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  • SPECS 2016 coming to Dallas in March

    Chain Store Age’s annual SPECS conference is the must-attend event for retail and restaurant executives involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of stores.

  • The Great Trade-In is back at Toys"R"Us

    Toys"R"Us is urging shoppers to bring in their recalled and outdated baby items during its annual Great Trade-In event next month at stores nationwide.

    The event will take place at Babies"R"Us and Toys"R"Us stores Feb. 1 through Feb. 29. And, new this year, the company's Rewards"R"Us loyalty members can take advantage of early access to the in-store event beginning Jan. 29, by showing their Rewards"R"Us card during checkout.

  • City Furniture on the move with store renovations

    City Furniture is opening a new Ashley Furniture HomeStore at the Mall at Wellington Green, Wellington, Florida., and rolling out a new design look for its Pembroke Pines City Furniture showroom in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (City Furniture is the Southeast and Southwest Florida licensee for Ashley Furniture HomeStores.)

  • Walmart alerts shareholders to unsolicited 'mini-tender' offer

    Wal-Mart Stores has learned that TRC Capital Corporation has made an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer dated Jan. 20, 2016, the company announced Tuesday. TRC has offered to purchase up to 2 million shares of Walmart’s common stock at $59.88 per share. The offering price is approximately 4.3% below the closing price per share of Walmart’s common stock on Jan. 19, 2016, the last trading day before the commencement of the offer.

    Walmart is not associated with TRC and recommends that shareholders reject this unsolicited offer.

  • Consumers and impulse buying — perfect together

    Impulse buying is alive and well in the United States.

  • HBC CEO honored as 'father of the year'

    The leader of Hudson's Bay Company is also being recognized for his leadership on children's causes.

    HBC CEO Jerry Stotch has been honored as a 2016 “Father of the Year.”

  • Buckle exec retires with 40 years under her belt

    Patricia Whisler played a key role in the success of The Buckle but now she is stepping down from a key role in the apparel and accessories retailer’s merchandising organization.

    The Buckle, Inc. has announced that Whisler, senior VP of Women’s Merchandising, will retire from her position with the company later this spring.

  • C-store giant names CFO

    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has appointed Claude Tessier as its CFO, effective Jan. 28. The leader in the Canadian convenience store industry, Couche-Tard is the largest independent convenience store operator in the United States terms of number of company-operated stores.

    The industry veteran joins Couche-Tard from Canadian grocer Sobeys Inc., where he was president of the IGA Operations Business Unit.

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