ACSI:  Sam’s Club surges past Costco in customer satisfaction:

Top performers include:

Department stores: Macy’s (82)
Discount stores: TJX (Marshalls, TJ Maxx) (82)
Hypermarkets: Target (80)
Warehouse clubs: Sam’s Club (Walmart) (85)

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Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. Q2 comp sales +4.9% Press release

 

…Boot Barn CEO takes CEO job at Ross Stores “…since 2012, James Conroy has served as President and CEO of Boot Barn…Prior to joining Boot Barn, Mr. Conroy served in various executive roles at Claire’s Stores, Inc. from 2007 to 2012…” Press release

 

VF Corp Q2 Revenue: The North Face down 3% / Vans down 11% Press release

 

11-year-old stuns pharmacist at shuttering Walgreens with $6,000 gift at CBS News. “During the Saturday celebration, a young girl gave a handmade card to Hesselberg, who people in the community call “Pharmacist Bob.” “You walk in, he not only greets you by name, but he wants to know how your family is, and how is that medication you had last time, and how are you doing? And he means it,” customer Carol Ott said.” Read more

 

Walmart workers say its impossible to lock yourself in oven like one where employee, 19, was roasted to death at Daily Mail

 

Amazon grocery exec will join Marc Lore’s Wonder at GeekWire. “Tony Hoggett, the Amazon SVP overseeing the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is joining Wonder, a delivery- and takeout-focused restaurant chain based in New York led by longtime e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore…Hoggett will be Wonder’s chief operating officer.” Read more

 

Walmart unveils Black Friday deals Press release

 

**A message from Su Salsa – Lime flavored chips are too lime-y. Put the flavor in the dip, not the chip. Su Salsa Mild hits with a hint of lime and cilantro with a kick of jalapeno at the end. Shake up your salsa set with the label that pops on shelf. The Program | Sample: info@eyeonretail.net

 

Talk of a 7-Eleven Takeover Has Japan Worried About the Rice Balls at WSJ. “At a factory outside Tokyo, workers cook bowls of chicken and eggs one by one in small pots. The eggs are from hens raised on special feed so the yolk is dark in color and richer in flavor. The closely guarded recipe is prepared only for 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan.” WSJ subs.

 

Walmart Hopes Black Friday Shoppers Binge 10-Episode Ad Campaign That Emulates TV Favorites at Variety. “Walmart has tapped actors including Taye Diggs, Lisa Rinna, Ian Somerhalder, Anthony Ramos, Chad Michael Murray Jake Shane and Walton Goggins to take part in vignettes that are likely to remind viewers of video favorites such as “Bridgerton,” “Yellowstone,” “Friday Night Lights” or “Vampire Diaries.” Read more

 

Fortune Best Workplaces for Women 2024 (Wegmans #30, Sheetz #33, Publix #47) Top 100 list

 

Neiman Marcus quietly bans ‘Christmas’ from iconic 98-year-old gift catalog at NY Post. “The name change has raised hackles inside the luxury chain’s Dallas headquarters, where veteran employees have chafed under CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck, whose restructurings and layoffs they fear are wiping out the last vestiges of the 117-year-old retailer’s institutional history.” Read more

 

Swedish economy in recession, preliminary data shows at Reuters

 

Newsom touts state retail theft effort, restates opposition to heavily favored Prop. 36 at The Mercury News. “Newsom said at the news conference that he “can’t in good conscience support it,”…He then pointed to a report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimating that Proposition 36 would raise state costs by “several tens of millions of dollars” at a minimum, and up to “the low hundreds of millions of dollars” by increasing the prison population.” Read more