Kroger to open ghost kitchens in its storesThe Kroger Co. is diving deeper into the fast-growing ghost kitchen space. Drive to CSA’s SPECS conference, August 22-24SPECS — the retail industry’s top event for store development — will hold its 57th annual conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md., just minutes from Washington, D.C., on August 22 - 24, 2021. Piercing Pagoda rebranding — with name change, store expansion Piercing Pagoda is updating its 50-year-old brand and looking to inline mall locations for growth. Target, Home Depot, other retailers update mask guidelines More retailers are revising their mask requirements in the wake of the updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DoorDash moves from ghost kitchens to ghost restaurants The new DoorDash Kitchens Full Service offering provides fast-food retailers with a hosted storefront. Walmart to require masks for store employees in high-risk areas Walmart Inc. is reinstating its employee mask mandate but, at least for the time being, it does not apply across all its locations. 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. GameStop to rebrand stores in Canada GameStop Corp. is changing the name of the 4,000 stores it operates in Canada. First Previous 189 190 191 192 193 Next Last
