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RumbleOn Chairman to Become CEO, New COO and Vice Chairman Announced

by | Jan 16, 2025
Irving-based RumbleOn operates through two operating segments, its Powersports dealership group and Wholesale Express LLC, an asset-light transportation services provider focused on the automotive industry.
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Walmart Opens High‑Tech Perishable Distribution Center South of Dallas
by | Jul 16, 2024
Located 15 miles south of Dallas in Lancaster, the new 730,000-SF center is Walmart’s second in the city, following the 2023 opening of a 1.5-million-SF next-generation fulfillment center that's brought "people, technology, and machine learning together."
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JCPenney Celebrates Women’s History Month with Community Grants
by | Mar 7, 2024
In honor of women going above and beyond to serve the community, Plano-based JCPenney said it is awarding five female changemakers a $2,000 donation to the nonprofit of their choice. Applications opened on March 1, and winners will be announced on May 1.
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Frontgate Launches ‘Reimagined’ Store Experience in Dallas’ Preston Royal Village
by | Mar 6, 2024
The home furnishing and lifestyle brand rolled out its new store concept in Dallas, which includes a front vestibule reminiscent of a traditional foyer and a shopping journey presented in homelike ‘vignettes.'
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H-E-B Is Bringing Its Low-Priced Joe V’s Smart Shop Concept to 2 Southern Dallas Neighborhoods

by | Jun 6, 2023
Leveraging operational efficiencies and new technologies, Joe V’s Smart Shop by H-E-B offers an "innovative price format" that delivers a uniquely curated assortment of community focused products—and the most relevant high-quality, fresh products H-E-B is known for—at even lower prices. See where the Dallas stores will be located—and what makes them different.
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Retailer JCPenney Adds Company Veteran to C-Suite as Chief Customer Officer
by | Apr 21, 2023

Plano-based retailer JCPenney has appointed company executive Katie Mullen as chief customer officer.

Previously JCPenney’s chief digital officer, Mullen will continue to oversee the company’s e-commerce strategy and omnichannel development, with an added emphasis on customer marketing, engagement, analytics, and more....

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Dallas-Based Tuesday Morning Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
by | Feb 14, 2023
One of the original off-price retailers specializing in name-brand, high-quality products for the home, the Dallas-based retailer is filing for Chapter 11 protection for the second time since the onset of the pandemic. Tuesday Morning plans to close more than half of its 487 stores nationwide—including two dozen in Texas—according to the Dallas Morning News.
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Tuesday Morning Appoints New Chief Executive Officer, COO
by | Nov 12, 2022
The appointment of Andrew Berger follows the announcement that Fred Hand would be retiring from the CEO' s post and as a member of the company's board of directors.

In September, the Dallas-based retailer announced getting a new backer following its emergence from bankruptcy—one that’s familiar with the business and also owns local consumer brands Pier 1 Imports and RadioShack.
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Social MPact: Dallas eRetailer Soap Hope Merges With Plano Nonprofit My Possibilities

by | Apr 15, 2020
As part of the MPact initiative, Soap Hope will work as a curriculum, employ people with disabilities, and help fund the nonprofit's work.
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‘An Avenue Back to Normalcy’: Neighborhood Goods Plans Free Store Space for Businesses Affected by COVID-19
by | Apr 9, 2020
The Commons by Neighborhood Goods plans to provide a free platform for local and national brands, restaurants, musicians, and artists who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.
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ThriftBooks’ Dallas Used Book Fulfillment Center to Become Its Largest in the Country
by | Jul 16, 2019
By tripling the facility’s size and adding new automation tech, ThriftBooks says it will be able to process 50 million books a year in Dallas.
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DI People: The Riveter, GameStop, Topgolf, Smoothie King Announce Executive Moves
by | Mar 26, 2019
Also, you’ll find news from Civitas Senior Living, Nuvectra, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, and Wilson Perumal in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies in North Texas.
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Neighborhood Goods Raises $8M in New Funding Round

by | Nov 29, 2018
This latest funding round comes on top of a $5.75 million round in May for the retail startup that recently opened in Plano.
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DI People: J.C. Penney Names New CEO, Synergy Medsales Taps CFO, Katten Adds 3 Partners
by | Oct 9, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Equest, 1st Global, and Bone Solutions in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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What’s in Retail’s Future? Michio Kaku Looks Ahead
by | Sep 27, 2016
Michio Kaku, known for his TV appearances, was keynote speaker at the Shop.org Retail Digital Summit
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3 Things: Container Store: Walkie-Talkies Out, Wearables in
by | Jun 14, 2016
Coppell-based Container Store will make communications "hands-free" with the help of Dallas-based Theatro's device.
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