Retail

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores today announced the appointment of Michelle Gass to the newly created position of chief customer officer, reporting directly to Kohl's chairman, president and chief executive officer Kevin Mansell.

Milwaukee fast-food and retail workers who walked off their jobs last week are taking their message on the road.

The Pabst Farms development, once envisioned as a Midwestern upscale retail jewel destination in Oconomowoc, will soon be the home of a 151,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter store and a 136,000-square-foot Sam’s Club store.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores has entered into a long-term, multi-year contract to migrate its contact center to the Interactive Intelligence Communications-as-a-Service solution.

ART Milwaukee will transform the Shops of Grand Avenue into an art gallery, theater, concert hall and vendor market in one this Saturday with its May ART Jamboree “ART & Buy Local Fair.”

The South Milwaukee Downtown Market will open its fifth season on Thursday, May 23, with produce, organic goods, arts, crafts, baked items and more from dozens of area vendors.

Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Inc., which operates Pick ‘n Save grocery stores throughout Wisconsin, reported first quarter adjusted net income of $8.6 million, or 19 cents per share, down from $10.6 million, or 28 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. announced that it has opened a 52,000-square-foot information technology office in Milpitas, Calif. in the Silicon Valley area.

In a digital age of fast food and instant gratification, it would seem intuitive that Wisconsin's supper clubs would be relegated to the relics of the past, like drive-in movie theaters, phone booths and pinball arcades. However, Wisconsin’s supper clubs are thriving.