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JD Sports Completes $548 Million Purchase of French Sneaker Retailer

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UK-based JD Sports has acquired Groupe Courir , a 323 -store sneaker retailer with locations in France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Luxembourg. JD Sports has a tradition of growing through acquisition: the retailer had purchased Finish Line in March 2018 for $558 million , and in April 2024 JD Sports purchased U.S.

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Kurt Geiger is ‘Going Big in North America’ with Plans for 50 U.S. Stores

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Photo: Zach Benson And this is just the beginning, with five additional locations already in development across North America for early 2025 (in markets including Miami, Houston and New York), and 50 stores planned for the region in total. From 2018 to today, gross sales have grown 100X , from 2.5 Along with its U.S. million ($3.1

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CVS Pilots New Skin Care Concept at 3 Locations

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locations — New York City, Woodland Hills, Calif. The new concept builds on the retailer’s BeautyIRL concept, which launched in 2018 and is now available at more than 50 locations. CVS has unveiled a new shop-in-shop concept called Skin Care Center featuring solutions for skin health in three U.S. and Walnut Creek, Calif.

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Ross Stores Opens 29 New Locations Amid Off-Price Brick-and-Mortar Growth

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Ross Stores is opening 29 new locations in 12 states over June and July as it continues to move toward its goal of opening approximately 100 new brick-and-mortar stores in FY 2022, which ends Jan. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our ability to grow to at least 2,900 Ross Dress for Less and 700 dd’s DISCOUNTS locations over time.”.

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Chinese tea chain Mixue opens its first Australia location

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Two additional locations will open in Brisbane and Melbourne in addition to Sydney, with the Brisbane store being nearly open. A marketing campaign by Mixue offering “1000 Sydney students to have a drink for free” was launched for the brand’s first location in Sydney.

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New Activist Investor Pushes Macy’s to ‘Look to Dillard’s’ for Better Path Forward

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Since fiscal year 2018, Dillards has paid out 60% of its total cumulative cash sources to stockholders versus Macys at 25%. Dillards stockholders have benefitted greatly from this plan, seeing a total return in their shares of +788% versus Macys of -12%.

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Wonder Buys Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million

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Wonder, which was founded by Jet.com entrepreneur Marc Lore in 2018, purchased meal kit company Blue Apron in October 2023 for $103 million and in November 2024 acquired Grubhub for $650 million. Walmart in February 2024 , and in March 2024 Wonder raised $700 million and announced plans to operate 90 physical locations by the end of 2025.