150 Sears & Kmart Stores to Close
This article is a good resource for the state of current affairs at Sears & Kmart. Sears Holdings on Wednesday announced it has entered into a $500 million committed secured loan facility, maturing in July 2020, with Seritage, its subsidiary real estate investment trust. Some $321 million was funded under the loan facility Wednesday and […]
Pick Up the Phone & Put Down the Email
Talking to someone directly is so much better than email. You get to hear the inflection in their voice. You get to talk things out and work through issues. You get to achieve goals in a fraction of the time it would take to do it via email. Oh, and by […]
Starbucks Expanding
Starbucks opening more domestic stores, stores in China, and their new high-end Reserve stores. ICSC Article QSR Magazine Article
Bass Pro Buying Cabela’s
Fortune: Bass Pro Acquiring Cabela’s for $4 Billion
Kmart to Close at Least 24 More Kmarts by End of 2016
Consumerist Article
64 Kmart Locations Closing…The List
Kmart is closing another 64 stores in the United States as the retailer continues to struggle with declining sales. The stores will begin liquidation sales on Sept. 22 and will close down by mid–December, a person familiar with the matter said late Monday. USA Today Article
Petco Opening 13 New Stores in September
31 Unleashed by Petco stores also transitioning to smaller format Petco stores. PR Newswire Article http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/petco-expands-retail-presence-with-13-new-stores-in-september-300324464.html
DSW Opening 21 New Stores
PR Newswire Article DSW Announces 21 New Stores to Open Fall 2016 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW), a leading branded footwear and accessories retailer, is pleased to announce the opening of 21 new stores nationwide this fall. “New store growth is an important and exciting piece of the DSW […]
Dollar General Buys 41 Walmart Express Locations
On Wednesday, Dollar General said it has bought 41 former Walmart Express stores in 11 states. In January, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shut down all 102 of its smaller-format stores, part of an effort to shutter 269 underperforming stores worldwide and 154 in the U.S. The Express stores were the 10,000 to 15,000 square foot locations that the retailer […]
Archaeology, Clean Out, & Watch Your Time (YouTube video)
This YouTube video was prompted when I was cleaning out one of the filing cabinets in my office. We, Equity Retail Brokers, purchased and constructed our office in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania and we are preparing for the move. Thanks to everyone both in and out of my company who contributed to all those deals. Archaeology, […]