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DECEMBER 16, 2024

The parent company announced plans to roll out brick-and-mortar Toys R Us flagship stores in September 2023 in a partnership with Go! Retail Group , including a store in the Mall of America. flagship location had opened in New Jerseys American Dream mall in December 2021. The initial U.S.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Additionally, the retailer has adopted a “poison pill” shareholder rights plan to prevent hostile takeovers. it’s likely that the plan is an effort to keep the company whole despite pressure from investors such as Engine Capital, which has been pushing Kohl’s to spin off its ecommerce business into a standalone entity.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The retailer aims to create a consumer-driven demand engine by growing its ecommerce operations while adjusting its global operations, including halting a planned expansion into Japan. Global Operations Focus on Fewer Banners. 18 call with investors.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company, HBC , announced its plans to acquire competing luxury department store Neiman Marcus in July 2024 for $2.65 Although the luxury department store is cutting back on the light show, it will continue its holiday windows tradition and add the usual seasonal design touches indoors.

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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. The retailer, which purchased Footaction in 2004, currently operates a total of 256 Footaction stores in 36 U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2022

For fiscal 2021, which ended Jan. billion , up 18% from the $16 billion in sales the previous fiscal year, and increased comp store sales by 13%. “Our continued expansion of both chains also demonstrates our commitment to further building our presence in both existing and newer markets,” McGillis added.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Target will add as many as 100,000 seasonal associates to its workforce this holiday season, approximately the same number as in 2021. The retailer is hoping the higher starting wage range it announced in February 2022 , $15 to $24 per hour, will streamline its holiday hiring plans despite ongoing labor shortages. 24, 2022.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Footwear brand UGG has opened its first flagship store, on Fifth Avenue in New York City, the first in a planned fleet of flagship stores that will roll out globally in 2021 and beyond. The multi-level, 12,842-square-foot store will feature exclusive items and experiences not available at the retailer’s other stores.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Through a combination of converting existing stores and building at least 10 new stores next year, Dick’s Sporting Goods will add at least 19 House of Sport locations by 2024. The retailer also plans to exit its Field & Stream banner; after closing 12 of those stores in Q4 2022, which ended Jan. billion , up from $12.3

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Shopko Optical has partnered with SiteSeer Technologies to harness its suite of analytic tools, with plans to use them for site selection during an upcoming brick-and-mortar expansion phase.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

brick-and-mortar retailing in late 2021 with a 20,000-square-foot flagship store at New Jersey’s American Dream mall , followed by 452 Toys ‘R’ Us shop-in-shops at Macy’s in 2022. The new stores will open in prime locations that complement the existing Macy’s retail footprint, according to the company.

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JULY 21, 2020

store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. Four of those new stores will be in the greater Phoenix area, representing a new market for Aldi , as well as its first locations in Arizona. The new DC also will support Aldi stores in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. in a statement.

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MARCH 7, 2023

As part of the retailer’s plans to open 100 locations in 2023, Ross Stores opened 11 Ross Dress for Less and eight dd’s Discounts stores in 13 states during February and March. This is the second year in a row when Ross Stores will grow its footprint by 100 locations while maintaining the same ratio of Ross to dd’s shops.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Dollar General is preparing to embark on a massive expansion as it comes off a strong Q3 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.

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MAY 22, 2023

The largest increase took place from 2021 to 2022 when shoplifting complaints increased 44% year-over-year to reach almost 64,000 , many of which were committed by organized theft rings , according to New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar in a statement.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Bankruptcy Court in Maryland and plans to close all 39 stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The retailer has been battling declining sales for several years, incurring operating losses of $280,000 and $1.76 million in fiscal years 2020 and 2021, respectively. million , and Timberland , owed $1.4

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MARCH 29, 2023

Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s since 2017, plans to retire in February 2024 after a total of four decades with the retailer. Macy’s had eliminated the COO position, it turns out temporarily, in March 2021. Gennette will work with both Spring and Mitchell until his retirement to ensure a smooth transition.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe has opened the first of a planned dozen+ new franchise stores this year in Valparaiso, Ind. After announcing its ambitious franchising plans in May 2021, the retailer converted an existing Greensboro, N.C. The next new franchise store, scheduled to open this spring, will be in Tempe, Ariz.,

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

GameStop is accelerating store closure plans as part of its “de-densification” strategy. The retailer plans to shutter 400 to 450 stores worldwide in fiscal 2020, which ends in February 2021. Comparable store sales declined 12.7% , even with an 800%. For the three months ended Aug.

