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April 18, 2012
OfficeMax vet assumes reigns of Walgreens' supply chain management

Walgreens has named Reuben Slone as SVP supply chain management, where he will have leadership responsibility for distribution, transportation, systems integration and engineering, Lean and Six Sigma supply chain initiatives and community outreach.

March 20, 2012
Amazon.com finds fulfillment with Kiva buyout

Amazon's fulfillment services just got a boost, thanks to an agreement that will have the company buying Kiva Systems Inc. for $775 million in cash.

February 16, 2012
What a load, Walmart selects system to improve fleet efficiency

Supply chain optimization solutions provider Quintiq Inc., announced that Walmart selected the company’s next-generation load assignment and dispatch system to lower the total miles driven and improve fleet efficiency.

January 31, 2012
Bon-Ton CEO takes on chairman role

The Bon-Ton Stores announced Tuesday that its board of directors has elected president and CEO Bud Bergren to the additional role of chairman of the board.

January 27, 2012
Lowe's board looks to Dollar General leadership

Lowe’s has announced that Richard Dreiling has joined its board of directors.

January 15, 2012
Target merchants get a new toy

Smarter decision-making is a goal all retailers have, and now Target should be in an even better position to execute on that objective following a major agreement with industry leading data warehousing and analytics provider Teradata.

January 3, 2012
Target supply chain exec announces retirement

Veteran merchandising and supply chain executive Rick Maguire has announced plans to retire from his current position as SVP supply chain at Target Canada effective June 15, according to an internal company announcement.

November 29, 2011
Dick's Sporting Goods Westward bound

Dick's Sporting Goods took another step in expanding out West with the announcement that it will build a distribution center in Goodyear, Ariz., that is expected to bring approximately 120 jobs to the area when business opens in early 2013.

October 21, 2011
Barnes & Noble searches for new CFO

Barnes & Noble has announced that Joseph Lombardi, CFO, has resigned from his current position, but will remain a non-officer employee until mid-2012 to assist in the transition as the company undertakes an executive search for a new CFO.

October 17, 2011
Former GameStop chief drops 'interim' from CEO title at Hancock Fabrics

Hancock Fabrics hass announced that its board of directors has appointed Steven Morgan, the current interim president and CEO and member of the company’s board of directors, to serve as president and CEO, effective immediately.

October 17, 2011
New leadership possibilities emerge for Target in 2012

The departure of two top Target executives in the span of 10 days probably wasn’t on the top of the company’s holiday wish list, but that’s the way the ball bounces in the retail big leagues.

October 10, 2011
Former P&G executive named CEO at Catalina

Jamie Egasti was named CEO of Catalina Marketing Corp. and will join the firm’s board of directors.

October 7, 2011
Gander Mountain adopts Revionics price optimization solution

Retail life cycle price optimization solution-provider Revionics said Wednesday that Gander Mountain Co. has selected the Revionics Price Optimization solution, which provides both base price management and price optimization.

October 3, 2011
Children's Place names head of global sourcing

The Children's Place Retail Stores has announced the appointment of Peter Warner as SVP global sourcing, effective immediately.

September 27, 2011
Long-time Staples exec promoted to CFO

Staples has promoted Christine Komola to CFO effective Feb. 1, 2012. She will report to John Mahoney, Staples’ vice chairman.

September 21, 2011
International CFO offers revealing insights

The Network of Executive Women held its 10th annual leadership summit earlier this week in Orlando, and Walmart’s International CFO Cathy Smith was listed as a featured speaker.

August 19, 2011
Whirlpool names new CFO

Whirlpool Corp. announced that Roy Templin, EVP and CFO, will retire from the company.

August 18, 2011
Canadian hardware distributor names new CFO

Rona, the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, renovation and gardening products, has announced the appointment of Dominique Boies to the position of EVP and CFO.

August 2, 2011
Kroger to implement Oracle’s PLM solution

Kroger has selected Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Process to establish a platform for continually improving the customer experience.

July 26, 2011
Educator acknowledged for excellence in supply chain and logistics

In recognition of his significant contributions to the art and science of supply chain and logistics management, Dr. James R. Stock will receive Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) 2011 Distinguished Service Award.

June 8, 2011
Walmart exec to lead food safety initiative

Frank Yiannas, VP food safety and health at Walmart, was named vice chair elect of The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), an organization created in 2000 by The Consumer Goods Forum. Yiannas will assume the role of vice chair in February 2012 when current vice chair, Yves Rey, corporate quality general manager, at Danone becomes chairman.

June 7, 2011
Borders EVP, chief merchant resigns

Borders Group executive VP and chief merchandising officer Michele Cloutier has resigned, Borders said in a late afternoon Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

May 25, 2011
Royal Ahold's Ross to serve as Avon's financial chief

Royal Ahold executive Kimberly Ross is joining beauty company Avon as EVP and CFO, reporting to Andrea Jung, Avon's chairman and CEO.

May 9, 2011
Unemployment rises back up to 9%

NEW YORK —The unemployment rate in April edged up to 9.0%, compared with 8.8% in March 2011.

Construction employment was about unchanged in April, according to Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This industry has shown little net movement since early 2010, after having fallen sharply during the prior three years.

Overall, the economy added 244,000 jobs in April, a higher gain than anticipated by analysts.

May 6, 2011
Former Supervalu exec joins supply chain board

Mike Jackson was named to the board of directors of iControl Systems USA where he will also serve in the capacity of senior advisor to iControl president and CEO Tal Zlotnitsky.

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