Newsletter: Specs Talk

06/27/2011 - 1:43pm
Limelight Marketplace in Manhattan to become a department store

Limelight Marketplace, an indoor mall in Manhattan, is getting a major -- and costly -- makeover.

06/27/2011 - 1:34pm
Video game developer Electronic Arts to open stores

Electronic Arts, the Redwood City, Calif.-based sports video game developer, will make its freestanding retail debut this fall, opening an EA Sports store in North Carolina’s Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

06/27/2011 - 1:29pm
Best Buy to shrink store footprint and lease space to other tenants

Best Buy plans to reduce its store size by subleasing store space to smaller retailers, according to The Los Angeles Times.

06/27/2011 - 10:08am
Target to transfer leasehold interests on select sites in Canada to Wal-Mart

Target on Friday announced that Target Canada has reached an agreement to transfer to Walmart Canada the leasehold interests in up to 39 sites, currently operated by Zellers.

06/24/2011 - 3:09pm
J. Crew slated to open debut Canada store in August

J. Crew announced Friday it will open its first Canadian store in August at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre, located in Toronto.

06/23/2011 - 4:27pm
Whole Foods co-chief sets goal of 1,000 U.S. stores

Whole Foods Market co-CEO Walter Robb told investors at a Jefferies Global Consumer Conference that the now-300-store chain is expected to grow to 1,000 stores in the United States.

06/23/2011 - 4:22pm
Rite Aid: Remodel 500 stores by fiscal year end

On the heels of its report that it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter to $65.5 million, Rite Aid Corp. said it plans to remodel 500 stores by the end of its fiscal year.

06/23/2011 - 4:17pm
Cuhaci & Peterson to remodel three Winn-Dixie supermarkets

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects LLC said Thursday it has been awarded contracts to remodel three Winn-Dixie Supermarkets in the Orlando, Fla. area.

06/23/2011 - 10:29am
Staples unveils plans for smaller stores

Staples has revealed plans to shrink its overall store footprint and grow its break rooms as a means to lower costs and increase sales productivity.

06/22/2011 - 4:29pm
Ikea powers up with solar in East Palo Alto store

Ikea said Wednesday it has plugged in the solar energy installation at its store in East Palo Alto, Calif.

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