Plano, Texas — At Home Group Inc., the home décor superstore, opened its 150th store located in Beavercreek, Ohio, on January 31, 2018. The event marks a major milestone in the company’s growth plans.
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Boca Raton, Fla. — Office Depot, Inc. has unveiled its market makeover of 14 stores in Austin, Texas, including a flagship location — “BizBox: Powered by Office Depot” — that integrate the company’s recently launched BizBox offering into its retail locations.
Houston — Mattress Firm, Inc., the nation’s largest specialty mattress retailer, has announced that Ken Murphy will step down as CEO and president and Steve Stagner, executive chairman and chairman of the board, will assume the additional responsibilities of CEO effective March 1.
Warren, Mich. — Art Van Furniture has unveiled a new flagship store in Canton, Mich., its first showroom in Michigan to be built from the ground up in two decades. The Midwestern furniture and mattress retailer is ushering in a new look and a new era in its home state with the two-story, 70,000-square-foot showroom, located on Ford Road opposite IKEA.
Wayne, N.J. — Toys“R”Us, Inc. plans to close 182 Toys“R”Us stores in the U.S. as part of a company-wide reinvention of its brands. In addition, the Wayne, N.J.-based retailer will convert a number of locations into co-branded Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores.
Scottsdale, Ariz. — Vixxo, a leader in technology-enabled facility and asset management solutions, has expanded its client roster with the addition of 7-Eleven owned Sunoco stores. Through this partnership, Vixxo will provide maintenance services to more than 500 Sunoco locations on the East Coast.
Seattle — Amazon.com Inc. has opened the first location of Amazon Go, an 1,800-square-foot mini grocery store in Seattle that allows customers to shop without waiting in checkout lines. The store was open exclusively to Amazon employees for the past year.