October 27, 2025

  • Brand House Collective, formerly known as Kirklands Inc., has named Lisa Foley as its new chief marketing officer, reporting to CEO Amy Sullivan. “Lisa is a proven leader who understands the intersection of marketing, customer, and growth,” said Sullivan (via Chain Store Age).
  • Hormel is recalling 4.9 million pounds of chicken over concerns it may potentially be contaminated “with pieces of metal.” The frozen chicken was marketed under the Hormel Fire Braised branding, and affected products were produced between Feb. 10 and Sept. 19 of this year (via The New York Post).
  • GameStop drew a great deal of media attention, as well as an improvement in its stock price, following the declaration that the console wars (notably between PlayStation and Xbox) were over. “Halo: Campaign Evolved” is slated to release on both Xbox and Playstation consoles, despite having originally been an Xbox-exclusive IP (via MarketWatch).
  • Volkswagen has signaled that it has an adequate supply of chips to continue its planned production, at least for now, in the face of a semiconductor chip shortage initiated by a Chinese export ban. “The current chip crisis shows how fragile our world is. Unlike the last semiconductor crisis, this one involves very simple chips that are used across industries and especially in cars,” CEO Oliver Blume said (via Reuters).
  • Lululemon is partnering with the NFL to produce apparel for all 32 teams in the league. “It really is about enabling our existing guests to be able to now wear Lululemon in arenas and stadiums, but it’s also about a new guest and expanding and really connecting our worlds in order to grow our guest base,” Celeste Burgoyne, president of Lululemon’s Americas division and global guest innovation, said (via CNBC).
  • Amazon plans to expand its operations in the Netherlands over the next three years, and is slated to invest ~$1.63 billion in doing so. This sum represents the largest investment in the ecomm giant’s Dutch operations since first opening shop there in 2020 (via Reuters).