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  • Barnes & Noble picks Best Buy veteran as CEO

    Barnes & Noble is hoping that hiring a CEO with experience launching electronics products will help revive its Nook e-reader division.

    The retailer has named Ronald D. Boire, currently president and CEO of Sears Canada Inc., to become the CEO of its new retail division.

  • Ross Dress for Less expands western U.S. store counts

    Dublin, Calif. -- Ross Dress for Less will open a new store in Montrose, Colorado, on July 18, as well as a new store in Phoenix on the same day, adding to its western U.S. store counts.

    The 27,000-sq.-ft. Montrose, Colorado, store is located in the River Landing shopping center at US Highway 550 and Rio Grande Avenue, 60 miles southeast of Grand Junction.  

  • Kohl’s opens new concept

    New York -- Kohl's has thrown its hat in the growing off-price market.
     
    The company has officially debuted its new off-price format, Off Aisle by Kohl’s, with a test store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

  • Sears Hometown and Outlets has a new CEO

    Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores has promoted its chief operating officer to CEO.

    The board of directors has elected William (Will) A. Powell as the company’s chief executive officer and resident, effective immediately. Powell succeeds W. Bruce Johnson, who as previously announced is stepping down.

  • Baker Katz acquires Houston property; retail addition planned

    Houston -- Houston-based Baker Katz, an X Team International partner and full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced the acquisition of a 2.12-acre property with an existing 13,000-sq.-ft. office building located near the cross streets of U.S. Highway 59 N and West Little York Road in Houston.

  • Best Buy gets techie with Samsung

    Best Buy is putting a spotlight on the way technology is impacting home appliances.

  • Top 10 Stories of the First Half of 2015

    Having passed the calendar’s mid-point, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the top 10 most-viewed stories of the year (to date) on Chainstoreage.com.

  • Aeropostale prepares for landing in India, Indonesia

    New York – Aeropostale Inc. is expanding in Asia through new licensing agreements in India and Indonesia. The company plans to open stores in India through a licensing agreement with Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd., and in Indonesia through a licensing agreement with PT Mitra Adiperkasa TBK (MAP).

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