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December 23, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – December 2013

Personnel Updates: Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) announced that Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox will serve as chairman...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 19, 2013

Company Snapshot: BlueLinx Holdings Corporation

Address: 4300 Wildwood Pkwy Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: 770 953-7000 Year Founded: 2004 Total Annual Sales: $1,907,842,000 Senior Executives: Howard S. Cohen-...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 19, 2013

Company Snapshot: Tilted Kilt Franchise Operating LLC

Address: 664 W Warner Rd Tempe, AZ 85284 Telephone: 480-456-5458 Internet Homepage: http://www.tiltedkilt.com Total Current Locations: 90 Trading Areas: AL,...

By Linda Helman

December 17, 2013

Company Snapshot: Charming Charlie

Address: 5999 Savoy Dr. Houston, TX  77036 Telephone: 713-579-1936 Internet Homepage: www.charmingcharlie.com Year Founded: 2004 Current Stores: 234 Retail Sales:...

By Natasha Perry

December 17, 2013

Company Snapshot: Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy

Address: 4940 Pearl East Circle Suite 301 Boulder, CO 80301 Telephone: 303 442-2304 Internet Homepage: www.pharmaca.com Total Current Stores: 24...

By Brian List

December 16, 2013

Company Snapshot: Redbox Automated Retail, LLC

Address: 1 Tower Ln Suite 1200 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60187 Phone: 630 756-8000 Year Founded: 2002 Total Kiosks: 43,600 Total...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 16, 2013

Company Snapshot: Sprouts Famers Market

Address: 11811 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 2400 Phoenix, AZ 85028 Telephone: 480-814-8016 Internet Homepage: www.sprouts.com Total Current Stores: 167 Year...

By Brian List

December 13, 2013

Walgreens Goes Green Again, Opens Nation's First Net Zero Energy Retail Store

Walgreens has become a leader in solar technology and green initiatives. In July 2012, 80% of its stores switched to...

By Brian List

December 12, 2013

The 800-Pound Gorilla Wants to Gain Weight

The 800-pound gorilla wants to become the 1,200-pound gorilla. In a proposed deal announced December 9, 2013, Sysco Corp. plans...

By Linda Helman

December 12, 2013

After A Round of Closings, Carter Lumber Enters a New State

Last month our CSG Insight reported on a somewhat startling announcement by Carter Lumber.  It stated that the company was...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 11, 2013

Moves Made in 2013

This past year we saw several acquisitions made by major apparel and department store retailers. Gap Inc. acquired women’s fashion...

By Natasha Perry

December 10, 2013

Record Setting Cyber Monday

Reports are indicating that Cyber Monday’s overall online sales were record setting.   IBM’s analytics found a 20.6% increase in online...

By Matt Werhner

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