Retail News Breaks Archives

Week of Mon, Apr 19th, 2010

Dollar General adds private-label line of socks

Continuing to expand its product assortment, Dollar General Corp. has introduced a new line of private brand socks.

Target to sell Amazon's Kindle e-reader

Target Corp. plans to begin selling Amazon.com's popular Kindle electronic reader in select stores this weekend, with a larger rollout later on.

A&P appoints Rite Aid exec to operations post

Mark Kramer has been named senior vice president of operations at A&P.

Supervalu reshapes board of directors

Supervalu Inc. plans to make changes to the size and composition of its board of directors.

Shoppers Drug Mart to test sale of Rogers mobile devices

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. this summer plans to pilot the sale of cell phones and wireless handheld devices from Rogers Communications Inc. in select stores.

Rite Aid launches new customer loyalty program

Rite Aid Corp. has kicked off its new shopper loyalty program, dubbed Rite Aid wellness+ customer rewards, nationwide.

Kroger names Little Clinic CEO

Kroger Co. health benefits executive Michael Stoll has been named chief executive officer of The Little Clinic, the food and drug retail giant's in-store health clinic subsidiary.