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  • Wingstop to open 14 new restaurants in Chicago

    Richardson, Texas -- Wingstop said Wednesday that it has signed two development agreements that will result in 14 new restaurants in the Chicago area.

    The multi-unit development agreements include a three-store deal with an existing franchise group and an 11-store deal with Chicagoland Wing Kings.

    “We expect to double our presence in the area over the next two to three years," said Bev Rich, senior director of franchise development, Wingstop.

    Wingstop currently has 19 restaurants in the Chicago area.

  • New Year Outlook: Retail Strategy in 2012

    By Stephen Wyss, BDO USA, LLP

  • Albertsons to close four stores

    Boise, Idaho -- Albertsons LLC plans to close four underperforming stores: one in Arizona, one in Louisiana and two in Texas.

    The closings will leave Albertsons with 205 stores in the Southwest and the South.

  • Delhaize to close 113 Food Lion stores, retire Bloom banner

    Brussels -- Belgian supermarket operator Delhaize Group, which operates the Food Lion, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys, Hannaford Supermarkets, Reid's and Sweetbay regional banners in the United States, said Thursday it will close 113 Food Lion stores and eliminate the Bloom banner as part of a reorganization. The Fool Lion stores slated for closure are primarily in markets in which the company has the least store density.

  • Delhaize says goodbye to Bloom, cuts back on Food Lion

    BRUSSELS — Belgian supermarket operator Delhaize Group, which operates the Food Lion, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys, Hannaford Supermarkets, Reid's and Sweetbay regional banners in the United States, said Thursday it will close 113 Food Lion stores and eliminate the Bloom banner as part of a reorganization. The Fool Lion stores slated for closure are primarily in markets in which the company has the least store density.

  • Walmart to face Target’s ‘Operation Ontario’ in 2012

    The Germans didn’t know the precise landing point of the allied of invasion of Europe, but Walmart now knows where Target plans to launch its assault on the Canadian market.

  • Retail container traffic to be flat in January, increasing in spring

    Washington, D.C. -- A report released Thursday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates said import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports should be nearly flat during January compared with the same month last year, but significant year-over-year increases are expected this spring.

  • Ontario onslaught marks arrival of Target

    Smart move by Target to open its first wave of Canadian stores in Ontario, as the province accounts for roughly one third of the nation’s 36 million residents and is home to Target Canada headquarters and distribution facilities.

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