Labor & Employment

WASHINGTON — Target CEO on Tuesday testified before a House of Representatives committee to discuss why the proposed Border Adjustment Tax, which taxes imports 20% while exempting exports, is a bad idea.

"Under the new border adjustment tax, American families — your constituents — would pay more so many multinational corporations can pay even less," he testified.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is expanding—and updating—its footprint in the Sunshine State.

The retailer will open nine new stores across Florida in its current fiscal year, creating more than 800 jobs, and also execute a multi-million-dollar capital investment plan by remodeling more than 40 locations across the state. Walmart currently operates 375 stores in Florida. 

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget could include a reduction in funding for Medicaid programs, as well as a cut of $193 billion from food stamps during the next decade, according to The Associated Press. If the cut to food stamps comes to fruition, it would represent a cut of more than 25% and potentially affect up to 42 million people.

Coming from a diverse neighborhood gave her ‘street smarts,’ but Rite Aid’s head of pharmacy tells Drug Store News her most important leadership lessons came from two pillars of the Philadelphia community — her mom and dad.

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Dawn Vogelsang, Hamacher Resource Group president and majority owner, will be part of the Women in Business main stage event at the BizExpo in downtown Milwaukee on May 24. The Women in Business panel will take place at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, and Vogelsang will join three fellow women business owners to speak on the topics of competition, culture, leadership and personal motivation.

CINCINNATI — Kroger’s SVP retail divisions is retiring. The company on Tuesday announced the retirement of 31-year Kroger veteran Sukanya Madlinger, effective June 19, and named current president of Kroger’s Louisville division Calvin Kaufman her successor. Additionally, the company appointed Ann Reed, currently VP Customer 1st Promise, Kaufman’s successor at the head of the Louisville division.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy software solutions company QS/1 president Tammy Devine will be retiring later this year, the company announced Tuesday. There is currently a national search underway to find a successor for Devine, who joined the company as president in 2011.