Newsletter: Retail News Talk

08/06/2012 - 1:14pm
Ingles Markets' new store receives Energy Star certification

Ingles Markets’ new store in Mills River, N.C., has received an Energy Star certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that recognizes the energy efficiency of the store’s design.

07/12/2012 - 10:57am
Former Bloomingdale CEO Marvin Traub dead at 87

Marvin S. Traub, Bloomingdale’s president and CEO for 22 years, died Wednesday at age 87.

05/29/2012 - 9:30am
Epicor to acquire assets of Cogita Holdings Ltd.

Epicor Software Corp., announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets and intellectual property of New Zealand-based partner Cogita Holdings Limited.

06/09/2011 - 3:12pm
Express, King of Prussia, Pa.

Express is launching a store design concept created by the hot Japanese design firm Wonderwall.

06/09/2011 - 1:06pm
Top 10 countries for retail expansion

Brazil jumped to first place in A.T. Kearney’s annual ranking of the top developing economies for global retail expansion, followed by Uruguay and Chile respectively.

06/09/2011 - 10:28am
Report: Two firms team up for BJ’s buyout bid

Two private equity firms are teaming up to make a bid to purchase BJ’s Wholesale Club, the New York Post reported.

06/09/2011 - 10:27am
Report: Wal-Mart to triple wholesale locations in India in 2011

A Wednesday report by Bloomberg said that Wal-Mart Stores, in its joint venture with Indian company Bharti Enterprises, plans to triple its wholesale outlet locations in India this year.

06/09/2011 - 10:25am
Men's Wearhouse Q1 profit doubles, beats Street

Men's Wearhouse reported Wednesday that its net income more than doubled in the first quarter, rising to $27.2 million from $13.6 million in the year-ago period.

06/09/2011 - 9:59am
Target details $100 billion goal at annual meeting

Target ended its last fiscal year with sales of $67.4 billion and earnings per share of $4, but if company chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel has his way, within six or seven years earnings per share will double to $8 and sales will top $100 billion.

06/08/2011 - 4:34pm
BJ’s uses Keynote to load test and monitor its website

Keynote Systems, which provides Internet and mobile cloud monitoring, announced that BJ’s Wholesale Club is using various Keynote solutions for optimizing the performance of its website.

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