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Times Supermarkets tabs Borden as president

Veteran retail executive promoted from marketing role

Russell Redman

April 3, 2018

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Christopher Borden has been promoted to president and director of Times Supermarkets/QSI Inc. Hawaii.

Previously senior director of marketing, Borden will now oversee the daily operations of the Honolulu-based food retailer, which operates 24 stores under the Times Supermarkets (17 locations), Big Save Markets (five locations), Shima’s Supermarket and Fujioka’s Wine Times banners.

“Christopher has been a key part of our success, and we were thrilled to promote him to this important position,” Hideki Okada, corporate officer at parent company Don Quijote Holdings Co., said in a statement.

Borden has more than 23 years of experience in the food retail and distribution arena. He joined Times Supermarkets following its acquisition of Star Markets Ltd., where he started as a management trainee and worked his way up to become director of marketing for the Hawaii food retail chain. Prior to that, he served as an operations manager at Kmart.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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