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  • Tech Viewpoint: Responding to Online Shopping Store by Store

    By Bill Bishop, Brick Meets Click   Online food shopping has grown slowly until now, but it’s about to pick up speed. In fact, momentum is so strong, Brick Meets Click now projects online grocery will exceed 10% of total grocery sales in many larger markets by 2020. For some areas in the US, online grocery spending has already reached 6% or higher.  

  • Bond No.9 transforms Manhattan store with Versailles-inspired design

    New York -- Fragrance marketer Bond No. 9’s flagship in downtown Manahttan has undergone a total redesign, with the interior modeled on a 21st century version of the Palace of Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors.
     

  • Store of the Week: Bond No. 9, New York City

    Bond No. 9 raises the bar for fragrance retailers with its redesigned flagship in downtown Manhattan. The space is transformed with glittering chandeliers, smoky mirrors and splashes of color.    Read More   

  • Polaroid Fotobar to open seven mini-stores in Westfield malls in California

    Boca Raton, Fla. -- Polaroid Fotobar  will open seven “micro-retail” locations in select Westfield Malls throughout California. The 300-sq.-ft. spaces will offer services and products that allows shoppers to turn their digital images into physical prints and framed pieces of art.   

  • Tesco chair to step down as net income plummets below estimates

    Cheshunt, U.K. –- Sir Richard Broadbent, chairman of Tesco PLC, will step down in the wake of a 99% drop in net income for the first half of fiscal 2014. Tesco reported first half profits of $9.6 million, about $333 million less than previous estimates.  

  • Gap continues global expansion with first Old Navy stores in the Middle East

    San Francisco -- Gap Inc. announced it has signed agreements to open Old Navy stores in six Middle Eastern countries with franchisees Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co. and Azadea beginning spring 2015. The first markets include U.A.E., Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.   This is the second franchise market expansion for Old Navy. In March of this year, the brand opened its first franchise-operated stores in the Philippines.   

  • Canadian operations cut into West Marine Q3 profit

    Watsonville, Calif. –- A tax valuation allowance related to its Canadian operations helped reduce net income at West Marine Inc. to $4.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, down 24% from $6.5 million in the same period the prior fiscal year. Net revenues were $196.5 million, a 2% jump from $193.4 million, and same-store sales rose 0.6%.  

  • Cabela’s misses on Q3 results, to open 13-15 stores annually going forward

    Sidney, Neb. –- Cabela’s Inc. missed Wall Street estimates for earnings and revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Net income rose 8% to $53.8 million from $49.9 million, dampened by provisions for income taxes.   The retailer said it plans to open 13-15 stores per year for the next several years.  
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