INDUSTRY NEWS...
Quote worthy quote: "Never
let anybody outwork you." ---Matthew Shay
Top 10 Retail CEO Salaries. RIS
rue21 Agrees to $1.1 billion acquisition by Apex Partners. rue21
NRF will opt out of 'one-sided' swipe-fee settlement. NRF
April Retail Sales Rebound; Increase 0.6%. NRF
Senate Passes E-Commerce Sales Tax. RIS
LinkedIn Hits Ten Year Mark & 200 Million+ Members. CIO
Dollar General Seeks to Hire 10,000 New Employees in May. DG
Jones Group Closing 170 stores, Cutting Workforce by 8%. RIS
March retail sales decreased 0.2%. NRF
Senate overwhelmingly approves marketplace fairness amendment. NRF
February retail sales excluding gas increase 0.6%. Fox Business
New report indicates refund fraud costs retailers as much as $17.2 billion. SDN
LPF Certification Courses Granted Academic Honor. LPF
Top 10 Retailers to Work For. RIS
Bottom 10 Retail Companies to Work For. RIS
Hot Topic Purchased for $600M by Owner of Talbots. RIS
Best Buy Cuts 400 HQ Jobs and Budget by $725 Million. RIS
Retail Accounts for 45% of all Global Data Breaches. RIS
OfficeMax merges with Office Depot. Bloomberg
LP Foundation Supports the RILA 2013 College Student Program. RILA
NRF forecasts 3.4% increase in retail sales for 2013. NRF
NRF's 2012 Hot Retailers. Stores Magazine
The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Security Breaches. RIS
DSW Entitled to $6.8M in Data Breach. RIS
Survey of 5,000 retailers reveals Internal Theft remains top problem. Retailing Today

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