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Redcats USA, a multichannel, web-driven home shopping leader, announced today that Jonathan (Jon) Bernstein has been appointed CEO of The Golf Warehouse, effective immediately. Bernstein is a member of the Redcats USA executive team; his office is located in Wichita, Kan., the home of The Golf Warehouse, and he will report to Jay Berlin, CEO of The Sportsman’s Guide, another Redcats USA brand.

Office Depot announced that it's finalized an agreement with the U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program. The unique program will provide Office Depot with a source of highly qualified applicants for potential employment following their service in the military. It also serves as an additional recruiting incentive that increases the Army's ability to man the force.

Boston Business Journal Weak sales in Australia and Europe put a crimp on first-quarter sales for office supply giant Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), while layoff expenses cut into earnings, the Boston Business Journal reports. The office supply retailer reported $6.1 billion in total sales, flat on a local currency basis and a decrease of 1 percent in U.S. dollars, per the BBJ. See all your followed company news on your personalized dashboard. To access the full benefits of bizWatch and receive a weekly email with aggregated news on all the companies you are following, please provide your email address

Canada is a land of dissatisfied online shoppers. From high-end fashion to hardware, Canadians are the poor e-commerce cousins to Americans in just about every way: higher prices for poorer selection; shipping costs are often more expensive; and for items ordered from abroad, duty and customs-related charges can drive up total costs.

Thanks to a new partnership with mega-retailer Target Corp., the Curiosity Shoppe is on track to blow up from a boutique gift store in San Francisco to a household name. Curiosity Shoppe owners Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom will "curate a 60-plus-piece collection of entertaining accessories, stationery, kitchenware, games, crafts and curiosities" that beginning Sept. 9 Target will carry in its stores - all 1,700 of them. The Curiosity Shoppe is the second San Francisco retailer Target selected. The first is the Candy Store, a retailer selling old-fashioned sweets in vintage jars.

Home » Business» Retail Loading… BLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss PLANO, Texas — J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reported Tuesday that it lost $163 million, or 75 cents a share, in the three months ended April 28. That compares with a profit of $64 million, or 28 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue dropped 20 percent to $3.15 billion. Revenue at stores opened at least a year — a figure the retail industry uses to measure a company's health — fell 18.9 percent. To help fund its ongoing overhaul, the company

Anthony & Sylvan Pool Corp., a company in the swimming pool industry, announced the grand opening of its first online retail store. The store will enable thousands of Anthony & Sylvan customers nationwide to purchase pool supplies, the Company said. Stuart D. Neidus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Anthony & Sylvan, says the new store will provide an effective way for customers to purchase their swimming pool products. "We designed the Anthony & Sylvan online store with our customers' needs in mind, with the goal that it will serve as a one-stop shopping destination for all necessary supplies."