Category: Discount & Specialty

June 25, 2012

Company Snapshot: Redbox

Address: 1 Tower Lane Suite 900 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Telephone: 630 756-8000 Internet Homepage: http://www.redbox.com Total Kiosks: 39,500 Total...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 11, 2012

Discount Stores & Specialty Retailers eUpdates

Personnel Updates: Best Buy announced that the company founder Richard M. Schulze, has resigned as Chairman after an internal investigation...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 5, 2012

Walmart’s Online ‘Pay with Cash’ May Offer Game Changing Advantages

Last year this space featured an Insight titled, How Walmart’s Scattered Merchandising Policies Helped Save Kmart.  The piece noted Walmart’s...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 23, 2012

Menard Continues to Grow the Big Box

After a year of planning, prepping, organizing and building, Menard’s first location in Kentucky, a megastore encompassing more than 200,000...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 16, 2012

Discount Stores & Specialty Retailers eUpdates

Personnel Updates: Best Buy’s announced that its CEO Brian Dunn resigned from the company by mutual agreement and that a...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 7, 2012

Company Snapshot: O'Reilly Automotive Inc.

Address: 233 S Patterson Ave Springfield, MO 65802-2298 Telephone: 417 862-3333 Internet Homepage: http://www.oreillyauto.com Year Founded: 1957 Total Stores: 317...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 16, 2012

Discount Stores & Specialty Retailers eUpdates

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts has announced the promotion of Markus Hockenson to Senior VP Store Operations. The Army and...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 11, 2012

Dollar General Hits 10,000

On March 22, Dollar General issued a press release announcing its financial results for the recently completed fiscal year.  The...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 27, 2012

Company Snapshot: West Marine Products Inc.

Address: 500 Westridge Dr. Watsonville, CA 95076-4100 Telephone: 831 728-2700 Internet Homepage: http://www.westmarine.com Year Founded: 1968 Total Stores: 317 Total...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 21, 2012

Discount Stores & Specialty Retailers eUpdates

Personnel Updates: 99 Cents Only Stores announced that CFO Rob Kautz has resigned.  The company has appointed Frank Schoolsas Interim...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 15, 2012

Discount and Specialty Industry eUpdates

Personnel Updates: 99 Cents Only Stores announced that CFO Rob Kautz has resigned.  The company has appointed Frank Schoolsas Interim...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 14, 2012

Company Snapshot: OfficeMax Inc.

Address: 263 Shuman Blvd Naperville, IL 60563-5502 Telephone: 630 438-7800 Internet Homepage: http://www.officemax.com Total Current Store Count: 896 Total Annual...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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