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Discount Retailer Doesn't Skimp on Supply-Chain Investments: Based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., just outside Nashville, Dollar General benefits from occupying a well-defined niche. It offers basic household goods to low- and fixed-income shoppers, with no item priced above $50. Stores are mostly in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast. Dollar General faces some significant challenges, many of them built...; Tags: Supply Chain, Keller International Publishing, Investment, Stores, Dollar General, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Strategy, Transportation, Retail, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales; Case studies 2004-05-01
Retailers Struggle as Discount Strategies Fail: With sales abundant in most stores, consumers are reaping the benefits of the recession. As Michelle Miller reports, retailers may not be able to sustain discounts for long.; Tags: Strategy, Retail Company, MoneyWatch, Retail, Sales Strategy, Discount, Benefits, Human Resources, discount detox, michelle miller, discounts, sales, recession, retailers, stores, shopping, sunday morning; Videos 2009-03-15

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 01/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript: Earnings Call ExcerptWal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT F4Q08 Earnings Call February 19, 2008, 7:30am Executives Carol Schumacher – Vice President, Investor Relations H. Lee Scott - President and CEO Tom Schoewe – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Eduardo Castro-Wright – Wal-Mart Stores US President...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Earnings calls 2008-02-19
Circuit City Stores, Inc. F1Q07 (Qtr Ending May 31, 2006) Earnings Conference Call Transcript (CC): Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bill Sims with Citigroup. Bill Sims – Smith Barney Citigroup Thank you and good morning. Congratulations on an excellent quarter. Mike, my first question is to you. Can you give us an update on...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc.; Earnings calls 2006-06-19
Federated expected to up the bid for Woodies stores; May/Penney's bid is currently $58 million higher.(Federated Department Stores Inc., Woodward & Lothrop, May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney Co.): Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores Co./J.C. Penney Co. are competing to acquire the bankrupt Woodward & Lothrop Inc (W&L), operator of 29 department stores, 3 W&L furniture stores and one John Wanamaker furniture store. Federated offered $568 million for 11 W&L stores to be converted into Macy's and...; Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Litigation, Macy, May Department Stores Co.; Research articles 1995-08-01

Retail scoreboard. (review of leading department stores, chain and specialty clothing stores and their top executives): Leading department stores and clothing stores are profiled, and photographs of each company's top executives are included. Pertinent information for each firm is given, such as the company's volume of sales and its different stores and top executives. Twenty-one stores are included, such as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, Dayton Hudson Corp,...; Tags: Barneys New York Inc., Belk Inc., Nordstrom Inc.; Research articles 1993-08-30
Microsoft Needs Amazing Stores to Compete With Apple, Itself: Microsoft is coming closer to its much-anticipated retail launch, which is touted as a direct assault on Apple's highly successful retail stores. But the software giant faces a formidable challenge -- to woo customers away from Apple Stores its roll out must be super impressive, and it needs to convince...; Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Stores, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ian Ritter; Blog posts 2009-07-29
Factory 2-U selling its stores: Factory 2-U Stores, Inc., the San Diego-based retailer of discounted apparel that filed for bankruptcy protection in February, arranged the sale of its 172 stores to a retailing group that includes National Stores Inc., a G: Factory 2-U Selling Its Stores: Factory 2-U Stores, Inc., the San Diego-based retailer of discounted apparel that filed for bankruptcy protection in February, arranged the sale of its 172 stores to a retailing group that includes National Stores Inc., a Gardena-based firm that operates Fallas Paredes stores. Factory 2-U,...; Tags: National Stores Inc.; Research articles 2004-08-23
Analyst: federated deal creates grant in non-growth business.(Federated Department Stores Inc. acquires May Department Stores Co's regional department stores ): Federated Department Stores Inc. will have 730 Macy's stores when its $17 billion acquisition of May Co.'s regional department stores is complete. Only, according to one retail analyst, that growth will come in a part of the retail business that h Federated Department...; Tags: department store, Federated Department Stores Inc.; Research articles 2005-08-15
Spectrum acquires 21 stores from BP.(Spectrum Stores acquires Alabama convenience stores)(Brief Article): In January, Spectrum Stores, Inc., West Point, Ga., which operates 68 Spectrum convenience stores, announced it has acquired 21 stores in Alabama from London-based BP, PLC. In January, Spectrum Stores, Inc., West Point, Ga., which operates 68 Spectrum convenience stores, announced it has...; Tags: BP Plc; Research articles 2001-02-01
