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June 18, 2013
AlignMed taps retail veteran as new CEO

AlignMed, a developer of wellness wear, has appointed Robert J. Meers as the company’s CEO. He will be charged with driving the company’s growth and strategic direction.

June 18, 2013
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.

June 18, 2013
Five Below presents $345,000 check to cancer nonprofit

Customers and employees of extreme value retailer Five Below have raised nearly $345,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer for all children.

June 18, 2013
Hudson Bay shakes up leadership

Hudson's Bay Company, owner of retailers Hudson's Bay, Home Outfitters and Lord & Taylor, has made changes to the company's executive structure.

June 18, 2013
Simon Property Group takes 'driving' shopper traffic literally

Simon Property Group is employing a novel strategy to generate traffic to some of its signature properties that appeal to well-heeled South American tourists.

June 17, 2013
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.

June 17, 2013
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.

June 17, 2013
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.

June 14, 2013
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.

June 14, 2013
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.

June 13, 2013
Dickies gets a little bit country in new ad campaign

Global workwear brand Dickies has teamed up with country music group Eli Young Band. They are offering fans an opportunity to meet the band on the No Shoes Nation Tour with Kenny Chesney.

June 13, 2013
Family Dollar courts Father's Day shoppers

With Father’s Day just around the corner, Family Dollar is touting its small-store format, accessible staff and assorted product offerings to draw shoppers into its stores.

June 13, 2013
Men's Wearhouse's Q1 benefits from earlier Easter

Net sales at Men's Wearhouse's flagship brand stores got off to a slow start, but clothing and tuxedo revenues picked up, allowing the company to see total net sales of $617 million for the first quarter ended May 4, an increase of 5% from $587 million for the quarter last year.

June 13, 2013
New VP of e-commerce for Shoe Carnival

Shoe Carnival has appointed Kent Zimmerman as VP of e-commerce. Zimmerman will oversee the company’s e-commerce and omnichannel strategies.

June 13, 2013
Report: Lululemon chair sold stock prior to CEO exit

Lululemon's chairman, Dennis "Chip" Wilson, sold stock worth $50 million just days before shares slumped following CEO Christine Day's resignation, according to a Reuters report.

June 13, 2013
Retailers steel themselves for Superman reboot

Retailers are poised to benefit from the June 14 release of The Man of Steel and the extensive licensing activity connected to the latest Superman reboot. Warner Bros. Consumer Products has launched a broad, multi-category licensing program with a variety of global licensees to support the highly anticipated film.

June 13, 2013
Stride Rite rewards program leaps past million member mark

Stride Rite Children's Group's first-ever multichannel loyalty program, launched in Nov. 2012, has leapt beyond the million member milestone within six months.

June 12, 2013
Dip in Lord & Taylor same store sales not enough to keep HBC's Q1 in the cold

A same-store sales decline at Lord & Taylor was not enough to keep Hudson's Bay Company first quarter results for the period ended May 4 in the cold, thanks to strong same-store sales growth at Hudson's Bay.

June 12, 2013
Five B gets a new DC and comp boost

A 4.2% first quarter same store sales increase at teen retailer Five Below and better than expected results prompted the operator of 258 stores to increase its full year guidance.

June 12, 2013
Shopko brings big city deals to rural areas with hometown format

Shopko plans to open five new Shopko Hometown stores in Afton, Wyo., St. Peter, Minn., and Winneconne, Ellsworth and Tomahawk, Wis., in late fall.

June 12, 2013
Sycamore Partners acquires mall goth retailer

Sycamore Partners has acquired mall- and Web-based specialty retailer Hot Topic and its Hot Topic, Torrid and Blackheart concepts for approximately $600 million.

June 11, 2013
A&F cleans up its image with anti-bullying campaign

In an effort to clean up its image following CEO Mike Jeffries' controversial comments regarding the type of people he would prefer to see donning his clothing, Abercrombie & Fitch is launching an anti-bullying campaign and college scholarship program.

June 11, 2013
H&M adds Parisian flavor to fall line

H&M is collaborating with Parisian designer Isabel Marant on a fall line, inspired by her signature style, featuring clothing and accessories for teenagers, women and for the first time, men.

June 11, 2013
Kathy Ireland strikes a pose with RFA Group

Kathy Ireland has been named chief designer for Royal Footwear & Accessories, and launching her own line of footwear with the company in spring 2015.

June 11, 2013
TJX names former Drugstore.com CEO to board

The TJX Companies' shareholders elected Dawn Lepore to its board of directors at the company’s annual meeting. Lepore joins 10 ongoing directors who were reelected at the meeting.

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