Atlanta — McAlister’s Deli®, a leading fast-casual restaurant chain, has promoted veteran leader Joe Guith to brand president.
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New York City — On April 7, 2018, Brooks Brothers, America’s oldest retailer, marked its 200-year anniversary. Since opening its doors on April 7, 1818, in New York City, Brooks Brothers has grown from a small family haberdasher to become a global brand that has shaped and defined American style.
Denver — Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to divert half of all of its restaurant waste from landfills by 2020. Since 2015, Chipotle has made significant strides towards reducing the amount of food and packaging waste bound for landfills, increasing its diversion rate from 31% that year to 40% in 2017. Now the company embarks on achieving a 50% diversion rate.
Lancaster, Pa. — Armstrong Flooring has named Linron, the nation’s leading national account distributor for retail chain stores, as the 2017 Flooring Recycler of the Year. In 2017, Linron successfully recycled more than 23 million pounds of vinyl tile through the Armstrong Flooring On&On™ Floor Recycling Program. The award was presented at the 2018 GlobalShop tradeshow.
Washington, D.C. — L’Occitane en Provence, the prestige beauty brand, continues to evolve its experiential retail strategy with the launch of the L’Occi Truck — the first-ever traveling shop experience for the brand. The unique retail store, encapsulated on wheels, presents a new direct-to-consumer shopping model, bringing the spirit and beauty of Provence across North America.
Houston — Sbarro, a global New York Style pizza concept, has selected Revention as its preferred point-of-sale provider for its off-mall concept, which offers a fast-casual, dine-in experience along with carry-out and delivery service. All off-mall corporate locations have implemented Revention point-of-sale, HungerRush online ordering and R-Enterprise, Revention’s cloud-based remote management portal.
St. Louis — Jessica Carroll has joined Knoebel Construction as chief financial officer. She is responsible for the administrative, financial and risk management operations of Knoebel Construction. She also maintains financial control systems and develops financial reports.