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  • Online menswear retailers growing offline

    Two menswear brands founded online are growing their brick-and-mortar operations.   Made-to-measure men’s clothing maker Indochino, which was founded in 2007, plans to open eight new locations in 2017. Three are slated to open in the brand’s home territory of Canada, and five in the U.S.    “This year, we’re almost doubling our showroom network as we focus on significantly expanding our experiential retail model,” stated Drew Green, CEO, Indochino.  

  • American Girl to unveil new Manhattan flagship

    American Girl is building a new and bigger flagship in the Big Apple.     The specialty retailer will open a new, 40,000-sq.-ft. American Girl Place at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan. The new location, scheduled to open in fall 2017, will replace the brand’s existing flagship at 609 Fifth Avenue.    The new location is being built by Englewood Construction, and is the 12th project Englewood has completed for American Girl.      

  • Petco adding more stores

    Petco continues to grow its retail presence.    The specialty retailer of pet food, supplies and services, will open five new stores in April.    In addition to featuring a wide range of pet food, toys and accessories, each new store will include dog training areas, adoption centers and grooming salons.    Last year, Petco opened 71 new stores and one new Unleashed by Petco store, and remodeled 41 locations.   

  • How Struggling Malls Can Find New Life

    The struggles of brick-and-mortar retailers have dominated industry headlines over the past few months with an unprecedented number of store closings announced. However, while the bad news has come from all corners, specialty retailers as well as general merchandisers, it has been department stores that have perhaps attracted the most headlines.  

  • Walmart Supercenter christens new California center

    NewMark Merrill’s decade-long quest to open a shopping center outside of San Bernardino became reality with the opening of its Walmart Supercenter anchor.   The 239,552-sq.-ft. Rialto Marketplace is due to be fully operational in June, when the doors will open for tenants including Starbuck’s, Sprint, Chipotle, Les Schwab Tires, Carl’s Jr., and Ono Hawaiian BBQ.  

  • Fast-growing teen value retailer enters California

    Five Below is making its West Coast debut.   The retailer will open stores on Friday, April 21, in Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Compton, Hawthorne, Montebello, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, South Gate and Redlands. The stores mark the company’s first West Coast locations, bringing its reach to approximately 550 stores in 32 states.  

  • PetSmart expands physical presence and digital offerings

    PetSmart is growing its brick-and-mortar footprint along with its digital one.   The retailer opened 30 stores across the U.S. and Canada in the quarter ending January 29, 2017, for a total of 70 new stores opened in fiscal 2016 to 73.  

  • Fast-fashion retailer expanding further into Canada

    Uniqlo is set to open its third location in Canada.   The Japanese retail giant will open a two-level, 20,630-sq. ft. store at Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby, this fall. It will be Uniqlo’s first location in British Columbia, with the retailer’s other two Canadian stores in Toronto.   
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