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  • Schimenti constructs Kohl’s showroom

    Schimenti Construction has created a new space for Kohl’s Corp. to show off its latest collections.

    The 4,000-sq.-ft. showroom, at 1400 Broadway in the garment district of Manhattan, acts as a striking backdrop to the retailer’s latest fashions, with large windows, bright spotlights and a gleaming white epoxy floor. The new space is in the same building that houses Kohl’s design offices. The retailer now occupies 100,000 sq. ft. on four floors.

  • Build-A-Bear focused on diversification

    Build a Bear overcame a negative same store sales performance to produce better than expected profits in the fourth quarter.

  • Off-pricer to make Canadian debut

    Nordstrom continues to expand north of the border.

    The retailer announced that its Nordstrom Rack off-price division will open its first Canadian location, in Toronto, in 2018.

    The 38,600-sq.-ft. store will be located at One Bloor in Yorkville, on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street, a well-known shopping district in Toronto. It will be approximately one mile north of the Nordstrom full-line store, which is scheduled to open in September 2016 at CF Eaton Centre.

  • H&M goes omnichannel with Coachella collection

    Just in time for Coachella, H&M is teaming up once again with the world-famous California festival by creating a co-branded coed collection.

    The H&M Loves Coachella collection will launch in the U.S. in stores on March 24 with a sneak peek online on March 23. The Coachella festival is held yearly in Southern California in April.

  • Product of the Year winners revealed and celebrated

    Twenty-nine new products were recognized as “Product of the Year,” at a gala event in New York recently, but earning that distinction comes at a hefty price and leveraging it as part of a marketing effort costs even more.

  • Report: Whole Foods Market considering tattoo parlors in new chain

    Shoppers at Whole Foods Market’s new 365 chain might be able to get a tattoo while they stock up on organic kale smoothies and non-GMO dog food.

    In an interview on Bloomberg TV, Whole Foods CEO Walter Robb says the 365 format is going to try some tactics outside of the traditional supermarket playbook, including setting up tattoo parlors in the stores.

  • Food Lion recognizes store manager of the year

    Food Lion's focus on employee excellence was on display this week when the grocery chain recognized some of its exemplary managers with awards.

  • Tysons Galleria getting 10-restaurant food hall

    A celebrity chef is opening a 41,000-sq.-ft. food hall at Tysons Corner Center (McLean, Virginia) that will house 10 separate restaurant concepts. The move comes as more and more retail centers are turning to food as a lure to draw shoppers.

    Former “Top Chef” contestant Mike Isabella will open Isabella Eatery at General Growth Properties’ Tysons Galleria in 2017. Several of the planned restaurants will share a common area with approximately 300 seats where diners will be able to order from any of the five menus.

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