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.
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.)
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.
Kroger customers are about to find out "how low" gas prices can go with a new contest from the nation's largest supermarket chain.
With Kroger's newest #FuelPointsSweeps giveaway, customers have a chance to win free fuel for a month, not to mention pay as little as 1 cent for a gallon of gas.
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.
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.
