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MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

net sales decline in Q4 2023, Tractor Supply still plans to open up to 95 brick-and-mortar stores in 2024, as well as complete its 10th distribution center. The retailer plans to open approximately 80 Tractor Supply stores and 10 to 15 stores under its small-box pet supply banner, Petsense by Tractor Supply.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After opening a net 23 new stores in 2023 for a total of over 400 locations, Sprouts Farmers Market plans to open 35 new locations this year, all in its new smaller-store format. Sprouts executives revealed the retailer’s growth plans while discussing its strong Q4 and FY 2023 results. Comp store sales also grew by 3.4%.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Five Below , the value retailer targeting the tween and teen markets, plans to open more than 200 stores during its fiscal year 2023, which ends in January 2024, and convert more than 400 stores to its higher-priced Five Beyond format. 30, 2022 through Jan. The retailer’s Q4 and FY 2022 will end on Jan. 28, 2023.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Netflix is reportedly planning to open permanent brick-and-mortar stores, beginning in 2025 with two in the U.S. Netflix has operated multiple pop-up stores around the world, including a multi-title location in Los Angeles that operated during the 2022 holiday season and a Manhattan location tied to the Bridgerton series.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Dollar General is continuing its rapid expansion into fiscal 2023 with plans for 1,050 new stores, following a successful Q3 2022 when sales rose 11.1% The off-price retailer executed on 800 retail projects in Q3 2022 and plans to execute on an additional 3,170 in the coming year. The quarter, which ended Oct.

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MARCH 14, 2024

million , in 2023 compared to 2022. Additionally, the brand plans to continue evaluating a transition in its international go-to-market strategy — moving to a distributor model in certain markets to grow them in a “cost- and capital-efficient manner,” according to a company statement. Allbirds will close 10 to 15 underperforming U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

including Amazon , Target and Macy’s , have announced their plans for holiday hiring, but all told this season may see one of lowest levels of seasonal hiring since 2008 , according to report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas shared with Reuters. In conjunction with its holiday hiring plans, Amazon also announced that it is investing $1.3

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MARCH 15, 2022

They have absolutely loved the new look and layout and we can’t wait to roll this out even further in 2022. ARO: What are some of the interesting challenges Witchery is focusing on for 2022? ARO: What are three of the most exciting opportunities for the Australian fashion industry in 2022?

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Lululemon plans to launch a footwear line in early 2022 as the retailer builds off its current sales momentum. The news came on the heels of a very positive Q3 2020 earnings report: Lululemon posted a 22% revenue increase, to $1 billion , driven by a 19% comparable store sales increase.

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JULY 26, 2022

For the 2022 holiday season, the trillion-dollar question is how do brands and retailers maintain growth, but do it profitably with an omnichannel approach? Here are our five holiday shopping predictions to consider as you develop your strategy for the 2022 season. plan to start buying gifts earlier – the No.

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MAY 24, 2023

Five Below plans to add at least seven new outlet locations to its store roster this year in partnership with mall operator Simon. The new outlet and mall-based locations are part of Five Below’s ongoing Triple Double growth plan , first announced in March 2022. The retailer already operates 21 stores within the Simon portfolio.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly plans more layoffs and will eliminate the Chief Transformation Officer role currently held by Anu Gupta, according to an internal memo from CEO Sue Gove seen by CNBC. 26, 2022, according to a company filing. The retailer had approximately 32,000 employees as of Feb.

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MAY 16, 2022

Third-party marketplaces have emerged as one of the biggest growth opportunities for retailers this year, with companies from Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to Giant Food and Michaels launching marketplaces (or announcing plans to do so) in the last six months alone.

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JUNE 5, 2023

The company is planning to open 50 net new stores this year, and 30 to 35 will be international, with the majority located in China. International growth also was likely helped by recent investments in Spain , where the company opened two stores and launched a dedicated ecommerce site in September 2022. billion and $2.17

