Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2025

Small beginnings In 1972, the Gance brothers bought their first pharmacy as graduates in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir and went on to buy another pharmacy three years later located only 300 metres away from their first storefront. The success of Le Specs and Le Tan informed Chemist Warehouse’s business model.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Visitors to the new platform will find featured retail locations in U.S. RST has partnered with the National Retail Federation and has led guided store tours during the NRF Big Show, which takes place each January in New York City, since 2017 , and will continue to serve as the official store tour program of NRF 2023.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

” follows the original Fresh Forward brand reset in 2017. Since then more than 20,000 restaurants worldwide have remodelled or built new locations in Subway’s modern image. Subway has revealed its latest restaurant image, set for a global rollout in 2025. The “Fresh Forward 2.0.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Aldi will roll out Instacart Connected Stores solutions across all Aldi South Group locations in the U.S., Aldi began working with Instacart in 2017 and in June 2023 debuted Aldi Express, a virtual convenience store offering nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

In 2017, Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy to facilitate a prepackaged restructuring that included the closure of 700 underperforming stores. following a years-long turnaround effort that included the closure of 950 locations. Today, Mattress Firm operates 2,300 stores across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2021

Launched in Vienna in 2017, waterdrop operates 15 brick-and-mortar stores and serves 1 million+ customers across Europe. with its ecommerce business in spring 2021, now being followed by its first retail location on Miami’s iconic Lincoln Road shopping corridor. Waterdrop — a microdrink CPG brand — has debuted its first U.S.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2024

Sol Bowl founder Lilly Semaan launched the healthy-fast-food business as Soul Bowl in Parramatta in 2017. She has since refined the branding and added locations in Baulkham Hills and Rosehill. There are another five Sol Bowl sites planned for New South Wales and ACT before FABE takes the brand interstate.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2022

Just five months after the opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Las Vegas, size-inclusive lingerie brand Savage x Fenty is planning to more than double its physical footprint, from five locations to 11. metro area. Now six new stores are in the works, destined for Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, St.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that will enlarge its total store square footage by 2% — its largest physical expansion since 2017. In terms of capital, it will take about $11.5

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Heres what I discovered about Amazons latest wave of grocery retail development: First, a Little Fresh History Those of you who have followed the Amazon grocery saga know that the tech giant has struggled to find its footing in this category since its 2017 $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Driza-Bone, acquired by Propel Group in 2008, was merged with country apparel retailer RB Sellars in 2017. The Driza-Bone items will continue to be available at RB Sellars locations across the country. The deal, whose value has not been disclosed, marks Rinehart’s foray into fashion retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Moosejaw, which was founded in Michigan in 1992, operates an ecommerce platform as well as brick-and-mortar locations in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri. Walmart acquired the company for $51 million in 2017, a time when it was snapping up a number of ecommerce businesses in a bid to compete with Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It appears the ecommerce giant is using these brick-and-mortar locations primarily for consumer and market testing purposes, but Amazon has released little data about plans or timetables for additional openings. The Kent location is the first of these stores outside the U.S.; We may also look at some city center locations.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

Since opening the first store in 2017, the brand has built a network of three corporate and four franchisee-owned locations in Victoria. Location, location, location. “We We know our audience in terms of geographical locations,” Dewan says.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2025

Stepping into the larger-than-life location, consumers are greeted by the brands signature wood-paneled walls and shelving, with a familiar neutral-toned mix of furniture and interior decor. Apple Miami, Florida Apple has never been short on details and the brands most recently opened Miami location is no exception.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

In 2017, Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy to facilitate a prepackaged restructuring that included the closure of 700 underperforming stores. Today, the retailer operates 2,353 locations and said in its filing that “we are nearly twice the size of our next largest competitor (based on U.S. In its fiscal year ended Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The partners piloted the program in select geographies this fall and are now expanding to offer nationwide delivery from more than 900 of Kroger’s sushi locations and 1,600 floral locations in under one hour. The Kroger Co. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In 2024 alone, the brand opened new locations in key American markets, including Times Square and Tangram in New York and the American Dream Mall in New Jersey. Miniso initially entered the Indonesia market in 2017 and has grown its presence to more than 300 stores across the country. Miniso’s expansion in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We Aldi first began offering delivery services via Instacart in 2017, and the service now delivers from more than 2,200 Aldi stores, as well as powering pickup from 1,500+ Aldi stores nationwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The company revealed its plans to double its store fleet by the end of 2021, reaching 53 locations in the U.S. The new stores are located across the U.S., in April 2017, MINISO has forged a unique place in the market. and 55 in Canada. The retailer also has opened a new flagship store in Flushing, N.Y. going into 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., The Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology also has been deployed by other brands, including select Panera Bread locations. Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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VMS

