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June 11, 2013
High-end home retailer Fixtures Living to open first East Coast location

Fixtures Living, which specializes in high-end kitchen, bath, outdoor and lifestyle appliances, will open its first East Coast location at Lenox Marketplace in Atlanta.

June 11, 2013
Kidrobot, Boulder, Col.

Toy collecting is definitely not just for the small fry at Kidrobot, which has evolved from a cool toy store for kids and adults alike in New York City’s hip SoHo into a multimillion dollar retail and wholesale company.

June 5, 2013
Cabela’s to enter New York and Massachusetts

Cabela’s Inc. continues to expand East with plans to open its stores in the states of New York and Massachusetts.

June 5, 2013
Whole Foods Market opens in Detroit

Whole Foods Market is scheduled to open a 21,506-sq.-ft. store in Detroit, in the city’s Midtown neighborhood.

June 4, 2013
Dick’s Sporting Goods opens Petaluma store

Pittsburgh – Dick’s Sporting Goods is opening a new store in Petaluma, Calif., with a three-day grand opening weekend celebration beginning Friday, June 7. The location be the retailer's 28th store in the state of California and its 523rd nationwide.

"We're pleased to be opening a new Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Petaluma, which will enable us to better serve the needs of athletes in the community," said Lauren Hobart , chief marketing officer, Dick’s Sporting Goods..

 

June 4, 2013
Schimenti breaks ground on center to house all Bed Bath & Beyond brands

Schimenti Construction Company breaks ground on a $15 million retail shopping development in the Deptford Town Center shopping center in Deptford, N.J.

June 4, 2013
The Monocle Order, New York City

Another pure online retailer has made the leap to brick-and-mortar.

June 3, 2013
7-Eleven to more than double North American store counts

A Sunday report by Bloomberg said that 7-Eleven parent Seven & I Holdings Co. is planning more acquisitions here and may more than double the number of c-store stores it operates in North America.

June 3, 2013
Gap adds Paraguay, Hungary to global growth plans

Gap Inc. announced Monday that it will introduce the Gap brand to Paraguay and Hungary through new agreements with existing franchise partners: Neutral for Paraguay and Gottex Brands for Hungary.

June 3, 2013
Simon Property, McArthurGlen form JV for European outlets

Simon Property Group and McArthurGlen Group announced an agreement to form a joint venture through which SPG will invest in McArthurGlen, the leader in upscale, European designer outlets.

May 31, 2013
Bridgestone Retail continues to expand

Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) continues to grow its network of tire and automotive service centers across the United States, with a projected total of 45 new retail locations this year. The company currently owns and operates a total of 2,222 stores.

May 31, 2013
Costco sets goal of 150 new stores in five years

Costco Wholesale Corp. is looking to open approximately 150 locations over the next five years, CFO Richard Galanti said on the company’s quarterly conference call with investors.

May 31, 2013
Former Microsoft manager plans chain of pot stores

Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft corporate strategy manager, announced plans to invest $100 million over the next three years in a national chain of marijuana stores. The stores would sell both medical-use and adult-use (recreational) cannabis. Shively is now CEO of San Diego-based Diego Pellicer, which describes itself as the first legal premium marijuana retailer in the United States.

May 31, 2013
Macy’s plans new store in Puerto Rico

Macy’s plans to open its second store in Puerto Rico in fall 2015.

May 31, 2013
Macy’s unveils plans for second phase of Herald Square make-over

Macy’s on Friday announced the second phase of the four-year renovation of its Herald Square flagship in New York City.

May 31, 2013
Michael Kors to add 50 stores in North America

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. is on a roll. The white-hot luxury fashion and accessories company plans to open up to 50 stores in North America in its current fiscal year, plus additional units in Europe and the Far East. Michael Kors currently has 44 stores in Europe, with another 40 planned for its new fiscal year.

May 31, 2013
Verizon honors Paladino with Supplier Recognition Award in green category

Paladino and Company, a sustainability and green building consulting firm, has been selected as a winner of Verizon’s 2013 Supplier Recognition Award in the green and sustainability category.

May 30, 2013
PBteen to make SoCal debut

Parent company Williams-Sonoma said that its PBteen banner will open its first store in southern California, at The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks on Saturday, June 1.

May 29, 2013
Loft to open four stores in Canada

Loft, a division of Ann Inc., is expanding in Canada, with four new stores by the end of fall 2013.

May 29, 2013
Nickelodeon opens in-store shop at Toys ‘R’ Us in Times Square

Nickelodeon has opened a 'Nick Shop' on the first level of the Toys "R" Us flagship in New York City’s Times Square.

May 29, 2013
Sbarro plans 20 locations in Ontario, Canada

Sbarro is expanding its international growth with plans to open 20 eateries in Ontario, Canada.

May 29, 2013
Wal-Mart pleads guilty in hazardous waste case; will pay $82 million

Wal-Mart Stores pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to improperly handling and disposing of hazardous waste in California and Missouri, and agreed to pay about $82 million in fines.

May 28, 2013
Marks & Spencer Combines Clicks & Bricks in Amsterdam

British retailer Marks & Spencer takes a giant leap forward in its goal to becoming a multichannel leader with the opening of its new concept store in Amsterdam.

May 28, 2013
PacSun opens pop-up summer store in SoHo

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is opening a new pop-up store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York this summer.

May 28, 2013
Topshop, Los Angeles

At nearly 25,000 sq. ft. and with 40-ft. ceilings, the Topshop flagship at the Grove, an open-air center in Los Angeles, is big and bold, with touches of whimsy evident throughout the space.

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