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  • At Home in Growth Mode

    Someone forgot to tell At Home that big-box stores are passé. Or that a retailer needs to sell online to be successful.

    Since Lee Bird took the reins as chief executive at the beginning of 2013, the Plano, Texas-based home decor superstore retailer has been on a steep upward trajectory — and it shows no signs of losing momentum anytime soon.

  • Toy retailer prepares for newest business channel — an online marketplace

    Toys “R” Us is adding a new customer touch-point that it will use to get merchandise into shoppers hands faster.  

  • SPECS 2018 Update

    Planning is underway for Chain Store Age’s 54th annual SPECS conference, which will be held March 18-20, 2018, at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas. The event will have attendees that are retail and foodservice executives involved in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of stores and restaurants nationwide.

  • Publix signs on as anchor at new Alabama center

    Thanks to Wernher von Braun, who developed the Saturn V rocket in the Alabama town, Huntsville is known as the Rocket City. Now the appellation is being applied to its population.  

  • Nordstrom unveiling new 'inclusive' shopping experience

    Nordstrom is looking to appeal to a broader audience.    The retailer on Monday called on top brands to expand their size ranges by adding more items in sizes 14, 16 and 18, along with smaller sizes zero and 2. Nordstrom also said that it is launching an "extended sizing" initiative, beginning with its new store at Westfield Century City, Los Angeles.    

  • Furniture e-retailer debuts live delivery tracker

  • Analysis: How acquisition of TaskRabbit will benefit Ikea

    The acquisition of TaskRabbit allows Ikea to efficiently remove one key barrier (the dislike of furniture assembly) for a segment of customers that have until this point avoided Ikea.  

  • Traditional grocers gaining ground with click-and-collection programs

    The nation's supermarket retailers are positioning themselves to capture a significant majority of online grocery sales over the next decade or so.   That's according to Joe McKeska, president of Elkhorn Real Estate Partners. He made his remarks during a panel discussion at Marquette University’s annual commercial real estate conference.  
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