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The MineThatData Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A few months ago, I challenged all of us to think about the success of Steve & Barry's , driving sales with just one channel and no advertising . Dry up sources of cheap cash, and Chapter 11 is upon Steve & Barry's. In other news, Charming Shoppes is looking for a new CEO . We can focus on the gloom and doom in the economy. Conversely, a myriad of opportunities are being created by this downturn. I...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
BENSALEM, Pa., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charming Shoppes,
Inc., (Nasdaq: ) a leading multi-brand, multi-channel specialty apparel
retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, today announced that,
M. Jeannine Strandjord has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Ms. Strandjord previously served on Charming Shoppes' Board of
Directors from April 2006 until June 2008. In furtherance...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
BENSALEM, Pa., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charming Shoppes,
Inc., (Nasdaq: ) a leading multi-brand, multi-channel specialty apparel
retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, today announced that in
accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(i), it has granted 202,429
stock appreciation rights to Brian P. Woolf, the Company's new President of
its Lane Bryant brand. The stock appreciation...
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News On Women (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Collective Brands Inc. (NYSE: PSS) appointed Luann Via President and Chief Executive Officer of Payless ShoeSource Inc. Luann had been Group Divisional of Lane Bryant and Cacique retail chains at Charming Shoppes. Read more about it in the prnewswire press...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Women's clothier Charming Shoppes booted CEO Dorrit J. Bern less than two weeks after a pair of dissident hedge funds officially secured seats on the board. Board-level talks to oust Bern, who's eligible to earn up to $10.5 million in severance...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The misfortunes and missteps that plunged Charming Shoppes Inc. into a spiral of declining profits and attacks from activist investors earlier this year extended into the chief executive's office yesterday with the resignation of embattled president and chief executive officer Dorrit J. Bern.
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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
LuAnn Via, former group divisional president of Charming Shoppes' Lane Bryant and Cacique units, has been named president and chief executive officer of Payless ShoeSource Inc.
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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Shares of Charming Shoppes Inc. rose 3 percent Wednesday after Dorrit Bern resigned as chairman, chief executive officer and president amid a push by activist investors to boost profitability.
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Superior Investor (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Dorrit J. Bern has stepped down as CEO of Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS). Chairman of the Board Alan Rosskamm made the announcement and further stated he’ll be stepping in as interim CEO. “Dorrit and the board agreed that now is the appropriate time for a change in leadership of the company,” said Rosskamm in a prepared [...]
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Just Style (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
US retailer Charming Shoppes has announced the resignation of Dorrit J Bern as its president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.
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Just Style (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Collective Brands has named LuAnn Via, most recently group divisional president of Charming Shoppes' Lane Bryant and Cacique retail chains, as president and chief executive officer of its footwear chain Payless ShoeSource.