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MARCH 3, 2021

An auction is scheduled for April 21, 2021, with the sale set to be approved on April 30, 2021. Looking forward, Kruczynski said he expects ecommerce to remain key for the company thanks to new offerings implemented last year, including curbside pickup, expanding custom print offerings and a growing subscription program.

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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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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. The company has set a revenue target of $5.5

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MAY 21, 2021

Retail results for Q1 2021 have been promising so far, showing that the economy may finally be emerging from a long, slow year. Large retailers like Target and Walmart continued to thrive in Q1 2021 on the back of their large store footprints and strong omnichannel presence.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Retailers saw strong results overall in Q3 2021 as the recovery continued, but supply chain shortages loom as they enter the holiday season. Target is preparing for the future, as well as fighting current last mile woes, by fulfilling more and more orders from its stores.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Former Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren told CNBC that retail store closures could continue into 2021 as disruption persists. More than 11,000 stores have closed in 2020, totaling nearly 150 million square feet of retail space, according to data from real estate firm CoStar Group. Lundgren noted that the U.S.

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MAY 17, 2022

Patel was promoted to CEO in July 2021 as part of the retailer’s turnaround efforts following its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an expedited “ one-day reorganization.” He has approximately two decades of experience in operations, merchandising, supply chain and retail and store operations, including time spent at Target and Gap. .

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Walmart has introduced parcel stations — essentially mini “post offices” designed to streamline stores’ receiving and delivering of orders — and will have them operating in more than 40 stores by the end of 2023. and scaling up its plans for drone deliveries by partnering with Google parent company Alphabet.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a result, it will report Reebok as “discontinued operations” from Q1 2021 onwards. Adidas initially acquired Reebok in 2006 and implemented the “Muscle Up” turnaround plan in 2016. This will enable the company to focus on strengthening the adidas brand in the global sporting goods market.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The company plans to gain market share and increase currency-neutral sales by an average of 8% to 10% annually between 2021 and 2025, through an aggressive expansion of Adidas’s already booming DTC business, including ecommerce; digitalization of its operations and stores; an expanded membership program; and an increased focus on sustainability.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Over the last several months we’ve demonstrated the extent to which we work every day to mitigate risk and protect our people, and our publicly available data show we’ve reduced injury rates nearly 15% between 2019 and 2021. What’s more, the vast majority of our employees tell us they feel our workplace is safe. “We

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JULY 29, 2021

Dollar General is currently in expansion mode with plans for opening 1,050 new stores, remodeling 1,750 existing locations and relocating 100 stores in 2021. The total includes 50 standalone pOpshelf stores and 25 store-in-a-store variants, with the goal of expanding Dollar General’s customer base to new demographics.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The retailer’s legacy distribution model had stores operating as nodes in the fulfillment process. Under the new market delivery model, large items are shipped directly from DCs to the customer, reducing the number of “touches” for each order and freeing up space at brick-and-mortar stores.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

million people plan to shop between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday in 2022, representing 69% of all holiday shoppers, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Analytics. This would be nearly 8 million more people than in 2021 and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking the data in 2017.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has approved the J.Crew Group reorganization plan, paving the way for the parent company of J.Crew , J.Crew Factory and Madewell to emerge from Chapter 11 in early September. The plan provides $400 million in exit financing and $400 million in new term loans.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Home discount retailer Big Lots is returning to expansion mode after more than a decade of flat store growth, with plans to open as many as 500 new stores in the next six to seven years. Big Lots currently operates 1,431 stores across the U.S.

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JUNE 7, 2022

During Brok’s tenure, Sephora has deployed new technology and services as well as expanding its partnership with Kohl’s : Sephora launched same-day delivery in partnership with Delivery Solutions in November 2021; In February 2022 , Kohl’s and Sephora revealed plans to add 400 Sephora shop-in-shops to reach their goal of 850 locations by 2023; and (..)

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Like many brick-and-mortar retailers, Macy’s online sales grew while physical store operations took a beating last year when the pandemic caused some temporary store closures. A Macy’s ecommerce split would mirror the actions of rival Saks Fifth Avenue , which revealed plans in March 2021 to split off its ecommerce business.

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