Sales & Marketing

Miami, Fla. -- Famous Footwear has renewed its 8,000-sq.-ft. lease at Kendall Village Center in Miami, Fla., according to Berkowitz Development Group www.berkowitzdevelopment.com. The transaction maintains the 95% occupancy level at the 426,000-sq.-ft. open-air shopping and office destination. Retail space totals 276,000 sq. ft.

Major tenants include the Regal 16-plex Stadium Seating Theater, Old Navy, Gap, Nova Southeastern University, Pier 1 Imports and LA Fitness.

Phoenix -- GDC/RE has leased a 47,036 former Phoenix Safeway to Epic Stores. The transaction marked GDC/RE’s tenth lease of more than 10,000 sq. ft. in the last 12 months.

“Arizona has been seen as the poster child of big-box vacancy in recent years,” says Joe Doucett, co-founder and designated broker of GDC/RE. “Our firm has re-tenanted every anchor and other large-format space in our portfolio.”

New York -- Forbes reported that CVS has opted not to sell the latest edition of Rolling Stone magazine, which features a photo of “Boston Bomber” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover.

North Plainfield, N.J. -- Levin Management has promoted Melissa Sievwright to assistant VP marketing from director of marketing. Sievwright joined the company as associate marketing director in 2010.

When she moved up to director of marketing, she took on the firm’s corporate branding efforts, implemented promotional campaigns for client properties and supported Levin’s efforts to market vacancies within the company’s 90 shopping centers.

SAN DIEGO — Petco is showing customers that it takes the “Happier People” part of its motto seriously with its latest exclusive product offering from Kusin & Kusin Ltd.: Reviver Pets Freshening Swipes, the first-ever reusable, dry-application freshening swipe for use on pets and their humans.

San Francisco -- Although most of the 16 electronics retailers scored by the Electronics TakeBack Coalition received an “F” grade, three companies – Staples, Best Buy and Office Depot – were deemed to have effective recycling programs.

More than half of the retailers failed the Coalition’s assessment, including Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Sam’s Club and Sears.

South Deerfield, Mass. -- The Yankee Candle Co. has appointed Chris Kelly as general manager, Canada, charged with overseeing all aspects of the Yankee Candle business in Canada.  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Mattel reported net income of $73.3 million for the second quarter ended June 30, a 23% decrease from $96.2 million for the same period last year. 

The dip in profits reflects, in part, investments the company has made, such as its acquisition of HIT Entertainment, as it positions itself for future growth, according to chairman and CEO Bryan G. Stockton.