Retail

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. has named Kathryn Bufano president and chief executive officer, effective Aug. 25. She will also be elected a director.

Walmart is ending its efforts to place a store on a downtown Green Bay site, saying in a statement that Mayor Jim Schmitt and other officials chose "continued speculation" over the benefits the retailer could have provided.

Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc. announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice president, Darren Karst, will leave the company to join Rite Aid Corp.

City of Milwaukee officials are considering plans to help a local group of civic and business leaders that plans to purchase and redevelop the Shops of Grand Avenue mall in downtown Milwaukee.

Prolific restaurateur Joe Bartolotta officially opened his latest venue, Miss Beverly’s Deluxe Barbeque, today in downtown Greendale.

Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Inc. has closed on its sale of 18 Rainbow grocery stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market.

The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., which has corporate headquarters offices in Milwaukee and York, Pa., recently purchased the Boston Store property at Southridge Mall in Greendale from Anthony Palermo for $3.925 million, according to state records.

Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to build a 156,000-square-foot store northeast of Moorland and Grange roads in New Berlin.

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Dodgeville-based Lands’ End reported first quarter net income of $10.9 million, or 34 cents per share, up from $7.3 million, or 23 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.