Scottsdale, Ariz. — DISCOUNT TIRE, the world’s largest independent tire and wheel retailer, has opened its first store in Alabama. The Madison, Ala., store is at 8042 Highway 72 West.
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Milford, Conn. — Subway® Restaurants has promoted Carissa Ganelli to chief digital officer. Ganelli is responsible for the brand’s global digital strategy and will lead Subway Digital, a team dedicated to transforming the guest experience through the integration of digital tools and an omnichannel strategy.
Minneapolis — Enviromatic Corporation of America has opened a new branch office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In addition to providing superior and timely local services to existing customers in the South Florida area, the new office was needed to handle a large influx of new customers.
Latham, N.Y. — DWM Construction & Renovation, a division of DWM, Inc., has promoted Jennifer Boivin to projects team lead. In her new role, Boivin will act as first point of office support for field project managers and be responsible for the daily operational management of all in-office project coordinators.
Shanghai — Yum China Holdings, Inc.’s chief executive officer, Micky Pant, will transition to vice chairman and senior advisor. Joey Wat, who currently serves as president and chief operating officer, will succeed Pant as CEO of Yum China. The succession plan will take effect on March 1, 2018.
Dublin, Calif. — Ross Stores has recently opened 30 Ross Dress for Less® and 10 dd’s DISCOUNTS® stores across 22 different states in September and October. These new locations complete the company’s store growth plans for fiscal 2017. (Ross added 96 new stores total in 2017.)
Atlanta — Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a leading fast-casual cafe concept, has appointed five industry veterans to the company’s corporate leadership team: Rob Collins as chief marketing officer, Pete Ward as general counsel, Paul Marsden as chief financial officer, Jaime Denney as senior vice president of operations and Cheryl Fletcher as vice president of franchise development strategy.