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Wegmans to open its first store in Manhattan on site of recently closed Kmart

Wegmans Food Markets has signed a 30-year lease for its second store in the Big Apple, this time in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood.
Survey: Customers want to return to stores, safely

A new survey indicates the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed consumer shopping habits, including a number of new expectations for stores.

Bloomberg: Apple stores to require customers to mask up again

Shoppers in select Apple stores will once again have to wear masks — vaccinated or not.
Tesla reportedly to exit malls

Higher-end malls may lose a retail tenant.
Stop & Shop starts electric vehicle charging effort

Stop & Shop is installing five electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its stores across the Northeast.
Dollar General unveils its first store-in-store concept

Dollar General Corp. is taking its pOpshef retail format in house, to its larger format DG Market stores.
GameStop to rebrand stores in Canada

GameStop Corp. is changing the name of the 4,000 stores it operates in Canada.
Home Depot sets big goal for renewable electricity

The Home Depot is investing in green energy as it looks to dramatically reduce its carbon emissions.
Rue21 to open 15 stores — here’s where

Rue21 is opening new stores just in time for back-to-school shopping.
Puttshack in U.S. expansion

A new entertainment concept that combines tech-infused mini-golf with food and drink and whose creators include the co-founders of Topgolf is plotting its U.S. expansion.
Vitamin Shoppe signs its first-ever franchise agreement

The Vitamin Shoppe is expanding its footprint in Texas through its new business model.
It’s all about the experience at Bed Bath & Beyond’s NYC flagship

Immersive experiences abound at Bed Bath & Beyond’s reimagined New York City flagship store.
Walgreens bringing new VillageMD clinics to Indiana

Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD are expanding the availability of Village Medical at Walgreens practices in Indiana.
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At Home opening three stores in July

A value home décor retailer is opening two new East Coast stores and one new West Coast location during the month of July.
Amazon opens second high-tech grocery store with ‘Just Walk Out’

The Washington, D.C., market is getting its second Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar grocery store, and its first with fully autonomous checkout.
Webinar: Vitamin Shoppe, landlord talk common ground in real estate strategies

The broad adoption of omnichannel shopping and related strategies across retail has turned the tenant-landlord relationship on its head in shopping centers around the world.
Regional convenience chain debuts ‘scan and go’ shopping

Loop Neighborhood is introducing an autonomous, frictionless shopping experience at two stores in the Bay area.
Modern security analytics are shaping the ‘store of the future’

Throughout history, human beings have been notoriously bad at predicting the future of technology.
First Ulta Beauty in-store shops at Target to open in August — here’s where

Target Corp. and Ulta Beauty have revealed more details — including the brand lineup — about the Ulta Beauty at Target shop-in-shop initiative.
First Look: Bed Bath & Beyond transforms New York flagship

Bed Bath & Beyond will reopen its flagship store in New York City on Thursday, July 22, with a completely reimagined shopping experience.
Victoria’s Secret to test ‘store of future,’ updating existing stores

Victoria’s Secret is updating its stores.
Batteries Plus passes 50 franchise agreements in first half of 2021

The nation's largest and fastest-growing battery, light bulb, key fob and repair franchise is having its best development year since it began.
J.C. Penney plans inclusive ‘store-within-a-store’ beauty experience

The J.C. Penney Co., Inc. is preparing for the fall launch of J.C. Penney Beauty, a new, inclusive in-store and online shopping environment.
Northeast grocer saves over $2 million with energy improvements

Price Chopper/Market 32 is improving environmental impact, lowering energy costs and updating existing systems across five Connecticut stores.
Exclusive Q&A: Batteries Plus charges up franchise store growth

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on brick-and-mortar retail performance, Batteries Plus expanded its franchise store fleet.

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