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Dollar General CEO to Retire, COO Named as Successor

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Vasos joined Dollar General in 2008 as the company’s EVP, Division President and CMO. He began his career with the company as a store manager trainee in Nashville, Tenn. In that time, Dollar General also expanded its footprint by approximately 7,000 stores and added nearly 60,000 net-new jobs.

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6 Keys to Empowering Store Associates During the Holiday Season

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While the NRF has yet to release its total sales projections for the season, its early consumer research reveals that consumers plan to spend an average of $875 this holiday season, in line with the five-year average — and most of that money will be spent online. Put managers front and center. Create digital synergy.

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Dollar General promotes 18 executives

Mass Relators

In this role, she will continue to support DG’s store operations team, which now encompasses more than 20,000 retail stores including pOpshelf and Mexico. Melanie Cook Brian Haug Brian Haug has been promoted to senior vice president, margin planning and analytics.

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CVS Health COO Jon Roberts to retire

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. — Jon Roberts will retire as chief operating officer of CVS Health in June, the company announced. CVS does not plan to hire a new COO at the moment. Before that, he served as president of CVS Caremark, the company’s pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business. Jon Roberts.

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Why the NBA is going green and opening stores Down Under

Inside Retail

Both stores feature a wide range of apparel and merchandise, and seek to leverage the significant,and ever growing, popularity of the league in Australia. Are there plans to expand and open more locations, and is the NBL seen as competition in this space? Is that being done already?

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Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos to retire

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chief executive officer Todd Vasos plans to step down from his position effective November 1, the company announced on Tuesday. He will be succeeded by Jeff Owen, who has served as DG’s chief operating officer since 2019. He began his employment at Dollar General in 1992 as a store manager trainee in a Nashville, Tennessee store.

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Vasos extolled for accomplishments

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s management training program. 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.