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  • Kmart executive vice president William D. Underwood, who came out of retirement last year to handle sourcing and global operations for the company as it endeavored to emerge from bankruptcy, has decided to go back into retirement.

    Kmart would not comment on a possible replacement for Underwood, who handled key merchandising duties.



  • Affiliated Foods Southwest named Randy Arceneaux, former director of the Lafayette, Louisiana, division of Fleming, to be general manager of its southern division.

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