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Ross Is Opening Stores

See the following Retail Dive article for the most recent Ross openings: Retail Dive Link Ross Stores to expand as off-price segment heats up Ross Stores Inc. will open four new Ross Dress stores in October, two in the Chicago area, one in Elkhart, IN, and one in East Largo, FL.The company is also opening four […]

DSW to Open 22 Stores This Fall

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WARN Notices filed for 94 A&P stores in New Jersey

WARN notices were filed with the state of New Jersey for 94 A&P, Superfresh, Pathmark and Food Basics stores that are slated for closure. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) was enacted in 1988 and requires employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. The notice must […]

Sears Posts Quarterly Profit

This article provides a good snap shot of the company’s current state of affairs.  GlobeSt.com Article Sears posts first quarterly profit since 2012 on property sale Sears reported its first quarterly profit in more than three years thanks to a one-off gain from the sale of stores, but the struggling retailer’s sales continued to decline. […]

Popeye's Expanding

MarketWatch Article Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc., the franchiser and operator of Popeyes US:PLKI  fast-food chicken restaurants, has some ambitious growth plans. “For the last eight years we put this brand on a trajectory to double in size in the U.S. and more than double in size internationally,” Chief Executive Cheryl Bachelder told MarketWatch. Popeyes, which has a […]

Target Opening Another Store in Center City Philly

Philly.com Article

Lowe's is Trying Some Smaller Format Stores

Lowe’s Cos. Inc. is beginning an experiment in going miniature soon when it opens the first of two stores in Manhattan. The first store, which opens Aug. 17, is on the Upper West Side at 2008 Broadway at West 68th Street. A second will open in September Chelsea at 635 Sixth Ave. at West 19th […]

Ross Opening 27 Stores

Chain Store Age Article Ross Stores has some big plans when it comes to opening new stores. Ross is opening 19 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores across 15 different states in July. These new locations are part of the off-price retailer’s 2015 expansion plans to add a total of approximately 90 […]

Amazon Opening a Drive-Up Grocery Store?

Yes, you read correctly.  Amazon could be rolling out its drive-up grocery concept in Sunnyvale, California.  Silicon Valley Business Journal: Amazon planning drive-up grocery stores with the first likely coming to Sunnyvale

Dick's Opening Women's Apparel Chain

ICSC Article http://icsc.org/sct/newswire/dicks-sporting-good-launches-womens-specialty-chain Dick’s Sporting Goods Targets Women With New Store Concept Dick’s Sporting Goods announced this Monday that it’s launching a specialty women’s fitness and lifestyle boutique. The omnichannel sporting goods retailer is naming the stores Chelsea Collective after the diverse and eclectic Chelsea neighborhood in New York City. The first two Chelsea Collective stores […]