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  • DSW opens new stores in New York, Kentucky Oct. 2

    New York -- DSW Inc. is opening new stores in Watertown, New York, and Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 2. The Watertown store will be located in the Salmon Run Mall and the Louisville store will be located across from St. Matthew’s Mall.

    DSW offers other features including the DSW Rewards loyalty program and the Shoe Lovers community on Facebook.

     

  • The Touch, the Feel of Cotton On

    Aussie apparel brand Cotton On is as much about fun-fashion as it is about fast-fashion. The Geelong, Victoria-based brand operates more stores in the United States (124) than Zara and Uniqlo combined, and is an international behemoth with more than 1,300 stores operating globally under 10 different banners, including the 522-unit Cotton On, Cotton Body, Cotton On Kids, FREE by Cotton On and Rubi Shoes.

    Growth has been fast and strategic, but peppered with humor, optimism and the occasional dose of controversy.

  • Report: Anthropologie planning larger-sized stores

    New York -- Urban Outfitters has big plans for its women’s lifestyle brand, Anthropologie. The retailer plans to to open 25 to 50 Anthropologie stores during the next five years that will be approximately three times larger than the brand’s current 7,000-sq.-ft. average, Bloomberg reported. The company plans, for the most part, will  either expand existing locations or find new ones when a lease comes up for renewal, the report said.

  • Sears Canada CEO to leave by year-end; search on for new chief

    Toronto -- Sears Canada Inc. announced that Douglas C. Campbell, president and CEO, intends to resign and return to the United States by yearend for “personal family” issues. Campbell, formerly COO of Sears Canada, was appointed to the top spot in September 2013, after former head Calvin McDonald quit.  

    Campbell was charged with turning around a struggling chain, which has seen eight years of falling sales.

  • Pineville Commercial Realty buys North Carolina shopping center

    Northbrook, Ill. - Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC has acquired Riverbend Marketplace, a regional shopping center located in Asheville, North Carolina, in partnership with Wanxiang America Real Estate Group. The 142,617-sq.-ft. shopping center is shadow-anchored by Walmart, anchored by Kohl’s and Petsmart, and features 110,715-sq.-ft. of national best-in-class retailers.

  • Ross opens two new California stores Oct. 11

    Dublin, Calif. - Ross Dress for Less will open two new stores in the California Central Valley on Oct. 11. The stores are located in Bakersfield Plaza in Bakersfield and the Delano Marketplace in Delano.  

    These new openings are part of the retailer’s 2014 expansion program, totaling approximately 75 new locations during the year. 

     

  • Rubio’s Restaurant to roll out new store design to 60 West Coast locations

    San Diego -- Rubio’s Restaurants will redesign 60 of its restaurants in Southern California, with completion expected by the end of 2015. With more updates scheduled for 2016, the new and improved locations are slated to be a visual reflection of the fast-casual brand’s evolution and culinary progression.

  • Woolrich opens first-ever U.S.store; more in works

    New York -- Woolrich, the Pennsylvania-based outwear and lifestyle brand, has opened its first-ever freestanding store, in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The move follows the recent opening of three Woolrich stores in Europe, including a store in Hamburg, Germany, and Prague.

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