Store Planning / Construction / Facilities

04/05/2013 - 5:28pm
Gander Mountain to open firearms store in Minnesota

Gander Mountain will open Gander Mtn. Firearms Super Center in Rogers, Minn., in late April.

04/05/2013 - 10:42am
Century 21 to unveil expanded Manhattan flagship

Century 21 Department Store will unveil its expanded flagship location in downtown Manhattan on April 9.

04/04/2013 - 5:07pm
Best Buy to open in-store Samsung shops

Samsung Electronics and Best Buy Co. have entered into a partnership to install Samsung in-store shops in more than 1,400 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores across the U.S. beginning this month.

04/04/2013 - 9:58am
Nordstrom Rack planned for Oklahoma City, San Francisco

Nordstrom announced plans to open two Nordstrom Rack locations, one in Oklahoma City, and the other in San Francisco.

04/04/2013 - 9:47am
Starbucks ramping up Southeast Asia growth with 200 stores in four years

Starbucks Coffee Company reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate growth in Southeast Asia, announcing plans to open 100 stores in Indonesia over the next three years and another 100 stores in the Philippines over the next four years.

04/03/2013 - 4:57pm
Abercrombie & Fitch reveals international expansion plans

In its annual report filed Tuesday, Abercrombie & Fitch revealed that it plans to open Abercrombie & Fitch flagship stores in Seoul and Shanghai in 2013, as well as 20 international Hollister stores.

04/02/2013 - 5:01pm
Ahold USA adds six more LEED stores to its fleet

Ahold USA, a division of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold, said six newly built stores had received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

04/02/2013 - 3:45pm
SPECS wraps up 49th annual show; partners with RetailROI

Store development and facilities professionals from some of the nation’s biggest retail and restaurant chains gathered in Dallas, Texas, to attend Chain Store Age’s 49th annual SPECS Conference, March 17-20, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.

04/02/2013 - 11:00am
Polaroid launches retail concept; 10 stores planned by yearend

Polaroid has thrown its hat in the retail ring, opening its first-ever retail store, in Delray Beach, Fla.

04/01/2013 - 5:45pm
Whole Foods Market to build greenhouse atop Brooklyn store

Whole Foods Market announced that Gotham Greens will be its operating partner in the nation’s first commercial- scale greenhouse farm integrated within a supermarket.

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