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The Retail Design Institute, the largest and oldest association for retail design professionals, has established the Mark V. Looper Award for Design Collaboration.

The rapidly growing Lake Nona community outside of Orlando will be the launching pad for Tavistock Development’s new hotel business.

Art Van Furniture is looking for a new chief executive.

Brookshire Grocery Co. has expanded its footprint in Louisiana.

99 Cents Only Stores has tapped a grocery veteran to be its new chief executive.

Lowe’s is launching a program to take on the worsening gap in trade skills in its job pool as the U.S. labor market continues to tighten.

Sprouts Farmers Market beat the Street in its fourth quarter and said it would invest one-third of its tax savings in wages and bonuses.

Roger Burghdorf, who in 18 years with Westfield was instrumental in establishing the Australian retail developer as a power in the U.S., has joined Avison Young as its national retail strategist.