Category: Discount & Specialty

November 23, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Best Buy has hired Sharon McCollam as its new CFO, CAO. Best Buy has announced that Exec VP...

By Arthur Rosenberg

November 5, 2012

Walmart Targets Smaller Stores But Not The Really Smaller Ones

This seems to be the era of reducing the size of retail prototypes. Smaller footprints are becoming all the rage...

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 31, 2012

Company Snapshot: 99 Cents Only Stores

99 Cents Only Stores is a true single price retailer.

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 17, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates:   Best Buy announced it has hired Scott Durchslag, former President at Expedia Worldwide, as its President, Online...

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 5, 2012

Company Snapshot: Conn's

Known as a strong regional competitor in the retail consumer electronics arena, with stores in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, Conn’s...

By Arthur Rosenberg

September 14, 2012

Industry News: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts announced the appointment of Kevin Dempsey as VP Global and Front Room Merchandising. Advance Auto...

By Arthur Rosenberg

September 10, 2012

Walmart’s Dollar Store Envy Strikes Again

Long before the incredible recession-era successes of dollar chains Walmart consistently revealed a strong case of dollar store envy.  Target...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 16, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Alco Stores has promoted Brent Streit to Senior VP Marketing and e-Commerce. Barnes & Noble has announced the...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 7, 2012

Struggling SUPERVALU Facing Challenging Times

After SUPERVALU’s most recent quarterly report in which it failed to reach sales or earnings goals, the company said it...

By Brian List

July 27, 2012

Company Snapshot:Target Corporation

Address: 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403-2467 Telephone: 612 304-6073 Internet Homepage: http://www.target.com Total Stores: 1,772 Target: 1,517 SuperTarget: 252...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 18, 2012

Discount and Specialty Store Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Army & Air Force Exchange Service named its first civilian Director/CEO in its nearly 117-year history.  Tom Shull officially took...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 9, 2012

Company Snapshot: Bed Bath & Beyond

Address: 650 Liberty Ave Suite 1 Union, NJ 07083-8129 Telephone: 908 688-0888 Internet Homepage: BedBathandBeyond.com Total Stores: 1,176 Bed Bath...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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