Chain reaction. (Foot Locker stores): Foot Locker's chain stores have changed to meet the marketing needs of the 1990s. The 20-yr-old company has over 1,400 US stores and 300 stores abroad, and it has set the standard for athletic shoe stores. However, it faces increased competition of newer Foot Locker's chain stores have changed to...; Tags: Foot Locker; Research articles 1995-01-23
Sears adds depth to newest hardware stores. (Sears Hardware): The management of Sears, Roebuck and Co are planning to open new concept stores called Sears Hardware. These stores are a take-off from the Sears Paint and Hardware Stores which first opened in 1983. The new concept stores aim to attract single family conThe management of Sears, Roebuck and Co...; Tags: hardware, Sears Roebuck & Co.; Research articles 1993-08-01
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 4/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript: Earnings Call ExcerptWal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT F1Q09 Earnings Call May 13, 2008 7:30 am ET Executives Carol Schumacher – Vice President, Investor Relations Lee Scott - President and CEO Tom Schoewe – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Eduardo Castro-Wright – Wal-Mart Stores US...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Earnings calls 2008-05-14
The Children’s Place Retail Stores December 2007 Sales Results Call Transcript: Earnings Call ExcerptThe Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. PLCE December Sales Results Call January 10, 2008, 7:30 am ET Executives Jane Singer – Investor Relations Presentation Jane Singer Thank you for your interest in The Children’s Place Retail Stores and welcome to our report on business...; Tags: Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.; Earnings calls 2008-01-10
Federated, Allied selling 11 stores. (Federated Department Stores Inc., Allied Stores Corp.): CINCINNATI FNS -- Federated Department Stores, Inc., and Allied Stores Corp. have reached agreements to sell nine Jordan Marsh and two Burdines stores for a total of $78 million. The sales would be part of the previously announced plan to sell 20 of the...; Tags: Cincinnati, Federated Department Stores Inc., Retail, SALES; Research articles 1991-07-03
Old America Stores Inc. enters negotiations to acquire certain stores from Ambers Crafts Stores: HOWE, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--May 3, 1996--Old America Stores Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:OASI) announced Friday that it has agreed in principle to acquire up to 14 stores from Ambers Crafts Stores, which currently operates 17 specialty retail stores in four states.The proposed acquisition is subject to several conditions, including the completion of due diligence.Old...; Tags: Business Wire, negotiation, Retail; Research articles 1996-05-03
High End Department Stores, Their Access to and Use of Diverse Labor Markets: Technical Report: This report is one in a series that examines the retail industry. The focus here is on retail department stores, the largest employer of all retail sub sectors except for food and beverage stores. It is also a major employer of women who make up a large portion of the...; Tags: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department Store, Microsoft Access, Food & Beverage, Gender And Diversity, Manufacturing, Human Resources; White papers 2004-08-16
At Deadline.(Late News)(Wumart Stores Inc. plans to open new stores)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open new stores)(Newsstand Inc. hired Source Communications Inc.): beijing's Wumart Stores Inc., a giant chain of groceries and hypermarkets, is planning to open stores in New York. On a visit last week as part of a Chinese trade delegation, Wumart Chairman Wenzhong Zhang said the company is on the lookout for possi beijing's Wumart...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Research articles 2005-09-26
NEWS BRIEFS.(Federated Department Stores Inc. merging with May Department Stores Co.)(Don Van der Wiel is the chief financial officer of Gregg Appliances Inc.)(Sears Holdings Corp. private label credit cards are available at Kmart Holding Corp.): FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INC. has identified six more duplicate stores -- in Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky and New Hampshire -- it will divest next year as a result of the company's merger with May Department Stores Co. Federated previous FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INC. has identified six...; Tags: credit card, Federated Department Stores Inc., Sears Holdings Corp.; Research articles 2005-10-31
Dep't stores qtr. results a mixed bag. (department stores sales in first quarter 1997): Some department stores, including Federated Department Stores Inc. and Nordstrom Inc., surpassed sales forecasts for 1st qtr 1997. However, May Department Stores Co. and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reported lower sales figures. Nordstrom credits improved merchanSome department stores, including Federated Department Stores Inc. and Nordstrom Inc., surpassed sales forecasts for...; Tags: department store, Nordstrom Inc., sales; Research articles 1997-05-19