Whole Foods Market to acquire Harry's Farmers Market perishable superstores
Sep 20, 2001, Misty Reagin
Austin, Texas – Locally based Whole Foods Market Inc. recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of...
August same-store retail sales rise
Sep 11, 2001, Misty Reagin
Houston – According to data compiled by locally based TeleCheck Services Inc., sales tax-free holidays and tax rebates resulted in a 3% increase in August...
ICSC offers accreditation practice tests
Sep 10, 2001, Misty Reagin
New York – The locally based International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is now offering a series of e-Practice Tests to assist those in the shopping...
Federated August comp sales down 2.6%
Sep 7, 2001, Misty Reagin
Cincinnati – Locally based Federated Department Stores Inc. recently reported total sales of $1.2 billion for the four weeks ended September 1, 2001....
Kmart announces executive appointments
Sep 6, 2001, Misty Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Locally based Kmart Corp recently appointed Rose Reza as SVP, Multi-Cultural Merchandising. Effective immediately, Reza will be responsible...
Home Depot to add 89 stores
Sep 5, 2001, Misty Reagin
Atlanta – Locally based The Home Depot plans to open 89 stores during the third and fourth quarters. The additions will bring the company’s new store...
HOT TOPIC: From sweatshops to shopping malls
Sep 1, 2001, Ellen Braunstein
In 1998, Manchester, N.H., authorities arrested eight protestors for picketing a Foot Locker store at the then-privately owned Mall of New Hampshire....
RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Sep 1, 2001
For July 2001 Company Name Month 01Full $ Month 00Full $ Month 01Full % Month 01Comp % Month 00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 102.0...
July same-store retail sales up 2.5%
Aug 15, 2001, Misty Reagin
Denver – According to data compiled by TeleCheck Services Inc., a subsidiary of locally based First Data Corp., same-store retail sales grew 2.5% in July...
Gap trims work force—again
Aug 13, 2001, Misty Reagin
San Francisco – One month after locally based Gap Inc. eliminated 1,300 positions, or 10% of its work force, the struggling apparel company now says it...
Fleming not buying 17 Furrs stores
Aug 13, 2001, Misty Reagin
Oklahoma City – Locally based Fleming Cos. is exercising its right to reject select stores from the acquisition of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Furrs Supermarkets...
Eckerd to pay Medicaid $1.7 million for over billing
Aug 10, 2001, Misty Reagin
Clearwater, Fla. – Locally based Eckerd Corp., a division of Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney, plead guilty to over billing the government for Medicaid...
Saks Fifth Avenue store to close in White Plains, New York
Aug 10, 2001, Misty Reagin
Birmingham, Ala. – Saks Inc. recently announced plans to close its 128,000 sq. ft. Saks Fifth Avenue store located in White Plains, New York. The company...
Back-to-school expenses decline
Aug 3, 2001, Misty Reagin
Washington, D.C. – According to a survey conducted for the locally based National Retail Federation by Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Market Facts Inc,...
Kmart purchases BlueLight.com
Aug 2, 2001, Misty Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Locally based Kmart Corp. recently acquired BlueLight.com, the company's e-commerce subsidiary. A majority of BlueLight.com stockholders...
HOT TOPIC: Money in the middle
Aug 1, 2001, Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
Ottumwa, Iowa, Paducah, Ky., Clarksville, Tenn. Few average Joes could easily pinpoint such places on a map. But as prime markets get leased and become...
RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Aug 1, 2001
For June 2001 Company Name Month 01Full $ Month 00Full $ Month 01Full % Month 01Comp % Month 00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 109.6...
NRF opposes Bush’s pharmacy proposal
Jul 26, 2001, Misty Reagin
Washington, D.C. – The locally based National Retail Federation (NRF) joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores in opposition to a Bush administration...
Retailers keeping pace
Jul 24, 2001, Misty Reagin
Washington, D.C. – According to the Triversity Top 100 Retailers, a ranking based on an annual survey and published in the July issue of locally based...
Home Depot evacuated
Jul 19, 2001, Misty Reagin
Atlanta – Police evacuated the headquarters of locally based Home Depot Inc. yesterday when a suspicious-looking package was found in the mailroom. Police...
Hot Topic’s VP of real estate resigns
Jul 11, 2001, Misty Reagin
City of Industry, Calif. — Locally based Hot Topic Inc. recently announced that Marc Bertone, vice president of real estate, has resigned from the company,...
Kmart cuts IT staff
Jul 11, 2001, Misty Reagin
Troy, Mich. — Locally based Kmart Corp. recently eliminated 135 positions in its information technology department, one of its largest divisions. The...
June same-store retail sales up 2.4%
Jul 9, 2001, Misty Reagin
Houston – According to locally based TeleCheck Services Inc., same-store retail sales increased 2.4% over the same period in 2000. The Mid-Atlantic region...
Gap Inc. to streamline headquarters staffing; revise growth for 2002-2003
Jul 5, 2001, Misty Reagin
San Francisco – Locally based Gap Inc. recently announced plans to streamline headquarters staffing and improve organizational efficiencies. The company...
HOT TOPIC: Odd man out?
Jul 1, 2001, By Ellen Braunstein
A merchant that takes 100% of his clothes off may be considered crazy. But don't discount Malcolm Scott just yet. The portly owner of The Nudist Store...
