Archive

March 18, 2014

Industry News: Retail and Foodservice Technology – March 2014

Discount and Specialty: Runnings, a general merchandise retailer with more than 34 stores, has announced its partnership with ShopVisible for...

By Matt Werhner

March 17, 2014

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – March 2014

Personnel Updates: Amazon.com announced the retirement of Senior VP eCommerce Platform Brian Valentine who presided over Amazon’s e-commerce tech infrastructure...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 17, 2014

Industry News: Grocery, Supermarket, and Convenience Stores – March 2014

Personnel Updates: AB Acquisition LLC, which operates Albertsons LLC and New Albertsons Inc., said Rick Navarro has been named Chief Administrative...

By Brian List

March 13, 2014

Navarro Pharmacies Celebrates its Hispanic Marketing Mojo

Navarro Discount Pharmacies was founded in 1940 in Havana, Cuba and later opened its first U.S. store in 1961 in...

By Brian List

March 13, 2014

Patrick Lumber and the Pittsburgh Steelers

Just the other day, two stories came across my desk as I was updating the Building Products section of Chain...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 13, 2014

Papa Murphy’s: Rising to the Occasion?

On March 11, 2014, Papa Murphy’s Holdings Inc. filed a form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation...

By Linda Helman

March 12, 2014

Walmart Doubles Down, But Can’t Really Express Itself

Last month this space featured an Insight titled, Finally, Target Joins the Trend: Radical Downsizing.  The piece noted that as...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 12, 2014

Fast Fashion Train

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is planning to rebrand its Hollister concept as a fast fashion retailer.  Changes would include lowering...

By Natasha Perry

March 11, 2014

Now Serving New Tabletop Technology

Pizza Hut’s latest announcement is adding a whole new dimension to tabletop technology and making traditional menus look archaic. The...

By Matt Werhner

March 10, 2014

Powerhouse Potential – Safeway/Albertsons Merger will create $60 billion Grocer

As previously talked about at length in this space, merger and acquisition activity in the supermarket industry was highly active...

By Brian List

March 10, 2014

Mourning Becomes RadioShack

RadioShack’s recent issuance of its annual financials is rough reading for the chain’s remaining fans.  It’s even tougher for investors...

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 6, 2014

CSG Recession Busters

CSG Industry Experts:  Natasha Perry Apparel & Department Brian List Grocery Arthur Rosenberg Home, Hardware, & Discount Linda Helman...

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