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Rob Samtmann | Feb 21, 2017 |
Retail News

An Accounting of Where Sears is Today

National Real Estate Investor Article
Rob Samtmann | Feb 21, 2017 |
Retail News

Wendy's Wants to Add 1000 Units by 2020

Nation’s Restaurant News Article To get bigger, The Wendy’s Co. is getting smaller. The Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain wants to add another 1,000 locations by 2020, executives told investors on Thursday. One strategy the company plans to use to encourage that growth is a new, more flexible design that will enable Wendy’s to go into […]
Rob Samtmann | Jan 07, 2017 |
Retail News

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 […]
Rob Samtmann | Jan 07, 2017 |
Retail News

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 […]
Rob Samtmann | Dec 29, 2016 |
Retail News

Starbucks Expanding

Starbucks opening more domestic stores, stores in China, and their new high-end Reserve stores.  ICSC Article QSR Magazine Article
Rob Samtmann | Oct 27, 2016 |
Retail News

Bass Pro Buying Cabela's

Fortune: Bass Pro Acquiring Cabela’s for $4 Billion
Rob Samtmann | Oct 27, 2016 |
Retail News

Kmart to Close at Least 24 More Kmarts by End of 2016

Consumerist Article
Rob Samtmann | Sep 24, 2016 |
Retail News

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
Rob Samtmann | Sep 12, 2016 |
Retail News

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
Rob Samtmann | Aug 28, 2016 |
Retail News

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 […]

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