing a page from big tobacco to grow produce sales

    Big screen actors and television personalities made smoking cool for generations of Americans. Now produce marketers and retailers hope a new deal with Hollywood can have the same effect on fruits and vegetables.

  • Meijer takes LED plunge

    Meijer is piloting a new approach to store lighting.

    The retailer's remodeled store in Beavercreek, Ohio, is its first-ever location to feature 100% LED lighting. The LEDs, from GE, are expected to save more than a half million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

    The new lighting is part of an extensive $50 million remodeling project that Meijer is undertaking at four supercenters in the Dayton market. According to Meijer, the GE LEDs deployed in the store are 30% more efficient than traditional lighting, with a 50% longer lifespan.

  • Columbus discovers new mobile payment service

    Consumers in Columbus, Ohio, are being given a new option for mobile payment.

    CurrentC, the mobile payment application from retailer-backed consortium Merchant Commerce Exchange, is now being piloted at stores in Columbus. Major retailers currently participating in MCX include Walmart, Sam’s Club, Sears, Target, CVS and Kmart.

    MCX briefly announced the Columbus beta test on the CurrentC webpage, with few details. Reuters reports that 12 major retailers are testing the service at 200 store locations, and the test may be expanded in early 2016.

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