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  • Walmart CIO reportedly set to step down next month

    Wal-Mart Stores is reportedly losing its top technology executive. 
     
    Karenann Terrell will step down as CIO of Wal-Mart on February 24, the Wall Street Journal reported. Terrell has served in the position for nearly five years.
       
    The retailer, which did not say where Terrell is headed, expects to announce new leadership in technology “shortly,” according to the report.
         

  • Walmart teams with Sam’s Club to offer free health screenings

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart and Sam’s Club are teaming up to offer free health screenings at more than 5,200 locations.

    Called Walmart Wellness Day, the event will take place on Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Free screenings will include blood glucose, blood pressure, vision, and for this first time, body fat and body mass index testing. Product samples and health insurance information will also be available.

  • 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.

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