Category: Discount & Specialty

August 12, 2013

Men's Wearhouse Could Learn Something From Best Buy…I Almost Guarantee It

For many consumers and investors, their introduction to Men’s Wearhouse was through Zimmer’s direct vocal style and his promise, "You're...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 22, 2013

Company Snapshot: Family Dollar Stores Inc.

Address: 10401 Monroe Rd. Matthews, NC, 28105 Telephone: 704 847-6961 Year Founded: 1959 Total Stores: 7,801 Total Annual Sales: $9,331,005,000...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 15, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – July 2013

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts has promoted Jon Dehne to Senior VP of Market Availability, Inventory Management and Merchandise Operations....

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 8, 2013

Walmart Targets The Dollar Universe Again

As has been mentioned several times in this space through the years, Walmart is once again displaying major symptoms of...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 24, 2013

Company Snapshot: Fred's Inc.

Founded in 1947, during the post war era and at the early stages of the baby boom, Fred's Inc. could...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 17, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – June 2013

Personnel Updates: Alco Stores has promoted Ricardo Clemente to Senior VP of Human Resources, Store Operations and Loss Prevention. Big...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 10, 2013

What Goes Around… Internet Giant Google To Open Stores?

Now there is well-sourced word that Google is looking to open its own stores by this year’s holiday season. Google...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 28, 2013

Company Snapshot: The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack

The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack, or The Pep Boys as they are commonly called was founded as...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 28, 2013

Company Snapshot: The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack

The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack, or The Pep Boys as they are commonly called was founded as...

By superadmin

May 14, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – May 2013

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts has installed a new president, George Sherman and a new Exec VP of Merchandising, Marketing...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 7, 2013

Alarming Visits to Another Penney’s Store and the Martha Stewart Relationship

Suddenly, and not very surprisingly, there seems to be a continuous rash of executive firings at JC Penney. It is...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 22, 2013

Company Snapshot: RadioShack – Another New Hopeful Administration

RadioShack has long been the object of harsh criticism by industry prognosticators often accompanied by predictions of fairly imminent demise....

By Arthur Rosenberg

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