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  • Shoe Carnival CEO to step down

    Evansville, Ind. -- Shoe Carnival announced that Mark L. Lemond is retiring for health reasons from his positions as president, CEO and director effective Oct. 27.

  • GE Brillion home-energy products debut at Sears

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — GE's Brillion-enabled products have made their retail debut at Sears.

    Starting Thursday, more than 100 Sears stores in the Northeast will offer the GE Get Connected Starter Kit, plus the GE programmable thermostat and GE’s award-winning GeoSpring Hybrid Water Heater, all with Brillion technology, in one location.

  • Uniqlo to launch U.S. online shopping

    New York -- Uniqlo, a division of Japan's Fast Retailing Co. Ltd, will launch its U.S. e-commerce site next week, a crucial part of its drive to earn $10 billion in overall North American sales by 2020, Bloomberg reported.

    "By opening this e-commerce site now, we are able to cater to customers across the United States," said Uniqlo USA CEO Shin Odake in the Bloomberg report.

    Uniqlo currently has five U.S. locations, including new sites in San Francisco and New Jersey, along with its other three in Manhattan.

  • Supervalu business optimization head assumes reins of wholesale business, too

    MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu on Thursday morning announced it has named Janel Haugarth to lead its independent business organization, replacing Leon Bergmann, who has decided to leave the company.

  • Second Time Around adding new locations

    NEW YORK -- Consignment chain Second Time Around (STA) announced it is opening three more stores in Manhattan this October, all on the city’s Upper East Side.   

    The new locations will bring the company to 36 stores nationwide, with the figure expected to grow to 40 by year end.

  • Foot Locker rolling out PeopleAnswers hiring solutions chain-wide

    Dallas -- PeopleAnswers has extended its software licensing agreement for Foot Locker to use the PeopleAnswers HR solution in its 2,500 stores across the United States.

  • 'Revenge' is sweeter with first-ever Target and Neiman Marcus advertising integration

    MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. and The Neiman Marcus Group will promote their upcoming joint holiday collection by serving as the sole sponsors of the mid-season finale of the hit ABC television show “Revenge.”

    In place of standard broadcast commercials, the retailers are working directly with the creative team of “Revenge” to create original content incorporating the Target and Neiman Marcus holiday collection. The show will air on Nov. 11.

  • Target’s holiday plans include new price match and more in-store digital capabilities

    Minneapolis -- Target announced that, for the first time ever, it will offer shoppers the ability to match select online competitors’ prices in its stores between Nov. 1 and Dec. 16. Qualifying online retailers include Amazon.com, Walmart.com, BestBuy.com and Toysrus.com.

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