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Barnes & Noble Revamps Loyalty Program, Adding Free Option

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Barnes & Noble has reconfigured its loyalty offerings for the first time since the program began in 2001, launching its first free program and enhancing the benefits of its paid Membership program.

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Patagonia Promotes Three Executives, Fills Parent Company CEO Slot

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Williams, who joined the Patagonia Product Team in 2001, will lead the company’s developments in materials, carbon-capturing business models and design. Prior to his time at Patagonia, he was President of Black Diamond and volunteered as a legal intern with the ACLU of Utah.

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Exclusive: How Daniel’s Jewelers is Using Vision AI to Better Serve its Customers

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Falling Back in Love with the Business He’d Grown Up In Since the acquisition of that first store in 1954, Daniel’s Jewelers has slowly grown through three generations of the Sherwood family, now encompassing 107 locations across six states, from California to Florida.

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Bankrupt Century 21, Citing $175 Million Insurance Nonpayment, Will Cease Operations

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11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Co-CEO Raymond Gindi said in a statement that the family-held company had “no viable alternative” to bankruptcy after insurers declined to pay approximately $175 million for losses stemming from losses due to COVID-19 business interruptions.

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Hy-Vee promotes three executives

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Marshall’s Hy-Vee career began in 1982 at the Des Moines, Iowa, Save U More, which was a former brand owned and operated by Hy-Vee. He held many retail store operations and management positions within Hy-Vee, and in 2006 he was promoted to assistant vice president, operations, northwestern district. Jay Marshall.

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Vasos extolled for accomplishments

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At Eckerd, Vasos rose quickly through store operations ranks from assistant store manager to store manager, district manager and regional manager before joining Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc., where he led the operations teams and later served as a merchant. In 2001, Vasos joined Longs Drug Stores Corp.

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FMI honors seven food industry executives

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In 2001, industry relations was added to Rick’s responsibilities. For example, Potash exemplifies the concept of the neighborhood grocery store, operating a Potash Markets store on the 44 th floor of Chicago’s John Hancock building.