Category: Discount & Specialty

December 24, 2012

Company Snapshot: Brookstone Inc.

Address: One Innovation Way Merrimack, NH 03054 Telephone: 603 880-9500 Fax: 603-577-8004 Internet Homepage: http://www.brookstone.com Year Founded: 1965 Total Stores:...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 17, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Apple Inc. issued a statement that its retail Senior VP John Browett abruptly left the company. Another senior-ranking...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 10, 2012

Office Depot Grows Smaller

Last year we noted, then focused on Best Buy’s myriad of considerable challenges as well as several of the company’s...

By Arthur Rosenberg

November 26, 2012

Company Snapshot: Five Below Inc.

Address: 1818 Market Street, Suite 1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-3601 Telephone: 215 546-7909 Internet Homepage: http://www.fivebelow.com Year Founded: 2001 Total Stores:...

By Arthur Rosenberg

November 23, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Best Buy has hired Sharon McCollam as its new CFO, CAO. Best Buy has announced that Exec VP...

By Arthur Rosenberg

November 5, 2012

Walmart Targets Smaller Stores But Not The Really Smaller Ones

This seems to be the era of reducing the size of retail prototypes. Smaller footprints are becoming all the rage...

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 31, 2012

Company Snapshot: 99 Cents Only Stores

99 Cents Only Stores is a true single price retailer.

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 17, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates:   Best Buy announced it has hired Scott Durchslag, former President at Expedia Worldwide, as its President, Online...

By Arthur Rosenberg

October 5, 2012

Company Snapshot: Conn's

Known as a strong regional competitor in the retail consumer electronics arena, with stores in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, Conn’s...

By Arthur Rosenberg

September 14, 2012

Industry News: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts announced the appointment of Kevin Dempsey as VP Global and Front Room Merchandising. Advance Auto...

By Arthur Rosenberg

September 10, 2012

Walmart’s Dollar Store Envy Strikes Again

Long before the incredible recession-era successes of dollar chains Walmart consistently revealed a strong case of dollar store envy.  Target...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 16, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Alco Stores has promoted Brent Streit to Senior VP Marketing and e-Commerce. Barnes & Noble has announced the...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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