Retail Executive Operations News

05/03/2013 - 11:07am

Dick’s Sporting Goods has named Andre J. Hawaux as executive VP of finance and administration and CFO.

05/03/2013 - 11:05am

NRF: Retailers stepped up hiring in April

The retail industry, the nation’s largest private sector employer, added 29,000 jobs in April, indicating that retailers are seeing signs of an improving economy, and as a result, added to their payrolls heading into the summer, according to the National Retail Federation.

05/03/2013 - 11:02am

Workers worry about pay

Employees show increased levels of anxiety about their income, benefits and security, according to a new poll from Harris Interactive.

05/03/2013 - 10:55am

Accenture: Retailers scale back global expansion

The world’s largest retailers have been scaling back their global expansion activities, particularly in Asia, and turning their attention inward by integrating operations and strengthening their store, Internet and mobile sales channels, according to a new report by Accenture.

05/03/2013 - 9:33am

Uniqlo, Westchester’s Ridge Hill, Yonkers, N.Y.

Uniqlo has opened its seventh U.S. location to date, in Westchester's Ridge Hill center, in Yonkers, N.Y.

05/02/2013 - 4:33pm

Canadian Tire Corp. opens cloud-computing center and digital hub

Canadian Tire Corp. announced that it will open the 'Canadian Tire Cloud Computing Centre' in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the fall of 2013.

05/02/2013 - 11:21am

Study: Marketing's influence in retail IT decisions growing sharply

The bond is growing stronger between retailers' marketing and IT departments, and investments and activity in marketing-related IT projects are on the rise, according to a new study from EKN.

05/02/2013 - 10:56am

Delhaize Group names Maura Smith general counsel

Global supermarket operator Delhaize Group, whose U.S. divisions include Food Lion and Hannaford Bros., has named Maura Smith as executive VP, general counsel and general secretary.

05/02/2013 - 10:52am

Mother’s Day shoppers set spending limits

Shoppers are setting a budget for Mother’s Day spending this year, according to a new survey from PriceGrabber.

05/02/2013 - 10:46am

Starbucks shakes up senior management

Starbucks Coffee Co. is shaking up its senior management team with five promotions and two new appointments.