JUNE 18, 2025

The retailer, founded in 2017, also said it will open a second store this fall, at the CityPlace complex in West Palm Beach, Fla. I’m excited to see Perigold opening a brick-and-mortar location, and Houston is the perfect place for it,” notes Flanigan, a high-profile Houston designer and longtime partner of Perigold. “As

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 9, 2021

Founded in 2017 by Jenni Timony, FitPink athleisure is a specialist women’s sports and lifestyle clothing brand with a strong ethos in championing women and sustainability. The brand is opening a 2,300 sq ft space located opposite Calvin Klein and Hollister on Ann Street, the lower ground floor later this month.

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Retail Dive

MARCH 14, 2024

The sporting goods retailer is opening eight House of Sport stores in 2024, as well as 16 next-generation locations as it increases store investments.

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Inside Retail

JULY 31, 2022

Eco-conscious chicken lovers can now charge their electric vehicles (EVs ) as they dine thanks to a partnership between Red Rooster and Evie, a company formed in 2017 to build a convenient and dependable EV charging network.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

RM Williams has opened its third UK store in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the company’s first store outside Australia since 2017. The store joins RM Williams’ existing locations in London’s New Bond Street and Berwick Street, Soho.  Another UK store will open in Cambridge in December.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Even as Amazon continues to open fashion, grocery and convenience brick-and-mortar stores, the ecommerce giant announced planned closures of all 68 of its 4-star , Books and Pop-up locations — 66 stores in the U.S. Closure dates for each store will vary by location, and Amazon will post signage in each shop to inform customers of closures.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, when Kohl’s first piloted the launch of Amazon return kiosks in 2017, it saw new customers increase 9% at test locations compared to 1% increases at other stores. That partnership has since been expanded chainwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

These OSHA safety violations are the latest of more than 300 infractions the agency has accused the company of committing since 2017 at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores across the country, following more than 500 investigations. Penalties totaling $685,777 were proposed following a Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Costco will put a renewed emphasis on ecommerce by doubling the number of locations with pickup lockers over the coming year and expanding its Costco Next brand directory. Costco Next has existed since 2017, but the retailer is expanding its selection to include new brands. The retailer’s net sales were up 16.7% year-over-year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2023

The centre is located 20kms north of Perth in the coastal suburb of Hillarys and is expected to fetch around $250 million. Scentre Group is looking for an investor interested in taking a 50-per-cent stake in its Westfield Whitford City shopping mall in WA.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The assets to be divested include 41 specialty pet retail stores, 25 co-located veterinary hospitals, four brands and two online retail stores across the Best Friends Pets, Our Vet, My Pet Warehouse, Pet City, and Animal Tuckerbox brands, as well as the Pet and Aquarium Warehouse in Eltham, Victoria.

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Retail Dive

MAY 3, 2024

The apparel retailer massively downsized as it emerged from Chapter 11 in 2017. This time more than 540 stores will close for good.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2024

We have plans to open three additional locations this year”. The launch follows the brand’s Australian website, introduced in 2017, and its success in New Zealand, where it now has 24 locations. “Our Brisbane store is just the beginning.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A number of Sydney’s most iconic retail destinations – The Queen Victoria Building, Strand Arcade, and The Galeries – are now half-owned by Hong Kong-based Link REIT, which purchased a 50 per cent interest in the locations for $538.2

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In 2017, Lantz was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare cancer of the nerve tissue that had metastasized throughout her body. Lantz’s shopping spree was organized after Tracy Kujawa, Executive Director of Angel Heart Farms, reached out to the South Franklin Tractor Supply location and Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue & Sanctuary.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Still Trying to Crack the Grocery Nut With the exception of Whole Foods, which it acquired in 2017 , Amazon has struggled to find its place in brick-and-mortar retail. The company’s convenience format Amazon Go also seems to be floundering, with a swath of closures since 2023, most recently three NYC locations earlier this month.

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