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May 17, 2013
Bloomingdale’s to make Hawaiian debut

Bloomingdale’s plans to open a 167,000-sq.-ft., three-level store at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu in fall 2015.

May 17, 2013
Blue Nile appoints board member

Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile has appointed Mindy Meads to its board of directors. Meads previously served as co-CEO of Aeropostale and president and CEO of Victoria’s Secret, among other executive posts in a 35-year apparel retail career. She also serves on the board of Wet Seal.

May 17, 2013
Starbucks names Chiquita exec as executive VP, global supply chain

Starbucks Coffee Co. has appointed Deverl Maserang as executive VP leading the company’s global supply chain organization, effective June 3.

May 17, 2013
Wegmans delays Massachusetts store opening

Wegmans is pushing back the scheduled opening of a new store in Newton, Mass., until spring 2014.

May 16, 2013
Barneys’ Simon Doonan designs window display for Duane Reade

In what it called a “first-of-its-kind” installation at a drugstore chain, Nexxus Salon Hair Care unveiled a window display tribute to the Tony Awards and Broadway at the Duane Reade store across from Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.

May 16, 2013
Contingent Network Services helps Finish Line overhaul customer experience

Contingent Network Services has announced the successful completion of a strategic IT project to deploy new in-store technology to stores operated by The Finish Line.

May 16, 2013
Horizon Group, CBL to develop The Outlet Shoppes at Louisville

Following on the heels of successful outlet projects in Atlanta and Oklahoma City, CBL & Associates Properties and Horizon Group Properties announced another joint venture – to co-develop The Outlet Shoppes at Louisville, in Simpsonville, Ky.

May 16, 2013
Retailers Must ‘Think Visual’

Among the many albums released by legendary rock band The Kinks, “Think Visual” stands as a forgettable collection of generic hard rock songs released in the mid-1980s, when the British Invasion pioneers were long past their creative prime and worn down from years of infighting.

May 16, 2013
SDL Survey: Consumers expect same pricing, discounts and sales across channels

Sixty-nine percent of shoppers expect a brand’s online store, mobile app and physical store to offer same pricing, discounts and sales, according to a survey by SDL that looked at the mobile and social media habits of consumers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore.

May 16, 2013
Swedish retailer taps Starcounter to power supply chain management application

Starcounter announced that its high performance in-memory NoSQL database powers the supply chain management application utilized by Gekas, a superstore in Sweden visited by 4.5 million customers each year.

May 16, 2013
ULI Report: Gen Y shoppers still flocking to stores

Despite being the most tech-savvy generation in history, Generation Y, the 80-million strong cohort of Americans between the ages of 18 and 35, has not forsaken shopping in stores for online purchasing – as long as retailers keep their offerings "fresh" and interesting, according to a new report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

May 15, 2013
Westwood Contractors names president

Westwood Contractors announced that effective May 1, Michael W. McBride has assumed the role of president in addition to his position as COO at the firm.

May 15, 2013
HSN's CFO takes on added role of COO

HSN Inc. said that it has appointed CFO Judy Schmeling to the additional role of COO, effective immediately.

May 15, 2013
IBM: Mother’s Day mobile sales up 23%

Consumers shopping online for Mother’s Day gifts was up 15%, spurred by mobile commerce growth of 23% over 2012, according to IBM’s Digital Analytics Benchmark, a cloud-based analysis of the online retail market.

May 15, 2013
Kroger DC converting food waste to clean energy

The Kroger Co. unveiled a clean energy production system that will convert food that can't be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less distribution center in Compton, Calif.

May 15, 2013
Mall of America unveils new logo and tagline

Mall of America, the nation's largest retail and entertainment destination, has unveiled a new logo and tagline.

May 15, 2013
Massachusetts OKs Fenway Center

The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has agreed to allow the construction of a 4.5-acre complex called Fenway Center in the area around Fenway Park in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood.

May 15, 2013
NRF criticizes Bangladesh safety accord

The National Retail Federation on Wednesday criticized a fire-and-building safety agreement for Bangladesh, led by labor groups such as Europe's IndustriALL.

May 15, 2013
RadioShack heads to campus

RadioShack will start offering a tailored assortment of consumer electronics products in college stores operated by NACSCORP, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores, this fall.

May 15, 2013
Safeway stockholders approve BOD recommendations

Preliminary results from the Safeway annual stockholder’s meeting show that a majority of stockholders followed board of directors recommendations in electing each of the eight directors with a majority of at least 73%.

May 15, 2013
Walmart completes eight solar arrays in Massachusetts

Walmart announced the completion of eight new solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in Massachusetts, celebrating with an event at its Walpole store.

May 14, 2013
Action Services Group to provide sign, lighting maintenance for regional Burger King

Actions Services Group has announced a service agreement with Strategic Restaurants Acquisition Co. to provide exterior sign and lighting maintenance services for its 295 Burger King restaurant units.

May 14, 2013
Affordable Care Act Compliance

By Liz Moughan, Kronos Incorporated

May 14, 2013
Barnes & Noble updates Nook app for comics readers

Barnes & Noble subsidiary Nook Media LLC is releasing an updated Nook app for iOS devices.

May 14, 2013
Deckers Outdoor teams with GT Nexus on supply chain solution

Global footwear brand Deckers Outdoor Corp. announced it is using the GT Nexus cloud-based supply chain platform to improve supply chain collaboration and visibility.

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