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  • The Vitamin Shoppe overhauls board of directors

    The Vitamin Shoppe is changing the structure of its board of directors as it looks to enhance its corporate governance practices.

    The company announced its board will rotate the role of lead director for the second time since the company's Oct. 28, 2009, initial public offering. David Edwab, who served as lead director since April 2011, has stepped down from that role and John Bowlin, who became a member of the Vitamin Shoppe board in October 2014, will now serve as lead director.

  • Warm weather impedes sales at Burlington Stores

    Burlington Stores says a big decline in cold weather apparel led same-store sales to be mostly flat over the holiday season.

    Tom Kingsbury, president and CEO at Burlington Stores, said: “While we are pleased with the strong response to our gift assortments especially in fragrances, bath and body and home, these increases have been offset by headwinds affecting our cold weather assortments, especially in coats and outerwear. Accordingly, we now expect comparable store sales to be approximately flat for the fourth quarter.”

  • New York & Co. keeps momentum through holidays

    New York & Co. was able to rise above headwinds from unseasonable weather during the holidays to an increase in same-store sales.

    The company says same store sales increased 1.6% during the holiday period and that it expects same-store sales for the full quarter to increase in the low single-digit percentage, in line with the company’s previously disclosed guidance.

  • Not a fun-filled holiday for Build-a-Bear Workshop

    Build-A-Bear Workshop is still expecting a third consecutive year of positive same store sales despite a decline in traffic over the holiday period.

    On a preliminary basis, for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 3, the company said it now expects:

  • Do you understand your in-store customers?

    Retailers frequently misjudge the omnichannel needs of their shoppers when they visit stores.

    According to a new study of 500 consumers and 150 retail decision-makers in the U.S. and U.K. by Forrester Consulting on behalf of RetailNext, “Real-Time Data Drives the Future of Retail,” only 49% of consumer respondents feel they receive consistent seamless experiences across all channels.

  • Study: Do you understand your in-store customers?

    Retailers frequently misjudge the omnichannel needs of their shoppers when they visit stores.

    According to a new study of 500 consumers and 150 retail decision-makers in the U.S. and U.K. by Forrester Consulting on behalf of RetailNext, “Real-Time Data Drives the Future of Retail,” only 49% of consumer respondents feel they receive consistent seamless experiences across all channels.

  • Brooks Bros. buttons up demand chain

    Vertical specialty apparel retailer Brooks Brothers is known for neat and tidy fashions, and that ethos extends to how it manages the flow of goods from source to shelf.

    Brooks Brothers has selected the SAP Fashion Management platform to gain better control of movement of merchandise through the supply chain, which in turn supports an omnichannel customer experience. The retailer began the process of revamping its demand chain by implementing the SAP Apparel and Footwear application, which provides better insight into inventory and financials.

  • Asda opens seamless in-store possibilities

    Walmart’s U.K. subsidiary Asda is expanding what customers can do with in-store pickup and return through its new service called toyou.

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