by Mike Duff | Jul 1, 2026 | Retail Articles
The Kroger Co. is acquiring Giant Eagle, a family-owned grocery and pharmacy chain generating $9 billion in annual sales and operating 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana. The...
by Chandler Harvey | Oct 11, 2023 | Appliances, Home + Housewares, Kitchen Electrics, Personal Care & Wellness
Conair LLC, developer, manufacturer and marketer of health and beauty products and kitchen appliances, plans to establish a distribution center in Washington County, Maryland. The company will lease approximately 2.1 million square feet in a soon-to-be-constructed...
by Mike Duff | May 18, 2023 | Retail Articles
As it adds new formats to spur growth, Macy’s continues to expand its off-price operation, adding 10 new Backstage store-within-store locations throughout the United States opening from May through July. With a treasure-hunt-oriented, ever-changing assortment of...
by Mike Duff | Aug 4, 2022 | Retail Articles
As part of its back-to-school and back-to-college promotions, JCPenney has set a schedule of tax-free events throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, the company reported in a blog post. JCPenney also has created online destinations for a range of return-to-class...
by Mike Duff | Oct 19, 2021 | Retail Articles
Even after bringing in tens of thousands of full-time workers, Amazon announced that it is hiring 150,000 seasonal workers for the holidays. To sweeten the deal, Amazon is offering average starting pay of $18 per hour, sign-on bonuses up to $3,000 and an additional $3...
