{"id":12746,"date":"2019-09-24T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=12746"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:55:58","slug":"datatrac-discount-specialty-stores-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2019\/09\/datatrac-discount-specialty-stores-september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Discount and Specialty Stores \u2013 September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc. (492)<\/strong> is hosting a series of Amazon Career Day events to hire about 30,000 full-and part-time jobs at Amazon locations across the country.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Inc. (120)<\/strong> stated that Lee Delaney, Chief Commercial Officer, has been promoted to President of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp. (145)<\/strong> announced it has appointed Jeffery C. Owen, as COO. Steven G. Sunderland will succeed him as Exec VP Store Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tru Kids Brands, Inc. (31)<\/strong> has named Jamie Uitdenhowen as President of a joint venture with retailer B8ta, called Toy Retail Showrooms.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc. (246)<\/strong> has appointed Nuala O\u2019Connor as Senior VP and Chief Counsel of Digital Citizenship.<\/p>\n

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Financial Focus<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fred\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

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Industry Insight<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc.<\/strong> will expand its office in downtown Chicago by more than 70,000 sq. ft, allowing the company to create 400 new tech jobs in the city.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Christmas Tree Shops Inc.<\/strong> said it is no longer selling products on its website. However, customers can still browse the site to find items sold in stores.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Crate & Barrel<\/strong> has announced plans to open up to 15 full-service restaurants at existing locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> has opened its first Walmart Health center attached to a remodeled Walmart Supercenter in Dallas, GA. It offers basic health care and diagnostic services in partnership with local providers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> opened a new Essentials PetCare in-store veterinary clinic in Dallas, GA. Like existing Essentials PetCare locations in Florida and Texas, the in-store clinic will provide routine vaccinations, lab work and treatment for a variety of minor conditions. The first four of nine new clinics were rolled out in Texas earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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Real Estate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0Apple Inc.<\/strong> announced it has opened a new store at Aventura Mall, in Miami, FL.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.<\/strong> said it will remodel 160 stores in advance of the upcoming holiday season.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp.<\/strong> announced that it is building new stores in Washington and Wyoming. When completed, these stores will expand Dollar General\u2019s presence to 46 states throughout the country.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fred\u2019s Inc.<\/strong> has begun liquidation sales at its stores, which it said are expected to close by the end of October.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GameStop Holdings Corp.<\/strong> announced it is on track to close from 180 to 200 stores globally by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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Technology News<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is now offering its Drive Up curbside click-and-collect service at 1,750 stores in all 50 states. The service allows customers to place a mobile order, pull up to their local store, and have an associate bring the order to their car for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates \u2022\u00a0Amazon.com Inc. (492) is hosting a series of Amazon Career Day events to hire about 30,000 full-and part-time jobs at Amazon locations across the country. \u2022\u00a0BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Inc. (120) stated that Lee Delaney, Chief Commercial Officer, has been promoted to President of the company. \u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp. (145) announced it has appointed… Continue reading DATATRAC: Discount and Specialty Stores \u2013 September 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-12746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discount-specialty","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}