SEATTLE — Recent moves by Amazon.com Inc. make it clear that the world’s e-commerce behemoth is continuing to ratchet up the pressure on traditional retail. Most recently, Amazon has invited major consumer packaged goods manufacturers, including General Mills Inc. and Mondelez International Inc., to a three-day gathering at its headquarters here in May, according to
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Colleen Wegman has been named president and chief executive officer of Wegmans Food Markets Inc. She succeeds her father, Danny Wegman, who has taken the title of chairman. “I will continue in my role, but now as chairman of the company,” Danny Wegman said in a statement last month. “The time has
WASHINGTON — Retailers have applauded two Supreme Court actions in cases regarding credit cards. Late last month the court overturned a ruling barring retailers from imposing a surcharge on credit card use, sending the case back to a lower court. Two days earlier, the Supreme Court justices declined to hear a bid to resurrect a
EARTH CITY, Mo. — Kenneth McGrath has been named chief executive officer of the Save-A-Lot discount grocery chain, effective April 21. He succeeds Eric Claus, who has agreed to step down. McGrath comes to his new post with extensive experience in the discount grocery sector, including 13 years with the Lidl chain, owned by Germany’s
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. has unveiled the elements of a redesign aimed at creating a faster, easier experience for a shopper running an errand while encouraging those not in a rush to linger in the aisles. The retailer expects its first fully re-imagined store will open this fall in a Houston suburb. In addition, 40
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. has named Jeff Burt senior vice president of grocery, fresh food and beverage. Burt joins Target from Kroger Co., where he most recently served as president of the Fred Meyer division. He assumed his new post effective April 10. In this role, Burt will be charged with helping to advance and
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General Corp. is acquiring Dollar Express Stores LLC, operator of a chain of 323 discount stores in 36 states that were being run as Family Dollar outlets but had been sold off in 2015 when Family Dollar Stores Inc. accepted a buyout offer from then-rival Dollar Tree Inc. The 323 stores
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. is reviving its GreenWise store concept and banner. First introduced in 2007, Publix currently operates three GreenWise outlets: one each in Tampa, Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens. GreenWise is also the name of Publix’s natural and organic brand, which includes both food and nonfood items. The relaunch
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Concerns that the parent of Sears and Kmart is headed toward bankruptcy were rekindled when the company offered in a disclosure that it might not be in operation a year from now. “Our historical operating results indicate substantial doubt exists related to the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,”
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu Inc. has consolidated the merchandising staff for three of its retail divisions, eliminating 21 positions, and shuffled some managerial roles. Responsibility for all merchandising for Supervalu’s Farm Fresh, Shoppers and Shop ’n Save East divisions has been shifted to the merchandising department at Shoppers, based in Bowie, Md. As a result, 21
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. is getting creative. The company, which is one of the world’s largest grocery retailers with 2,796 food stores operating under a number of banners in 35 states and the District of Columbia, launched a new website last month, www.krogerstories.com, that features various formats to help convey how the company is distinguishing
For many executives, this year’s National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting could just as easily be labeled a weeklong First-Timers Reception. So dramatic has been the turnover of staffers at some of America’s leading mass retailers that many of the attendees at the 2017 event in Scottsdale, Ariz., have never been to an