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06/18/2013 - 11:57
Burlington benefits from cold Q1

Burlington Coat Factory was the beneficiary of an unseasonably cool first quarter that resulted in soft sales at some other retailers.

06/18/2013 - 10:40
BJ's marks 200th club opening

BJ's Membership Club is celebrating its 200th store opening with its latest location at 5200 Red Tip Road in Fayetteville, N.C. The club will feature a fresh bakery, BJ's Cafe, deli, optical services, rotisserie chicken, tire center, gas station and Verizon Wireless Kiosk.

06/17/2013 - 17:18
Urban Outfitters bows to pressure from anti-drug group

Bowing to pressure from the Partnership at Drugfree.org, fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has agreed to pull merchandise made to look like prescription pull bottles, including prescription label flasks and pint and shot glasses, from its shelves.

06/17/2013 - 14:46
Macy’s Smurfs up for Great American Drive-In

As part of its American Icons campaign, Macy’s will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the drive-in theater by providing customers with a free showing of “The Smurfs” in pop-up drive-ins at select Macy’s stores and existing drive-in theaters nationwide.

06/17/2013 - 10:46
Saks Fifth Avenue touts itself as trendsetter in new ad campaign

Saks Fifth Avenue plans to launch a new ad campaign encouraging new and existing customers to “discover” what the specialty retailer has to offer via catalogs, direct mail, press initiatives, in-store events, digital marketing, social media and visual displays.

06/17/2013 - 10:11
Advance Auto Parts looks within for new SVP operations

Advance Auto Parts has promoted Jon Dehne to SVP of market availability, inventory management and merchandise operations.

06/14/2013 - 13:56
Kohl’s expands footprint in Texas

Kohl’s plans to open a new customer service operations center in Dallas in late spring 2014. The two-building, three-story, 240,000-sq.-ft. facility will support the company’s growing Kohl’s Charge program as well as Kohls.com.

06/14/2013 - 13:13
ECRM: Retail circular advertising trends, May 2013

ECRM compared retail circular advertising in May 2012 vs. May 2013 and noticed some common overall trends across top retail chains. While looking at the data in May 2012 compared to May 2013, we see interesting changes that came from Toys "R" Us.

06/14/2013 - 12:38
Macy's enlists Empire State Building in July 4 celebration

New York City's own Empire State Building is joining the 37th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks festivities. The building will be the site of a choreographed LED tower lights show designed to mirror the explosive finale of the nation’s largest pyrotechnic display.

06/14/2013 - 11:36
Alco's Q1 same-store sales feel lingering winter chill

Lingering winter weather conditions affected broad-line retailer Alco, which reported same-store sales of $112.4 million for the first quarter ended May 5, a 2.2% decrease from $115 million for the same quarter a year ago.

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