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JANUARY 2, 2025

Marquee bought the brand from Gordon Brothers , which acquired Laura Ashley out of bankruptcy in 2020. We acquired the British heritage brand out of insolvency in 2020 and built a flexible, scalable licensing business and a global ecommerce presence over the last four years, said Tobias Nanda, Head of Brands at Gordon Brothers in a statement.

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APRIL 19, 2022

Wawa is reportedly planning to double its store count to 1,800 locations by 2030, according to Philly Voice. The expansion includes plans to “fill in the market” in the states between Virginia and Florida, where Wawa already has a foothold, according to Gheysens.

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MAY 19, 2025

these 900 locations will be opened by 2027. The locations are opening amidst concerns of a “McRecession,” following the fast-food chain’s recent dismal quarterly earnings report. sales since the pandemic in 2020 , with same-store sales (sales at stores open for at least a year) reporting a 3.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Tractor Supply currently operates more than 2,500 stores, and in December 2024 the retailer revealed its long-term goal of eventually operating 3,200 locations. The 2025 store openings forecast came with the announcement of modestly positive financial results for FY 2024: a 2.2% net sales increase, from $14.56 billion in FY2023 to $14.88

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

While Party City operated approximately 275 temporary Halloween locations last year, it plans only about 25 this year.

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JULY 8, 2020

While location intelligence has been almost synonymous with measuring foot traffic to stores, there are much broader applications that retailers and marketers should incorporate into their strategies this new year. Do you know the average conversion window of each channel in your media plan? Uncovering each channel’s conversion window.

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MARCH 5, 2021

In reporting its Q4 2020 results, Burlington said industry-wide store closures had presented a significant opportunity for the off-price chain as it begins rolling out a new, smaller store format. We feel good about the merchandising and operational plans that we have developed for this smaller prototype.

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MAY 18, 2022

Famed off-price luxury retailer Century 21 will return to its original flagship location in downtown NYC in spring 2023, after filing for bankruptcy in 2020 and shuttering all 13 of its stores.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Dollar General is planning significant expansion for 2021, including opening 1,050 new stores, remodeling 1,750 existing locations and relocating 100 stores. Dollar General opened the first five pOpshelf stores in late 2020. Dollar General sees room for approximately 3,000 pOpshelf stores in the continental U.S.

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MAY 21, 2021

will transition approximately one-third of its most successful Footaction stores to other banners over the rest of 2021 and shutter the remaining locations as their leases expire during the coming two-year period. In particular, 85% of Footaction stores are located “in proximity” to one of Footlocker’s other banners. Foot Locker, Inc.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Casey’s General Stores has announced a three-year strategic plan that will include opening 350 additional stores, expanding its selection of prepared and private label foods and ramping up its community involvement. The effort will build on Casey’s previous multi-year plan, which included building 350 stores between 2020 and 2023.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Managing this requires keen budgeting skills and pre-planning, which can cause stress for seasonal business owners. Thoughtful budgeting and money-saving strategies are a crucial part of any business plan, seasonal or not. Brandon Naughton has been the Marketing Manager at  Repicci’s Real Italian  since its inception in August 2020. 

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Amazon is bringing its Amazon Go convenience store format to the suburbs with the launch of a location in Mill Creek, Wash. The retailer also is planning an Amazon Go location in the Los Angeles metro area. Amazon has been selling its Just Walk Out solution to other retailers since March 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Five Below revealed ambitious plans to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint over the next three years. The retailer plans to open approximately 1,000 stores in total by its fiscal year 2025: 375 to 400 new stores over the next two fiscal years and 550 to 600 new stores during fiscal years 2024 and 2025. increase in stores from Q4 2020.

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APRIL 26, 2021

The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Waters, who joined L Brands in 2008 as head of its international division, had been named CEO of Victoria’s Secret Lingerie in November 2020. A plan to take Victoria’s Secret private via a purchase by private equity firm Sycamore Partners that had been announced in February 2020 was scrapped in May. For Q3 2020, which ended Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The retailer plans to close its 35 remaining brick-and-mortar stores by Sept. In that same month, Olympia decided to liquidate 22 of its stores, and in July 2022 the company made the decision to close the rest of its locations. The stores, many of which were located in malls, ranged from 4,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

