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May 20, 2013
D’Agostino Supermarkets partners with Aisle50

D’Agostino Supermarkets is partnering with online discount provider Aisle50 to offer exclusive deals and discounts on national and local grocery, and consumer packaged goods brands.

May 20, 2013
Mall shoppers thrive on experience

Shopping malls continue to be popular with consumers because they offer hands-on shopping experience, according to results of a new survey from Glimcher Retail Monitor.

May 20, 2013
Men’s Wearhouse tailors emails with CQuotient

Men’s Wearhouse will tailor email campaigns to individual shoppers using personalized email marketing technology from CQuotient.

May 20, 2013
Rite Aid appoints Bodaken to board of directors

Bruce G. Bodaken, former chairman, president and CEO of Blue Shield California, been named to the Rite Aid Corporation board of directors.

May 20, 2013
Seattle’s Best opens 10 drive-thru windows in Texas

Starbucks subsidiary Seattle’s Best Coffee opened 10 new drive-through windows at restaurants throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

September 11, 2012
Charlotte Russe selects Micros-Retail for omnichannel solution

Apparel retailer Charlotte Russe has selected Micros Retail, a division of Micros Systems Inc., to develop and build a robust omnichannel solution as part of a revamp of its retail systems.

September 11, 2012
Report: Online experience superior to marketplace shopping

A report released by e-commerce marketplace technology provider Merchantry found that marketplace customer experience compares unfavorably to that of e-commerce sites, particularly in regard to comprehensiveness of product information and logistics transparency.

August 3, 2012
2012 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition

Receive recognition for new store and renovation projects! The 31st annual Chain Store Age Retail Store of the Year Awards will celebrate the best in retail and restaurant design for projects opened between November 30, 2011 and December 30, 2012.

All winning projects will be featured in the March 2013 issue of Chain Store Age, and also presented at Chain Store Age’s annual SPECS conference, March 17-20, 2013, in Dallas.

July 31, 2012
Weis Markets profit rises in Q2; sales flat

Weis Markets reported that net income for the quarter ended June 30 rose 12.1% to $23.2 million, compared with $20.7 million in the year-ago period.

July 18, 2012
Yard House, Fenway Park, Boston

Darden Restaurants’ recent $585 million purchase of one of casual-dining’s rising stars, Yard House USA, put a spotlight on the brand, which has 39 locations. But Yard House is also generating buzz with its first Boston location, which is located just a stone’s throw away from one of the nation’s most historic sporting venues: Fenway Park.

July 11, 2012
Destination Maternity cuts Q3 outlook on disappointing sales

Destination Maternity said its third-quarter revenue fell 5.3% to $138.8 million. Wall Street had expected $146.4 million.

July 10, 2012
Survey: Mobile payment use more doubles in a year

Mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity reaching over 33% of survey respondents, according to IDC Financial Insights’ eighth annual Consumer Payments Survey.

July 9, 2012
Retailers and Suppliers Must Collaborate Seamlessly and More

By Renato Scaff and Mark Allen, Accenture

July 5, 2012
Retail sales lackluster in June, specialty stores hit and miss

Disappointing same-store sales results in June weren’t necessarily unexpected, as the month typically trends weaker as shoppers have fewer reasons to shop.

July 5, 2012
Tech Notes

The following are some insights and observations from a few of the speakers at Oracle Retail CrossTalk 2012.

July 5, 2012
TJX and Ross shine in June

As discounters such as Target, Stein Mart and warehouse club operator Costco posted disappointing same-store sales results in June, TJX Cos. and Ross Stores shone with gains that surpassed Wall Street estimates.

July 2, 2012
Bed, Bath & Beyond tender offer for Cost Plus shares is successful

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. announced that its tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of Cost Plus was successful.

July 2, 2012
J.C. Penney launches new charitable program

J.C. Penney Co. has launched a charitable initiative, called jcp cares, that will support a new cause each month by inviting customers to round up their purchases to the nearest whole dollar and donate the difference to the company's featured charity partner.

June 29, 2012
2012 Annual Store Construction & Outfitting Survey

Retail expansion is edging up, and so is the cost of construction materials and labor, according to Chain Store Age’s 2012 Store Construction & Store Outfitting survey, which tracks retail building activity and construction costs.

June 29, 2012
New York & Co. names COO

New York & Co. has named former Ann Taylor executive Laura Weil as its new COO.

June 29, 2012
Online-only retailers begin Texas sales tax collection on July 1

Texas joins eight other states in taking legislative action requiring online-only retailers, notably Amazon.com, to collect sales tax.

June 28, 2012
Six Signs You've Outgrown Your Shopping Cart

By Michael Moores, Briteskies

June 28, 2012
Virgin Mobile opening first 10 retail stores on Friday, could prompt rollout

A report by Bloomberg said that the Sprint-owned pay-as-you-go carrier Virgin Mobile will open 10 retail stores on Friday in Chicago, as part of its plan to leverage iPhone’s expansion into the prepaid wireless space.

June 27, 2012
All Mixed Up

I mentioned briefly in my last column that I’ve been a little puzzled by what seems to be an industry-wide reluctance to design and develop, and in many cases redevelop centers into, true mixed-use venues. It’s not that our industry doesn’t get excited about mixed-use spaces — they clearly do. But, something is getting lost between the glamorous articles and design concepts, and the real-world execution.

June 27, 2012
Consumer confidence in June dips to five-month low

The Conference Board, in its monthly sentiment index released on Wednesday, said that confidence among U.S. consumers dropped in June for a fourth consecutive month, reaching a five-month low.

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