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  • Advance Auto Parts exec rejoins JLL

    Companies of all sizes, and increasingly retailers, are implementing integrated portfolio management solutions to make smarter real estate decisions and solve their business challenges.

    To better support retailers with their real estate portfolios, JLL announced that it has welcomed back Geno Coradini to the firm as executive VP, retail integrated portfolio services lead. He will be responsible for working with our retail tenant representative brokers nationally to support JLL’s retailer client base.

  • New leadership summit focused on CPG solutions

    Top merchants from Walmart, CVS Health and Family Dollar are among a group of consumer packaged goods leaders gathering in Chicago soon for a first-of-its-kind event focused on one of the industry’s most daunting challenges.

    On May 24, Chain Store Age sister publication Drug Store News and Mack Elevation Forum will host The Future Leaders Summit. The one-day event will feature seven high-impact leaders who will share their ideas and philosophies on attracting talent and leading in a hyper-competitive world.

  • Study: Millenials driving revolution in in-store shopping experiences

    Brick-and-mortar retailers are on notice – shifting customer demographics will require far-reaching redesign of the physical store by 2025.

    According to a new study from technology market intelligence firm ABI Research, millennials are driving a revolution in how stores use technology to provide a shopping experience.

  • Belk rocks Charleston with annual music fest

    While the annual South By Southwest festival was underway in Austin, regional department store operator Belk was connecting with its core customers in the southeast by hosting a festival of its own.

  • Target tests recipe for food growth

    Target Corp.’s partnership with MIT Media Lab and global design firm IDEO is bearing fruit — literally.

  • Millennials to require omnichannel store reconfiguration

    Brick-and-mortar retailers are on notice – shifting customer demographics will require far-reaching redesign of the physical store by 2025.

    According to a new study from technology market intelligence firm ABI Research, millennials are driving a revolution in how stores use technology to provide a shopping experience.

  • High-profile brand taps into activewear craze with dedicated store

    Stores devoted to women’s activewear (or athleisure) are one of the fastest- growing segments in retailing and now Tory Burch has joined the crowd. The company has opened Tory Sport in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. The store features the entire Tory Sport collection, which ranges from running gear to golf clothing, reported NY Racked, and has a decor inspired by different elements of sports. [NY Racked]

  • Starbucks to donate all unsold food

    Starbucks Corp. announced a major initiative to help the nation’s neediest citizens.

    The coffee giant is launching FoodShare, a program to donate all leftover ready-to-eat meals from its 7,600 U.S. company-operated stores to food banks. In the first year alone, the program will be able to provide nearly 5 million meals, according to company estimates.

  • Amazon could prevail in Target non-compete dispute

    Photo: Arthur Valdez

  • Ross Dress for Less expands in Keystone state

    Ross Dress for Less opened a new store in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, on March 5.

    The 26,000-sq.-ft. store is located in the Noble Town Center, 15 miles north of downtown Philadelphia, at the northeast corner of Old York Road and The Fairway.

    The opening is part of the retailer’s 2016 expansion program, totaling about 70 new locations during the year.

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