The remaining locations will open in the Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa areas over the coming months, each adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter. The Walmart Health locations provide a range of medical services including primary care, labs, X-ray and EKG, behavioral health and counseling, dental, optical and hearing.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Additionally, the retailer will adjust its 125 planned closings for 2023 by closing an additional 10 stores in January 2022, but taking a second look at another 60 that were intended to go dark. The change in closure plans goes hand in hand with the retailer’s expanded digital presence. compared to 2020, and 8.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The off-price retailer announced plans for 1,050 new store openings, 1,750 store remodels and 100 store relocations; the launch of 1,000 pOpshelf locations by fiscal 2025; and the company’s entrance into Mexico with 10 stores in fiscal 2022. Dollar General’s Mexican locations will operate on a similar strategy to U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Dollar Genera l has announced plans to create approximately 10,000 net new positions during fiscal 2022, a 6% increase of its total workforce. 1,000 pOpshelf locations by fiscal 2025, which ends Jan. 1,000 pOpshelf locations by fiscal 2025, which ends Jan. Dollar General’s fiscal year ends Feb. 30, 2026.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest $6.5 billion over the next five years as it further accelerates growth in the country, with plans to open dozens of new stores. A fourth DC included in this 2020 round of investment, the Vaughan Distribution Centre, will open this spring.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The new “Triple Shot” plan builds on the original reinvention strategy introduced by former CEO Howard Schultz at the company’s Investor Day in September 2022. Here are some of the details on how Starbucks plans to continue this momentum in the coming years: Shot #1: Elevating the Starbucks Brand… …through 4% net-new store growth in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

In February 2020, the previous CEO and chairman Jeff Gennette announced the launch of a three-year turnaround strategy dubbed Polaris. As part of its restructuring under the Bold New Chapter, Spring announced the plan to cut the fat and close down 150 of Macys underperforming stores by the end of 2024. billion, down from $24.4

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Luxury home brand Brooklinen is planning to triple its brick-and-mortar retail presence, first with the addition of four stores in new markets in 2022 and plans to reach 25 to 30 locations by the end of 2024. We love creating genuine interactions in our stores and look forward to bringing that experience across the country.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2021

Paper Source already has begun closing 11 of its underperforming locations but will keep the remaining 147 stores and its ecommerce site open throughout the bankruptcy proceedings. In 2020, Paper Source had gross sales of approximately $104 million , a 32% decline from the $153.2 million in financing. million reported in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Dollar Tree plans to open 600 new stores and to renovate 1,250 Family Dollar stores in fiscal 2021, which runs through the end of January 2022. The new stores are expected to consist of 400 Dollar Tree stores and 200 Family Dollar stores; the latter group will be comprised of H2 and Combination Store formats, based upon market locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Amazon reportedly plans to close eight Amazon Go convenience stores as part of a larger restructuring of its physical footprint , according to CNBC. The affected Go locations include two in New York City, two in Seattle and four in San Francisco. Amazon also is delaying the expansion of its second headquarters, in Arlington, Va.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Shares of American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) were up today following the retailer’s 2021 investor meeting, where the company outlined plans to close at least 200 largely mall-based American Eagle locations while at the same time expanding its Aerie brand. Final Q4 and fiscal year 2020 results are expected on March 3. “I

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. The proposal also includes plans to continues Woolworths’ focus on sustainable energy, with rainwater harvesting, solar panels and electric vehicle charging facilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

The company owns and operates 34 locations, both flagships or outlets, and the remainder are owned and operated by partners such as high-end resorts. The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It The Burton name is on 66 stores in 10.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Ulta Beauty plans to maintain its growth with 50 new store openings each year, enhanced last mile options and investments in media and AI, including the launch of an in-house retail media network. The retailer is putting global expansion plans on hold as it focuses on its home country.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The decision to close all its stores in 2020 could have been seen as a rare failure for beloved childrenswear brand Hanna Andersson. Lapic also plans to ramp up the collaborations, in particular with more unexpected brands like Baggu, as a way to grow the Hanna community even further. “We’re

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While this figure is down $50 from 2019, given 2020’s overall uncertainty, such a slight decline would represent a significant victory. of consumers said real-time updates on item location throughout the delivery process are important, according to Oracle. Delivery Delay Woes Can be Handled with Transparency and Honesty.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2022

As LEGO builds out its team of digital professionals, the company plans to step up digital investments across all areas of the business, from play to shopping to technology infrastructure. In 2020 the company grew its store count by more than 25% with 150 new stores across the globe, the majority in China.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Brok, who took the CEO job in September 2020, is a retail and brand veteran with more than 30 years’ experience, most recently as President of EMEA for Starbucks. He will be replaced by his predecessor, Chris de Lapuente, Chairman and CEO of the Selective Retailing division of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton , Sephora’s parent company.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The women’s apparel and fashion accessories retailer plans to open additional store locations in markets across the country through the rest of 2020 and into early 2021. The openings had originally been planned for March 2020 but were delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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