Retail chain Target has launched a $100 million distribution center in Newton, North Carolina that has created 500 local jobs. The area had a 15.5% unemployment rate in June. More than 14,000 people applied for the 500 positions. The distribution center serves 80 Target stores in North and South Carolina and neighboring states. Newton is a city located [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based department store chain will open at least seven new stores in Southern California this year, creating at least 4,200 new jobs. The chain is increasing its total stores in California to 121. The new locations include Cypress, Downey, Los Angeles, Monrovia, Tustin, Upland and Whittier. Jobs fairs for the news stores will be held [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
AnnTaylor Stores will cut about 160 jobs. Corporate and divisional jobs will be targeted. The firm also plans to announce that Q2 earnings will be just above break-even. Ann Taylor is a group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New York City. The brand is marketed under four divisions; Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
Supermarket chain Kroger will invest $125 million in a new store in Little Rock, Arkansas, creating 300 jobs. The “concept store” will feature a jewelry store, a bistro, a sushi bar, a cheese shop, a gas station, housewares, toys, school & office supplies, furniture, home decor and bed & bath merchandise. Hiring will begin in a [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 28, 2009
A new Walmart Supercenter opening in Penitas, Texas has brought 300 jobs to the town of 3,500. The Supercenter will generate up to $400,000 in sales tax revenue. Wal-Mart Stores is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world’s largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 25, 2009
Home improvement retail chain Lowe’s will open a store in Durham, North Carolina in August, hiring 175 people locally. The company will soon post job openings on its web site. Mooresville, North Carolina-based Lowe’s Companies is a chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now serves [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Retail chain Talbots posted a smaller than expected loss this week, but will still hold layoffs. The women’s clothing retailer will cut 20% of its corporate workforce. In February, the chain predicted it would cut 17%. The cuts will occur at its corporate locations in Massachusetts. It announced in February the closures of 20 under-performing stores. Hingham, Massachusetts-based [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
Ethan Allen Interiors will expand its Maiden, North Carolina upholstery plant, creating 300 new jobs over three years. The furniture manufacturer will replace 150 jobs lost in recent layoffs, and add 152 new positions. The firm received incentives from the One North Carolina Fund. Danbury, Connecticut’s Ethan Allen Global is a North American furniture chain with almost 300 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Chico’s FAS is expanding its distribution center in Barrow County, Georgia. The Fort Myers, Florida-based women’s fashion retail chain will create 189 full-time jobs there over the next three years. In January, the retailer eliminated 180 positions, and announced the closure of up to 25 stores. Chico’s is a retail women’s clothing chain founded in 1983 in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
CVS/pharmacy (yes, they spell it that way) will open a new distribution center in Elmira, New York. Construction will begin this summer on the facility, which will serve as distribution hub for 350 CVS/pharmacy stores. Empire State Development is giving CVS a $4 million JOBS Now grant, to be disbursed in 2011. In addition, the state Division [...]
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