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  • GameStop gets into the collectibles business

    Online retailer ThinkGeek is teaming up with GameStop on a new concept retail store focused entirely on collectibles.

    The first store will open in the Florida Mall in Orlando on Sept. 25.

  • Multimedia: Own the Moment Hockey Experience, Burlington, Mass; Cost Plus World Market, NYC

    Bauer Hockey's Own the Moment Hockey Experience is designed to provide the ultimate showcase for the 88-year-old brand and the sport itself, combining expert help, customer service extras and extensive selection.

    Value-priced home furnishings retailer Cost Plus World Market debuts its first small-scale store.

    Click here to see slideshows of Cost Plus World Market New York City location and Bauer Hockey's first-ever physical store in Burlington, Massachusetts.

  • Millennials choose retailers for different reasons than elders

    Los Angeles – Millennial consumers choose retailers based on different criteria than their elders. A survey of more than 13,000 e-commerce shoppers by Bizrate Insights found that millennials are by far the most price-sensitive with low pricing driving their choice of retailer.

  • Dollar Tree profits from Family Dollar deal

    The acquisition of Family Dollar in the second quarter led Dollar Tree Inc. to report quarterly sales that were up more than 48% from a year ago.

    For the second quarter ended Aug. 1, Dollar Tree reported sales of $3.01 billion, boosted by $811.6 million in sales from Family Dollar. Same store sales rose 2.7%. Dollar Tree reported income of $138.9 million. The retailer’s earnings were 67 cents.

  • Gilt makes offline leap — but no walk-ins

    New York -- Members of the flash sale site Gilt will soon be able to see close up some of the site’s designer deals on the popular website, complete with a personal stylist — but only if they book ahead.

  • Dollar Tree merger good for sales, but related costs hammer earnings

    Chesapeake, Va. -- Dollar Tree swung to a loss in its second quarter on higher integration costs related to its acquisition of a formal rival. But its revenue skyrocketed as a result of the merger.

    On July 6, Dollar Tree completed its $9 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Inc.

  • Target bringing its flexible format to Queens

    New York -- Target Corp. is getting rid of its CityTarget and TargetExpress signage, but it is definitely keeping its flexible format store strategy.

  • First look: Macy's Backstage store in Queens

    Macy's is set to open its new format, Backstage, this week in Queens, and the retailer gave the Associated Press a sneak peak of the new effort and what's in store.

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