Advanced Auto to buy Discount Auto
Aug 14, 2001, Misty Reagin
Dunellen, N.J. – Locally based Advanced Auto Parts is spending roughly $267 million in cash and stock to acquire its rival, Lakeland, Fla.-based Discount...
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...
CONSUMER TRENDS: Get in, get out! It's a guy thing.
Aug 1, 2001, W. S. Moore III
Men don't shop. As Paco Underhill, consumer trend watcher and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (Touchstone Books, 2000), puts it, Men are...
Charming Shoppes to buy Lane Bryant
Jul 30, 2001, Misty Reagin
Bensalem, Pa. – Locally based Charming Shoppes plans to purchase Lane Bryant, a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based The Limited, for $335 million in cash...
Furrs eliminates corporate staff
Jul 27, 2001, Misty Reagin
Albuquerque, N.M. – Locally based Furrs Supermarkets Inc. recently announced it would terminate all positions at its corporate headquarters. This news...
Wal-Mart cuts corporate jobs
Jul 27, 2001, Misty Reagin
Bentonville, Ark. – Locally based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. terminated 100 positions at its corporate headquarters this week, making this the first time the...
May Co. to increase accessibility
Jul 26, 2001, Misty Reagin
St. Louis - After settling a lawsuit on behalf of the Americans with Disabilities Act, locally based May Department Stores Co. agreed to renovate its...
Nash Finch to possibly acquire U Save Food's 14 supermarkets
Jul 26, 2001, Misty Reagin
Minneapolis – Locally based Nash Finch Co. and Omaha, Neb.-based U Save Foods Inc. are discussing the possibility of the acquisition of U Save through...
