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  • Former Walmart chief merchant named Family Dollar COO

    CHESAPEAKE, Va.  — Dollar Tree and its Family Dollar subsidiary on Thursday added former Walmart chief merchant Duncan Mac Naughton to the team and promoted Dollar Tree president and COO Gary Philbin to the role of enterprise president.

  • Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer to retire Feb. 1

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The ranks of female retail CEOs is losing one of its highest-profile members.
     
    Rosalind G. Brewer, 54, has told Walmart she plans to retire as executive VP, president and CEO of Sam’s Club, effective Feb. 1, 2017. She will be succeeded by company veteran John Furner, 42, who joined Walmart as an hourly associate in 1993, effective Feb. 1. The news was announced in a filing by the chain.
     

  • A major shift from heavy buying to light buying

    A key trend captured by the 2016 TABS Analytics Vitamin and Minerals Supplements study is the continued decline in the number of heavy buyers (those who purchased more than three types of vitamins in a year). Heavy-buyer penetration peaked at 40% in 2012, but in 2016, heavy-buyer penetration dropped to 30%.

    (Click here to view the full VMS Report.)

  • Apollo Health and Beauty Care wins Sam's Club Supplier of the Quarter Award

    TORONTO — Apollo Health and Beauty Care has been awarded the prestigious Sam's Club Supplier of the Quarter Award for the 2017 retail period.

    This accolade is generally presented to tier one CPG manufacturers who dominate prime shelf space in this Top 10 retailer's chain of stores.

    Apollo is one of the largest private label and retailer branded personal care manufacturers in North America. 

     

  • How Amazon and Walmart going ‘small’ can affect drug store retailers

    SEATTLE and BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The state of brick-and-mortar retail appears poised to change significantly in the near future with Amazon and Walmart introducing smaller grocery and convenience locations in early December.

    Amazon introduced its first Amazon Go small-format location, spanning 1,800 square feet in downtown Seattle, a step beyond its current Amazon Fresh online ordering service. The store is currently open as a beta version to employees only and is expected to open to the general public in early 2017.

  • Walmart makes $250K donation to Tennessee wildfires

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will provide $250,000 in support to help relief efforts for those affected by the Tennessee wildfires in Sevier County.

    The wildfires have killed 14 people, injured an additional 175 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 homes and businesses, according to media reports.

  • Record number of Fortune 500 Cos. score '100' on 2017 Corporate Equality Index

    WASHINGTON —  The nation’s major companies are advancing in record numbers vital policies and practices to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers around the world, according to the 2017 Corporate Equality Index released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization.

  • Walmart tests convenience-store format with online grocery pickup service

    Walmart has opened a 4,000-sq.-ft. format that offers pick-up of online grocery orders and a convenience store that also sells snacks, beverages and more. 
       
    The 4,000-sq.-ft. location, in Thornton, Colo., also has an on-site gasoline station, the Denver Business Journal reported.

    It’s the second location for the concept, with the retailer opening its first pickup and fuel station in April, in Huntsville, Ala., according to the report.

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