by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: building, facility, move, moving, relocate, relocation, retail, retailing, rewtailer, store, structure
JACKSON and MADISON — Officials say the Sam’s Club in north Jackson is considering a move to Madison because of structural problems with its existing building. Officials with Sam’s Club, parent company Wal-Mart, and the mayor of Madison haven’t said much about the possible move. Jerry Cook, Madison’s economic development director, told The Clarion-Ledger last [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 10,2013
Tags: boat, boater, boating, dealer, dealership, fish, magazine, media, outdoors, publication, ranking, recreation, retail, retailer, retailing, ski, swim, water
BAY ST. LOUIS — Breath’s Boats & Motors has made Boating Industry magazine’s eighth-annual Top 100 Dealers program, which recognizes the best-of-the-best from the thousands of marine dealers in North America. “Our editorial staff was extremely impressed with the dealership’s knowledge of its local market,” said Jonathan Sweet, Boating Industry magazine’s editor-in-chief. “For example, Breath’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 7,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, construction, dealer, dealership, heavy equipment, merger, purchase, retail, retailer, retailimng, sale, sell
JACKSON — Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA) has acquired Daily Equipment Company (DEC) of Jackson. The price was not disclosed. DEC has five other full-service branches in Mississippi (Biloxi) and Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Lake Charles). Emmerson Daily, CEO and founder of DEC, said, “MCFA offers me assurance that Daily Equipment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2013
Tags: bench, case, city, construction, court, crime, damage, disaster, flood, flooding, government, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, municipal, municipality, natural disaster, rain, retail, retailer, retailing, trial, Weather
CORINTH — A federal judge has denied requests from the city of Corinth and the Kroger Company to be dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corporation is seeking compensation for flood damage at the Fulton Crossing location, the store’s closure for about 10 months, and flood [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 28,2012
Tags: computer, home furnishings, inventory, purchasing, rant, rantal, rent to own, retail, retailer, retailing, sales, software, technology
MERIDIAN — Buddy’s Home Furnishings, an independent rent-to-own dealer based in Tampa, Fla., has chosen the VersiRent business information system from Ideal Software Systems for its 128 store locations and home office. Salvatore Moccia, chief information officer at Buddy’s, said that the company conducted extensive research within and outside the industry, comparing more than 200 [...] [...]
The first rule of display at a Libby Story store is that everything must make sense. Arrange it so people will want to buy it. “That’s my God-given talent,” Libby Story McRight says. All the pieces along a wall must work together. “So if I wanted those jeans you could wear any of the tops [...] [...]
Upon the 2006 opening of the Libby Story store in Starkville, the university town had one other clothing and accessories boutique. Today the city has about a dozen and a half, Libby Story McRight says. “Now, I bet there are 20 at least,” she says. “I’ve got several competitors I think are really good. I [...] [...]
Libby Story McRight lives to create but the young retail entrepreneur is content to leave the creative work that goes into the Libby Story website to her graphic artist husband, John Hunter McRight, and a full-time web master. “Our website is like an industry in itself,” says McRight. “It’s like a store. We have a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: apparel, arrest, brand, clothes, clothing, counterfeit, intellectual property, law enforcement, reail, retail, retailer, store
OKOLONA — Two Chickasaw County residents have been arrested for a second time in a year on charges of selling counterfeit clothing. Attorney General Jim Hood says Willie McMillan, 46 and Sophia Hill, 47, were arrested after an undercover investigation into their store, Urban Wear. Investigators seized about $275,000 in counterfeit clothing from Okolona store. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: build, builder, buildimng, construction, environment, feed, permit, pollution, reailer, retail, runoff, seed, store, storm water
PONTOTOC — A Pontotoc feed store is paying $37,000 civil fine for failing to get a storm water permit before starting construction. Moore’s Feed Store agreed in September to pay the fine to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. An order published by the department says that in May 2011, someone complained to MDEQ about [...] [...]
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