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Uniqlo’s 2024 Plans: 20+ New Stores in North America

Retail TouchPoints

In May 2023 , Uniqlo, which opened its first North American location in 2005, revealed its plans to reach 200 North American locations by 2027. Uniqlo will open more than 20 stores in the U.S. and Canada in 2024, including debuts in new markets for the fast fashion retailer. Tacoma Mall, Tacoma, Wash.

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Location Data is a Must for Site Selection

Retail TouchPoints

Between difficult compliance requirements and the public’s general reluctance to shop in person at the beginning of the pandemic, many business owners have had to suspend plans for expansion, limit their operations or even shut down entirely. Location Intelligence Matters.

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Greenstreat talks store expansion, digital currency and in-house delivery

Inside Retail

It is set to open a new location in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond, with the goal of opening two more Melbourne locations – in Fitzroy and the CBD – within six months. Four years later, he said the brand has developed a product that people want, with traffic continuing to grow in each location. “On

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Art Gensler Passes Away at 85

VMS

In the late 1990s, Gensler agreed to design the first 100 Apple store locations. Apple Insider says Art would design a store and Jobs would “rip the plans apart.”. After Gensler was contracted by Microsoft to design a handful of its brick-and-mortar locations, the firm was “fired” by Apple, but after Jobs’ death, the firm was re-hired.

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Three new sites expand DG’s distribution system

Mass Relators

and two permanent regional distribution hubs, located in Newnan, Ga., The company also announced expansion plans for existing facilities in Jonesville, S.C., In Jonesville, Dollar General recently completed a 250,000-square-foot addition to a distribution center that first opened in 2005. and Fort Worth. and Amsterdam, N.Y.

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Does the Historic Makeover of an Iconic Paris Retailer Chart a Path for Department Stores’ Revival?

Retail TouchPoints

Until 2005 that is, when the doors of La Samaritaine were summarily shuttered. The short answer is that LVMH’s plan to reincarnate the iconic but failing department store as a luxury destination met with a bit of resistance (this is France, after all). stake and wanted a plan more in line with “their founders’ mission.”.

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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers’ expectations of quick delivery have been building since Amazon launched its two-day delivery promise with Prime membership way back in 2005. Brands are Playing Catchup with Amazon, the Fast Delivery Pioneer. Microfulfillment Center Networks and Data Intelligence are Key to More Sustainable Local Delivery.

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