Bradlees Announces Management Appointment.BRAINTREE Braintree, town and district, England Braintree, town (1991 pop. 30,975) and district, Essex, E England, between the Pant (Blackwater) and Brain river valleys. It has textile, plastic, and metal-product industries. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999-- Bradlees, Inc. today announced the appointment of Frederick J. McGrail to the position of Vice President, Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , reporting directly to Peter Thorner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. McGrail will be responsible for all aspects of external and internal corporate communications, including vendor and investor relations, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , associate communications and government affairs. McGrail was most recently Director of Corporate Communications for CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Corporation, the Rhode Island-based drugstore chain, during a period of rapid growth and expansion for the company. Prior to that, McGrail held senior communications positions in several organizations. Bradlees is a leading regional discount department store chain with 102 stores in seven northeastern states and annual total sales of $1.4 billion. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.bradlees.com. |
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