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BJ’s Wholesale Club Plans to Open 12 New Stores, 15 Gas Stations by Q1 2025

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BJ’s Wholesale Club will open five warehouse club stores in Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Indiana. These will be the first of 12 new locations planned for BJ’s 2024 fiscal year, which will end in February 2025; the retailer also plans to open 15 gas stations during this period. its second store in the Hoosier State.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club to Power Up Shelf-Scanning Robots at All Locations

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BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Positions Smaller Store Concept as ‘Innovation Lab’

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BJ’s Wholesale Club is testing out a smaller store format called BJ’s market. BJ’s market will serve as an exciting new innovation lab for BJ’s Wholesale Club,” said Bill Werner, EVP, Strategy and Development at BJ’s Wholesale Club in a statement. “We The first 43,000 -square-foot concept store opened in Warwick, R.I.

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Save A Lot Completes Transition to Wholesaler with Sale of 18 Stores

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As we’ve made a strategic shift to become a licensed wholesaler, it’s clear that our long-term growth momentum must be rooted in the success of our strong network of retail partners,” said Leon Bergmann, CEO of Save A Lot in a statement. This acquisition marks the final chapter in the retailer’s wholesale transformation, which began in 2020.

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Nike Plans to Cut $2 Billion in Costs; Layoffs Imminent as Strategy Pivot Continues

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Nike has laid out a plan to cut up to $2 billion in costs over the next three years in a bid to “accelerate future growth while building a faster, more efficient” organization, executives shared during the company’s fiscal 2024 Q2 earnings call. However, currency-neutral wholesale revenues were down 3% to $7.1

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Casper CEO’s Roadmap to Profitability: Control Costs, Expand Wholesale and Cater to Customers

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RTP: Casper has its roots in DTC, but you’ve since expanded with your own stores and through wholesale. It’s the other side of wholesale — furniture stores and specialty mattress retail, which is by the way where the majority of mattresses are purchased. How do you view those channels? Megibow: Our stores do great.

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Digital Brands Groups Moves into Physical Retail with Plans for 50 Stores

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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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