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  • American Greetings receives offer to go private

    CLEVELAND — A greeting cards company announced that its board of directors has received a nonbinding proposal to go private.

    American Greetings confirmed that the board received a letter from CEO Zev Weiss, president and COO Jeffrey Weiss, along with certain other members of the Weiss family and related parties, to acquire all of the outstanding class A and class B common shares of American Greetings not currently owned by the them for $17.18 per share.

  • CBRE launches global green research challenge

    Los Angeles -- CBRE Group on Tuesday announced the launch of the Real Green Research Challenge, a four-year, $1 million commitment to fund leading-edge sustainability research and innovation relating to commercial real estate.

    CBRE said it is accepting submissions for research proposals, with the goal of developing solutions to the industry’s critical environmental challenges.

  • Staples unveils plan to close 60 stores, invest in online/mobile efforts

    Framingham, Mass. -- Staples Inc. announced Tuesday a strategic plan to shore up sales and profitability that will involve accelerating the closure of 15 U.S. stores and 45 stores in Europe.

    The office supplies retailer also said it will ramp up investment in its online and mobile efforts.

    The announcement comes after a soft second quarter in which profit and traffic dipped downward.
     

  • Staples strategy focuses on growth, productivity

    FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Staples plans to improve customer experience, accelerate growth and deliver value to shareholders through a new strategic plan. Under the plan, Staples will integrate its retail and online offering, increase investment in its online businesses, reorganize its operations, implement leadership changes, initiate a multi-year cost savings plan, and restructure its international operations.

  • Guitar Center to open in Durgin Square

    Portsmouth, N.H. -- Boston-based The Wilder Cos. said that Guitar Center will open a 7,358-sq.-ft. store at Durgin Square in Portsmouth, N.H. The new store will host a grand opening on Sept. 27.

    Durgin Square is tenanted by TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Shaw’s.

    Wilder Cos. is the management company for the shopping center.

     

  • Books-A-Million leases former Borders location

    Wilmington, Del. -- Metro Commercial Real Estate announced that Books-A-Million has signed a lease for a 30,077-sq.-ft. former Borders located at 101 Geoffrey Drive in Christiana (Wilmington), Del.

    The new Books-A-Million is expected to be open before year end.

     

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