May 14, 2013
Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts has installed a new president, George Sherman and a new Exec VP of Merchandising, Marketing...
May 7, 2013
Suddenly, and not very surprisingly, there seems to be a continuous rash of executive firings at JC Penney. It is...
April 25, 2013
Recently, the long reigning leader of retailer cooperatives completed a changing of the guard as John Venhuizen was named President...
April 22, 2013
RadioShack has long been the object of harsh criticism by industry prognosticators often accompanied by predictions of fairly imminent demise....
April 18, 2013
Personnel Update: Ace Hardware Corp. announced that John Venhuizen has been named President and CEO of the hardware cooperative. The...
April 15, 2013
Personnel Updates: Advance Auto has named George Sherman President of the company as part of its effort to simplify company...
April 11, 2013
For years the top three retailers listed in Chain Store Guide’s database of Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains have...
April 10, 2013
An Insight posted here last week noted the rather drastic, 97% pay-cut imposed on Ron Johnson by JC Penney’s board...
April 4, 2013
Worse, quarterly financials consistently reflected the sharp negative reactions to the new policies at JCP.
March 28, 2013
When most people think of home improvement retailers, Lowe’s and rival Home Depot often first come to mind.
March 25, 2013
After too many quarters of troublesome financials, Best Buy recently reported somewhat of a mixed bag to finish its most...
March 21, 2013
Personnel Update: Handy Hardware Wholesale hired J.R. Ferguson, a former Senior Distribution Manager for Office Depot, as Director of Operations. ...
