Deerfield Beach, Fla. — IT’SUGAR, one of the largest specialty candy retailers in the world, has opened its newest U.S. flagship store in Las Vegas. The 6,000-square-foot IT’SUGAR store is located at the Grand Bazaar Shops across from the world-famous Bellagio Fountain. The Las Vegas Strip location is anchored by a giant 40-foot-tall kinetic gumball machine sculpture filled with gumballs, which serves as a Vegas sized grand entrance. “For many years it has been our vision to open an IT’SUGAR flagship store on the Las Vegas Strip and we couldn’t …
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Grand Rapids, Mich. — Intralogistics specialist TGW and the shop-fitting professionals from ‘umdasch The Store Makers’ have developed an innovative store and logistics concept for food retailing called OmniStore, an omni-channel model that integrates logistics processes. OmniStore combines the strengths of traditional retail with the benefits of e-commerce, but it does so at local grocery stores. The supply chain in food retailing has consistently been optimized over decades to provide best possible service at lowest possible costs. This was feasible as long as companies were able to fulfill changing consumer …
Chicago — Cornerstone Restaurant Group (CRG), a national leader in the restaurant space, looks beyond traditional borders in restaurant dining to where the customer is consuming today. Widely considered a trailblazer in the delivery space in Chicago, CRG is embracing new opportunities and new technologies in the months ahead. Led by freshly minted President Josh Zadikoff, CRG is pleased to announce exciting initiatives this summer, from a virtual restaurant space to retail dining to food halls. CRG has partnered with global home furnishings retailer, Crate & Barrel, to open its …
Kohler, Wis. — Kohler, a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, continues to expand its presence on the West Coast with the opening of its new Signature Store in San Francisco. Owned and operated by Keller Supply, the store is the first of its kind in the Bay Area and promises to be a premier design and product destination. Situated in the heart of San Francisco’s design district, the store spans 4,300 square feet and embraces the neighborhood’s industrial feel with original barrel ceilings and exposed …
Mahwah, N.J. — Dressbarn, a women’s apparel retailer, plans to eventually close all 650 of its stores nationwide. The New Jersey-based company is winding down its retail operations and plans to assist its 6,800 associates with transition support as individual stores close. “For more than 50 years, Dressbarn has served women’s fashion needs, and we thank all of our dedicated associates for their commitment to Dressbarn and our valued customers,” says Steven Taylor, Dressbarn’s chief financial officer. “This decision was difficult, but necessary, as the Dressbarn chain has not been …
Plano, Texas — J. C. Penney Company, Inc. has named Shawn Gensch as executive vice president, chief customer officer, effective June 3, reporting directly to CEO Jill Soltau. He joins the company from Sprouts Farmers Market. “I am delighted to welcome Shawn to JCPenney. His appointment fills a vital component of our executive leadership team,” says Soltau. “His proven leadership in brand management, digital marketing, analytics, mobile applications and customer loyalty programs makes him the ideal candidate to join our team.” In this role, Gensch will oversee all aspects of …
Skechers grows its brand by growing its physical retail presence — from 1,000 stores 5 years ago to more than 3,000 today. — By Katie Lee — Grow. From its store count and sales to expanding corporate headquarters, grow is what Skechers does best, regardless of physical retail climate, regardless of industry trends. In 1992, when Robert and Michael Greenberg (father and son, respectively) launched a new footwear brand inside a small beach house in Manhattan Beach, California, little did they dream that by 2010 — during a recession, no …
Chicago — Trader Joe’s will open a new store in the Hyde Park Shopping Center, expanding the grocery options available for residents of the South Side of Chicago. It is the goal of Trader Joe’s to open the store in fall 2019. “We recognize the importance of a grocery store in this location to the community, and we carefully selected Trader Joe’s based on a number of factors, including community input and timeline to opening,” says Angie Marks, associate vice president of real estate operations. “We look forward to working …
New York City — According to Brookfield Properties, Shakespeare & Co. will open a new bookstore at Brookfield Place at 230 Vesey St. in Lower Manhattan as part of its ongoing expansion plans. The planned opening date is January 2020. The store will be approximately 2,300 square feet and will feature Shakespeare’s thoughtfully curated selection of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books, as well as its signature café and Espresso Book Machine technology. The company will host weekly in-store book talks as well as monthly large venue book events in the …
Union, N.J. — Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has announced that Mary Winston, a seasoned public company executive who recently joined the Bed Bath & Beyond board of directors, has been appointed interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. Steven Temares has stepped down as CEO and resigned as a member of board. The board has formed a CEO search committee to identify a permanent CEO and will retain an executive search firm to assist in the search process. The board’s search process will focus on individuals who have transformation and …