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Digital Brands Group (DBG) — the parent company of a collection of digital-first lifestyle brands including Bailey 44 , Harper & Jones and Sundry — will open its first physical store in March 2024 and plans to have 50 locations within the next several years. million in annual revenue and annual cash flow of over $500,000 a year.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Amazon is planning to eliminate 9,000 jobs over the coming weeks, mostly in its AWS, People Experience and Technology (PXT), Advertising and Twitch businesses. The downsizing is on top of the 18,000 layoffs announced in January 2023, though Amazon plans to continue hiring in areas where the company is prioritizing the allocation of resources.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The figure is a 12 per cent rise on the contribution in June 2022. The chain was listed by GapMaps as one of the fastest-growing QSR brands by store numbers this year Another 30 outlets, including drive-throughs, are in the plans for the Australian market. There 23 GYG restaurants in the US, Singapore and Japan.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The company also has been making efforts to expand the availability of its offerings; Shipt revealed plans to add SNAP EBT to its payment options in September 2022 and debuted its LadderUp initiative supporting food access and local businesses in February 2023.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ross Stores has opened 28 Ross Dress for Less and 12 dd’s DISCOUNTS locations across 21 states during September and October, meeting its forecasted growth of opening nearly 100 stores during FY 2022, which ends Jan. billion in Q1 2022, which prompted the retailer to revise its forecast for the remainder of the year. .”

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MARCH 9, 2023

The retailer also plans to exit its Field & Stream banner; after closing 12 of those stores in Q4 2022, which ended Jan. Dick’s House of Sport will be the primary driver of square footage growth,” said Navdeep Gupta, CFO at Dick’s Sporting Goods in a conference call discussing Q4 and full-year 2022 financial results.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

stores in August 2022 with the opening of a location at the Gran Plaza Outlets in Calexico, Calif. In addition to this Southern California store, the retailer has new shops planned for Illinois, Rhode Island, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. through June 2023.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In early 2022, it will open a store in Sydney’s Lane Cove and it plans to set up new locations later in the year. ” More expansion plans for 2022. ” The post Re-purpose, recycle, repeat: Harris Farm reveals plans for 2022 appeared first on Inside Retail.

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APRIL 18, 2022

Fast Retailing , parent company of brands including UNIQLO and Theory , revealed major global expansion plans — including opening at least 300 new stores — in its FY2023, which ends in July 2023. We are set to open our new UNIQLO Regent Street Store in London in April 2022. YoY and operating profit rose by 49.7%

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In 2022, the retail sector is performing much better than expected. According to PwC , the strong Q4 2021 period that many retail businesses had put them in a strong position for 2022, and as such 73% of UK CEOs have confidence in the growth potential of the UK economy and 83% in the global economy. The good news for retail.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Drugstore chain Rite Aid is reportedly negotiating with creditors on a Chapter 11 plan that would include liquidating a hefty number of its 2,100 -store fleet, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sources also revealed that Rite Aid plans to auction off its Elixir pharmacy unit and other valuable parts of the business.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So what changes should we expect to see in 2022? These players will continue to expand in 2022, reshaping consumers’ expectations of an acceptable wait time for groceries. In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first. If 2020 was online grocery’s “debutante party,” then 2022 might be viewed as its genuine coming of age.

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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. No information about the number of planned stores or their opening dates was available. “As Toys ‘R’ Us marked its initial return to U.S.

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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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AUGUST 12, 2022

Ace Hardware is on an expansion tear; the retailer just marked the opening of its 105 t h new store this year and said it expects to add at least 60 more by the end of 2022. The new locations join the more than 5,600 stores already in operation across all 50 states and 70 countries.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Petco Health and Wellness Company unveiled a long-term financial framework outlining how the business will grow within the $119 billion pet goods industry for its 2022 Investor Day, held March 23. The pet retailer also reaffirmed its 2022 fiscal year guidance of net revenue ranging from $6.15 billion to $6.25

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

billion Kroger-Albertsons merger, first announced in October 2022 , had been planned with store divestitures in mind, but the specific number to be sold and their locations had not yet been determined. billion during the same period in 2022. compared to Q2 2022. billion in cash. The retailer generated $33.9

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JANUARY 12, 2022

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and especially the rapid spread of the Omikron variant also have an impact on EuroCIS 2022 , which will now be postponed to May 31 to June 02, 2022. ” We want to give all those involved in the retail industry, which has been particularly affected by the pandemic, the ability to reliably plan.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD was recently named ‘Business of the Year’ in the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The closures are part of Walgreens’ plan of “accelerating our portfolio optimization to further simplify the business,” according to CFO James Kehoe. However, operating losses grew to $500 million in Q3 2023 compared to a loss of $333 million in Q3 2022. The specific stores that will be targeted have not been announced, but the U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

The initiative is part of the retailer’s plan to become circular and climate positive by 2030, which includes achieving zero-emissions home deliveries by 2025 and cutting relative emissions stemming from customer and co-worker travel in half by 2030. installed 350 EV chargers at locations across the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“ 2022: Big stitches in store. McGowan added: “The pandemic definitely changed international expansion plans for a lot of retailers. ” This article was originally published in the 2022 Australian Retail Outlook, powered by KPMG. .”

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