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  • Free People to cap off re-made Princeton center

    Madison Marquette’s transformation of the MarketFair center in West Windsor, New Jersey, will be complete with next week’s opening of the first Free People store in the Princeton area.   Free People has become a sought-after retail brand known for bringing new creative flair to women’s apparel retailing.  

  • Albertsons names longtime vet Jewel-Osco division president

    Albertsons’ Jewel-Osco division has a new executive at the helm.     The company has named Doug Cygan division president, effective immediately, overseeing 186 stores in Ill., Ind. and Iowa. Cygan was most recently Jewel-Osco’s VP marketing and merchandising. He joined the company in April 1980 as a part-time clerk, staying with the chain as he completed his education and worked his way up through the ranks.  He became VP marketing and merchandising in 2011.   

  • Mobile wallet, services extends to four new countries

    Samsung Pay is expanding its breadth.   Besides launching in Sweden and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the digital wallet also kicked off an early access program in Hong Kong and Switzerland. The launches in UAE and Sweden are Samsung Pay’s first introduction in the Middle East and the Nordics respectively, Samsung said.   Samsung Pay users in Sweden and the UAE can also integrate loyalty and membership cards within their mobile wallets.  

  • Report: Plenty of good options for filling vacated department store spaces

    As department stores trim their portfolios, the nation’s malls are being transformed.   

  • New women’s fashion brand looks to expand

    A brand new women’s contemporary apparel and accessories brand with a French aesthetic is moving fast out of the starting gate.   

  • Party goods retailer considering sale

    Is Party City exploring a return to private ownership?   The retailer is considering a sale after being approached by a private equity firm about a leveraged buyout, Reuters reported. Buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, which owns 55% of Party City, took the company public in 2015.     

  • Solana Beach center is acquired for $33 million

    A Chicago-based fund manager has acquired BeachWalk on Highway 101 in Solana Beach, California, for $33.25 million.   "True coastal retail projects like BeachWalk seldom come to market,” said John Read of CBRE’s National Retail Partners West unit, which represented the seller, the Orange County-based Muller Company. Solana Beach is north of San Diego.  

  • Iconic footwear brand in deal to expand worldwide

    Authentic Brands Group has taken a 51% stake in Frye, one of the nation’s oldest footwear brands, with an eye to expanding its footprint.   ABG will co-own the brand in partnership with Global Brands Group Holding Limited, from whom it acquired the stake. This is the first time ABG and Global Brands, who have had a long history of collaboration, co-own a brand.   
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