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May 7, 2013
Von Maur's March

Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.

In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers — C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.

May 2, 2013
Von Maur's March

Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.

In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers -- C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.

April 10, 2013
Alco Stores moving corporate headquarters to Texas

Alco Stores Inc. said Wednesday it is moving its corporate headquarters from Abilene, Kan., to a suburb of Dallas, citing the need to be “in a more metropolitan area.”

March 15, 2013
Adding Context

Expect no prophesying about the death of enclosed malls. The format is alive and well, and there are countless examples of thriving under-roof shopping centers around the country.

Still, there is no question that the open-air format has stolen mall thunder.

December 18, 2012
Ikea to make state debut in Kansas City area

Shopping center owner and developer DDR Corp., based in Beachwood, Ohio, said Tuesday it will sell 22 acres of land to Ikea Property for the construction of Ikea’s first store in Kansas, located in the Kansas City bedroom community of Merriam, Kan.

December 18, 2012
Ikea to make state debut in Kansas City area

Shopping center owner and developer DDR Corp., based in Beachwood, Ohio, said Tuesday it will sell 22 acres of land to Ikea Property for the construction of Ikea’s first store in Kansas, located in the Kansas City bedroom community of Merriam, Kan.

October 1, 2012
Ikea to open store in Merriam, Kansas

Ikea announced it is submitting plans to the city of Merriam, Kansas, for a Kansas City-area store that would increase the Swedish retailer’s presence in the Midwestern United States.

October 1, 2012
Ikea to open store in Merriam, Kansas

Ikea announced it is submitting plans to the city of Merriam, Kansas, for a Kansas City-area store that would increase the Swedish retailer’s presence in the Midwestern United States.

September 26, 2012
Kohl’s opens 12 stores, with nine built to LEED Gold standards

Kohl’s Department Stores announced the grand opening of 12 stores, creating approximately 1,500 jobs nationwide.

September 18, 2012
Walgreens finalizes USA Drug deal

Walgreens announced that it has completed its purchase of 144 stores operating under the USA Drug, Super D Drug, May’s Drug, Med-X and Drug Warehouse banners located in Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

July 10, 2012
REI to make Kansas debut with store in Overland Park

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) said it will make its state debut in Kansas in fall 2013, with a new store in Overland Park, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.

July 10, 2012
REI to make Kansas debut with store in Overland Park

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) said it will make its state debut in Kansas in fall 2013, with a new store in Overland Park, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.

May 30, 2012
Glimcher acquires One Nineteen open-air center for $67.5 million

Columbus, Ohio-based Glimcher Realty Trust said it has completed the acquisition of One Nineteen, an outdoor retail center located in Leawood, Kan.

May 2, 2012
Passco acquires Shoppes at Coronado Place I

Irvine, Calif.-based Passco Cos. announced it has completed the acquisition of Shoppes at Coronado Place I, a 14,534-sq.-ft. strip center in Blue Springs, Mo., two miles from downtown Kansas City.

March 16, 2012
Gridiron Capital acquires Quality Solutions

Gridiron Capital, LLC, in partnership with the founder and existing management team of Quality Sollutions Inc. announced the acquisition of QSI.

March 5, 2012
Z Wireless acquires T2 Wireless

Verizon Wireless services retailer Z Wireless, which operates 12 stores throughout Kansas, announced the acquisition of T2 Wireless, another Verizon retailer which operates more than a hundred stores in the Great Plains.

February 27, 2012
White House | Black Market outlet to open at Legends Outlets Kansas City

OTB Destination announced that the area’s first White House | Black Market Outlet boutique will open at Legends Outlets Kansas City in May 2012.

February 27, 2012
White House | Black Market outlet to open at Legends Outlets Kansas City

OTB Destination announced that the area’s first White House | Black Market Outlet boutique will open at Legends Outlets Kansas City in May 2012.

February 23, 2012
CSA columnist talks real estate in Kansas City

Kansas City, Mo. -- Chain Store Age real estate columnist Jeff Green, featured regularly on Chainstoreage.com’s community page with his “Retail Rap with Jeff Green” commentary, was interviewed by the Kansas City Star about trends in retail real estate. 

Click here to read the story.  

February 23, 2012
CSA columnist talks real estate in Kansas City

Kansas City, Mo. -- Chain Store Age real estate columnist Jeff Green, featured regularly on Chainstoreage.com’s community page with his “Retail Rap with Jeff Green” commentary, was interviewed by the Kansas City Star about trends in retail real estate. 

Click here to read the story.  

February 10, 2012
Zumiez moving e-commerce operations to Kansas

Zumiez Inc. will move its e-commerce fulfillment operations from its headquarters in Everett, Wash., to Edwardsville, Kansas, in May to accommodate their growing online business and to increase the speed of product deliveries to online customers.

February 10, 2012
Zumiez moving e-commerce operations to Kansas

Zumiez Inc. will move its e-commerce fulfillment operations from its headquarters in Everett, Wash., to Edwardsville, Kansas, in May to accommodate their growing online business and to increase the speed of product deliveries to online customers.

February 6, 2012
Payless ShoeSource in deals to open stores in Korea, Thailand and Vietnam

Payless ShoeSource, a division of Collective Brands, announced that it has signed two new franchise agreements with partners Emart, a business unit of Shinsegae Group, Seoul, for stores in Korea, and Central Marketing Group, a business unit of Central Group, Bangkok, for stores in Thailand and Vietnam, bringing the total countries, which will have franchised Payless stores to 20 countries.

January 4, 2012
Macy’s announces store openings, closings

Macy’s Inc. announced a strategic plan to open new stores in select markets as well as to close a series of underperforming units.

December 9, 2011
Duckwall-ALCO swings to profit in Q3 with one-time gain

Duckwall-ALCO Stores reported Friday that it recorded a profit of $0.1 million in the quarter ended Oct. 30, compared with a loss of $2.1 million in the year-ago period.

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