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  • Supermarket giant plans $100 million IPO

    Boise, Idaho – Albertsons Companies Inc., which became the second-largest grocery retailer in the United States after purchasing Safeway in January, is planning to return to public ownership with a major stock offering that has implications for trading partners and competitors.

  • IHL nabs industry veteran

    Nashville, Tenn. -- IHL Group has added a noted retail technology analyst with nearly 30 years of experience to its ranks.

    Jeff Roster is joining IHL in the new position of VP of retail strategy. He will oversee IHL's retailer engagement, vendor briefings and strategic IT services practice.

  • Sneak Peak: Check out CityTarget’s first East Coast store

    Photo via Boston Business Journal

    Minneapolis – Target Corp. is taking its urban-format to the East Coast.

    The retailer will open a CityTarget location in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood on July 22. Boston Business Journal offers a sneak peek at the three-level, 160,000-sq.-ft. store.

    Click here.

     

  • Grocery giant Albertsons/Safeway readies IPO

    Albertsons completed its acquisition of Safeway earlier this year to create a $57.5 billion company that now plans to return to public ownership with a major stock offering with implications for trading partners and competitors.

  • Haggen focused on omnichannel personalized marketing

    West Coast regional grocer Haggen Food and Pharmacy has a new omnichannel partner to help drive growth.

    The retailer has selected Unata to help implement customer loyalty and other initiatives to allow for more personalized marketing across Haggen’s channels including online, mobile and in-store.

  • A new dimension in Sam's Club aisles

    Sam's Club is looking to expose more of its shoppers to 3D printing technology by expanding its partnership with MakerBot.

    The retailer announced it has expanded its availability of MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printers to all 651 Sam’s Club locations nationwide. Select clubs will also feature a new in-club display that prominently showcases a physical MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, so customers can learn about the technology first hand.

  • Ex-Staples exec joins the 3DLT board

    3D printing solutions provider 3DLT has added the former head of global merchandising for Staples to its board of directors.

  • Peapod makes smart shopping app even smarter

     As grocery shoppers’ lives keep getting busier, Ahold’s online grocery delivery service Peapod keeps trying to make shopping easier.

  • Walmart moves on U.S. manufacturing pledge

    Walmart is joining forces with a new supplier database provider to support the retailer’s manufacturing initiative, which aims to find U.S. suppliers to manufacture products.

    The move is part of Walmart's commitment to invest $250 billion in products that will support and create American jobs by 2023. Based on data from Boston Consulting Group, it is estimated that one million new U.S. jobs will be created through this initiative.

  • Facebook building massive center

    New York -- Construction has just started on Facebook’s new data center, but the massive facility already has its own Facebook page.

    The world’s largest social network announced that construction has started on its fifth data center, which will be powered by wind. The new center is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and joins Facebook’s four existing data hubs in Oregon, Iowa, North Carolina, and Sweden.

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