Nashville, Tenn. – The NACORE International Board of Directors has announced that the 28th Annual Symposium & Exposition scheduled for September 22-25, 2001 in Nashville, Tenn., will not be held as originally planned...
Bellevue, Wash. – The aggressive cost cuts made by locally based drugstore.com during the past year will allow it to continue operating at least until 2004. Earlier this year, the company cut nearly 30% of its work force and scaled back its...
Bentonville, Ark. – Three months after locally based Wal-Mart said it would stop sharing its sales data to third-party gatherers, two market research firms are now asking consumers to help compile information about merchandise sold at Wal-Mart...
New York - The retail sector in lower Manhattan will soon feel the effects of Tuesday's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The destruction of the gigantic complex included its retail component, the 427,000 sq. ft. Westfield Shoppingtown...
Natick, Mass. – Locally based BJ’s Wholesale Club recently said it would begin testing pharmacy departments in new stores scheduled to open in Atlanta next spring and in stores near its headquarters. The retailer’s chief competitors, Issaquah...
Woonsocket, R.I. – Locally based CVS Corp. is shelling out $4 million to settle a series of lawsuits that claim the retailer overcharged for partial-fill prescriptions covered by Medicaid and other federal and state insurance programs...
Chicago – Locally based Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. recently announced that the board of directors named Peter Roberts as the firm's EVP and chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2002. In his new role, Roberts will oversee operating, planning...
Zaandam, Netherlands – Locally based Royal Ahold NV recently reported earnings of $294.7 million in the second quarter, an increase of 26.4% from earnings of $233.1 million in the prior-year period...
Philadelphia – Locally based Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has announced that the chairman of the company, Sylvan Cohen, died on Saturday, September 8, 2001. He was 87...
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 same-store retail sales – the strongest growth since April. The Southeast region led the...
