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  • Bealls uses mobility to drive in-store customer engagement

    A 103-year-old department store retailer is banking on a new mobility system to better serve in-store shoppers.

  • Dick’s Sporting Goods to open at another CBL property

    CBL is getting ready to open its 28th Dick’s Sporting Goods store, this one at Richland Mall in Waco, Texas.   “This new store will drive significant traffic to the center and illustrates our ongoing commitment to enhancing the tenant mix at the property,” said CBL CEO Stephen Lebovitz.   Other new arrivals at Richland include H&M, PINK, and White Barn. Bath & Body Works and Victoria’s Secret recently completed remodels. Dick’s is set to open in spring 2018.

  • Stage Stores to acquire bankrupt department store chain — but not all of it

    Gordmans is being rescued from liquidation — at least, part of it.    Stage Stores won a bid to acquire about half of Gordmans’ stores. The Omaha, Nebraska-based department store chain filed for Chapter 11 on March 13.    The retailer’s bid edged out Jeff Gordman, the former CEO of Gordmans, who also made a play to revive the bankrupt 106-store department store chain.   

  • Former Gordmans CEO set to make offer for bankrupt retailer

    Jeff Gordman, the former CEO of Gordmans, plans to submit a bid for the bankrupt 106-store chain that would rescue it from liquidation. But he isn’t the only interested party.   

  • Lubbock super-regional mall introduces improvements

    The South Plains Mall in Lubbock, a dominant retail center in the Texas Panhandle for 40 years, this week unveils a series of updates for customers.   The Macerich-owned mall has redesigned all three of its entrances, added new flooring and lighting throughout the building, and introduced amenities including center-wide Wi-Fi, charging stations, soft seating, and new restrooms.  

  • Ex-Walmart, Sears exec joins Conn's board

    Conn's is adding two independent directors with deep retail expertise to its board.

    The company announced that James Haworth and Oded Shein have been appointed as independent directors.

    “Jim and Oded are proven leaders with more than a half century of combined retail experience,” said Theodore M. Wright, non-executive chairman of the board, Conn’s. “They add even greater depth to our Board as we continue implementing Conn’s strategic plan.”

  • Cheap gas prices hurt Stage Stores sales

    The CEO of Stage Stores blamed warm weather and cheap gas prices for a drop in same-store sales over the holidays.

    The company said same store decreased 2.5% for the 10-week period ending Jan. 9.

  • Warm weather no excuse for weakness at Stage Stores

    After reporting a sales decline and third quarter loss, Stage Stores offered a unique explanation due the location of its 847 stores.

    The company’s sales and same store sales both declined 3.5% and a net loss of $9.4 million equated to an earnings per share loss of 29 cents, compared to a prior year earnings per share loss of 16 cents.

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