Katie Lee

Katy, Texas — Academy Sports + Outdoors, a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer, has opened two new stores in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Kerrville, Texas; and will open nine additional locations this quarter in Celina, Texas; McAlester, Okla.; Lacy Lakeview, Texas; Fayetteville, Ga.; Roanoke, Va.; Statesboro, Ga.; Granbury, Texas; Millington, Tenn.; and Fairview, Texas. To date, Academy has opened seven new stores in 2026, with plans to open a total of 20 to 25 new locations this fiscal year. In pursuit of becoming the best sports and …

Los Angeles — SUGARED + BRONZED, the nation’s largest sugaring and sunless tanning brand, has opened its 50th location, marking a major milestone in the company’s journey from a $1,000 startup founded in a Santa Monica, Calif., apartment to a nationally recognized beauty services brand. Founded by Courtney Claghorn, SUGARED + BRONZED began in 2010 when Claghorn set out to solve a problem she experienced firsthand: finding affordable, high-quality spray tanning services. What started as Courtney airbrushing clients in her apartment during lunch breaks and after work evolved into a …

New York City — Primark, the international clothing retailer known for delivering quality fashion at value prices, will open in the iconic Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., on Sept. 3, its first store in the state. This follows the opening of Primark’s first store in Indiana at Castleton Square Mall in July and the upcoming opening of the retailer’s second store in the greater Orlando metropolitan area at Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets on Aug. 20. Primark’s Mall of America location will boast nearly 35,000 square feet of retail selling …