Retail Wire

JULY 2, 2024

With nearly 70 years of history, Bob's Stores has been a beloved fixture in local communities, offering affordable apparel and footwear. Despite its strong community ties, financial struggles have necessitated the liquidation of the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Save A Lot is partnering with Retail Fluent Media Network (RFMN) to bring Digital Window Signs to stores, including 750 independently owned and operated locations across 32 U.S.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 19, 2025

In-N-Out Burger is now moving to the Pacific Northwest.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In-N-Out Burger continues expanding its California presence.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A new report threatens to leave a stain on McDonald's good name, as it was revealed that a franchisee engaged in human trafficking involving what the arrest report is calling "modern slavery."

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Location 319

Retail Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The "Waffle House Index" has long been an unofficial indicator of hurricane severity.

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Location 279

Retail Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Toys"R"Us is coming to Latin America, starting with Panama.

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Location 264

Retail Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Spirit Halloween announced its most expansive Halloween retail plans yet with a record-breaking 1,525 stores opening across North America this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Primark plans to put even more time and money into its U.S. expansion in 2025. The apparel and accessories retailer has signed five new leases for stores throughout the Southern and Midwest U.S., after already investing more than $90 million in 2024. The retailer plans to open stores in: Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, Ind.;

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Wendy's is now going to the Land Down Under.

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Retail Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Del Taco recently surpassed Chick-fil-A as the best fast-food restaurant amongst consumers and is offering freebies to celebrate.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2024

In-N-Out Burger isn't very popular in a Woodland Hills community.

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Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How is the restaurant business changing as chains such as Red Lobster, TGI Fridays, and Denny's close?

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Location 279

Retail Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Applebee's and IHOP have teamed up for a one-of-a-kind restaurant experience.

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Location 264

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

For example, 3D location management, SKU assignment and process flow optimization enables our store associates to locate inventory faster for our customers, resulting in improved customer service experiences. gStores capabilities help PetSmart fulfill our vision of providing a world-class omnichannel experience.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Swiss watch brand Longines has launched its first boutique in Perth’s CBD, marking the brand’s sixth Australian location. Located on the corner of William Street and Murray Street, the 139sqm store boasts a large corner facade featuring the winged hourglass logo and a Watchmaker Bar.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In October 2024, the company announced the opening of eight new locations across New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas within a six -month period. Most locations also feature a beer cave, Western Union services, ATMs, and cryptocurrency and digital currency ATMs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

The retailer, working with Mood Media , has created an experiential retail location equipped with a large-scale LED visual wall displaying curated content, carefully chosen music and even a custom fragrance, White Pepperwood, carrying the scent of the outdoors through the air.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Piercing retailer SkinKandy is expanding into New Zealand, with Westfield Riccarton in Christchurch as its first location in the country. “Exciting growth continues at SkinKandy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2025

After its introduction, Even with zero marketing, we were seeing upwards of 20% of app openings happening in a physical location, so we saw the potential of adding a store mode, said Matt Walker, Director of Product and Design, Mobile Apps at Dicks Sporting Goods. We would want to know if that persons location was being spoofed, for example.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

store last month and will follow with seven new California locations as well as one store each in New Mexico, Texas and Washington state. California shoppers have embraced Daisos concept, and were excited to make our products more accessible with these new locations, said John Clarke, Chief Development Officer for Daiso USA in a statement.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Australian minimalist fashion brand Status Anxiety has launched its first physical location in New York City’s Nolita. The store, located at 248 Elizabeth Street, offers ethically sourced leather goods with a focus on biodegradable materials and environmental impact reduction.

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Retail Wire

JULY 17, 2024

In-N-Out Burger has announced plans to expand to several locations throughout the United States.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While walk-ins are important to the business, the emphasis is on customers ordering through the location-based app that directs them to their nearest store. Location is everything. Coffee Treat launches app-based franchise Hayward has two stores in Warrnambool and is opening a third outlet in Hamilton this month.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Located at the BLVD , a new retail and entertainment destination in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, this is the global sports brand’s second U.S. Located along the iconic Las Vegas Strip, this flagship allows us to expand Puma’s presence in North America to connect with U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Data management platform Feedonomics has integrated with Amazon Today , a program that allows retailers with brick-and-mortar locations to sell their in-store inventory on Amazon. Brands also can leverage existing product metadata and pricing, along with rules and validations, for the Amazon Today program.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

is dealing with the repercussions of canceling its plan to relocate 2,000 employees from California to a new Florida location. Walt Disney Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2024

flagship location had opened in New Jerseys American Dream mall in December 2021. The initial U.S.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Maternity brand Bumpsuit will launch its first physical location – a six-month extended pop-up store – on November 15.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2024

7-Eleven has recently released its financial reports for the most recent quarter, and in a surprise move, has decided to close hundreds of its store locations in North America.

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Location 290

Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2025

Located in Taikoo Li Sanlitun, the store spans 352sqm and marks the brands third outlet in China. Taikoo Li Sanlitun is the perfect location to bring the brand’s experience to the city, she continued. Australian luxury fashion label Zimmermann has opened its first boutique in Beijing.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A little over a year after being acquired out of bankruptcy and reopening 11 physical stores, BuyBuy Baby has announced plans to become a digital-first brand and close all its brick-and-mortar locations by the end of this year, according to the retailer’s website. 31, 2024, after which point they will have to be used online.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

The arrival of the first Australian location in 40 years will kickstart national expansion. It acquired the license in June 2023, adding 260 locations to its portfolio which now extends to more than 2900 restaurants across seven brands, generating US$5 billion sales. Today it has just two Sydney sites and two locations in Melbourne.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Skechers has reimagined its store at Canadas West Edmonton Mall as its first Performance location, featuring an immersive experience that includes an expanded sales floor, half-size pickleball and basketball courts and a range of technology showcases. Image courtesy Skechers

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2025

. “It’s not just about you as a customer and your purchasing history, it’s your location. “When a customer comes onto the website and they are located near a store that is famous for its garden centre, we need to shout about the garden centre on the homepage.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

Currently, more than 250 drones operate across 73 locations in nine countries. A Flight Path for Innovation Ikea went through a rigorous testing phase for the drone technology at a distribution center in Winterslag, Belgium, and is planning to deploy the drones in more locations over the next year, prioritizing Europe and North America.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

is honoring all who have been ghosted or who have ghosted someone by introducing a "Ghost Burger" for a limited time at all locations. Carl's Jr.

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