Becker's Hospital Review

From the basement to the board room: How strategic is your supply chain organization?

As everyone who is familiar with hospital financials knows, supplies are the second largest operating expense for a health system, after labor costs. Furthermore, due to growing pressures on costs, ...
The Enterprise

Filene’s Basement to survive, but it could lose many of its suburban stores

The historic Filene’s Basement chain will survive another challenge now that two New York firms have agreed to buy 16 Filene’s Basement stores and the rights to reopen the chain’s flagship store in ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Basement to boardroom: Why supply chain leaders need a higher profile

For years, healthcare organizations have underinvested in digital technology and the supply chain and are now paying for it as they struggle to meet customer demand, according to two executives at ...
Wicked Local

Discount retailer Syms Corp. to acquire Filene’s Basement

Discount retailer Syms Corp. and New York real estate firm Vornado Realty Trust emerged victorious on Monday in a contentious bidding battle over the Filene’s Basement chain. The Syms-Vornado bid ...
Boston Herald

Judge rules bankrupt co. has rights to Filene’s brand

The owner of the former Filene’s Basement chain plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection this month with hopes to still make money off the iconic Boston-born retailer’s name. A Delaware bankruptcy ...
Reuters

Buxbaum Group unit buys Filene's Basement chain

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Troubled U.S. discount clothing retailer Filene's Basement has been acquired by an affiliate of the Buxbaum Group, a firm that specializes in corporate turnarounds and ...