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  • Kroger highlights sustainable efforts

    CINCINNATI — Kroger has released its fifth annual sustainability report.

     Some of the highlights noted in the report include:

    • Kroger stores reduced overall energy consumption by 30% since 2000. 

    • Company-wide, including all facilities, Kroger has saved more than 2.2 billion kilowatt hours.

  • Advance Auto Parts opens at The Commons of Crystal Lake

    Crystal Lake, Ill. -- Centro Properties Group said that Advance Auto Parts has opened a new location at The Commons of Crystal Lake, located in Crystal Lake, Ill.

    According to Centro, which is based in New York City, the new store is 8,800 sq. ft.

  • Borders hopes to name bidder by July 1

    New York City -- Borders Group hopes to name a bidder by July 1 and sell itself by the end of that month, according to bankruptcy court filings, the Associated Press reported. Forty stores previously targeted for closing are also getting a temporary reprieve.

    The retailer said in papers filed Friday it plans to name a "stalking horse" bidder by July 1. The company said an auction is likely on July 19, with a sale hearing on July 22 and sale closing on July 29.

  • Focus on: Logistics

  • Dillard’s taps Kiva to fill online orders

    San Diego -- Dillard's has selected Kiva Systems for order fulfillment at its new, 850-sq.-ft. e-commerce fulfillment center in Maumelle, Ark.

  • Formidable foe awaits on the Northern front

    Target’s first stores in Canada are not scheduled to open until 2013, but this week the company can get a glimpse of what it’s up against when Walmart Canada president and CEO David Cheesewright is scheduled to speak at the Jefferies 2011 Global Consumer Conference.

  • Westside Market to open in Manhattan

    New York City -- New York City-based Winick Realty announced that Westside Market has leased its fourth Manhattan location at 2589 Broadway, between 97th and 98th Streets on the Upper West Side.

    The 46-year-old family-owned food market and caterer took a total of 15,607 sq. ft., including 8,607 sq. ft. on the ground floor and 7,000 sq. ft. on the lower level. It currently runs two additional Upper West Side locations, as well as one in Chelsea.

  • Supply chain theft poses major problems for retailers

    Washington, D.C. -- Organized retail crime should not be an issue solely addressed at the store level, according to the results of the National Retail Federation’s seventh annual Organized Retail Crime survey. More than half of retailers (49.6%) say they have been a victim of cargo theft in the past 12 months.

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