retailers

Egg Harbor Township, N.J. — Halloween, the leading Halloween retailer, is marking its 40th anniversary season and opening more retail locations than ever. With more than 1,500 seasonal locations, the Halloween retailer will bring over 40,000 jobs and seasonal excitement to local communities throughout North America by mid-September. This year, the brand brings back a fresh new twist on its beloved “Spirit Hallows” in-store theme, with cemetery-inspired store design details. The design spotlights Spirit Halloween’s exclusive animatronics as the residents of Spirit Hallows. “We’ve seen Halloween grow from a single …

Plano, Texas — JCPenney is building upon a self-funded reinvestment plan and customer value proposition aimed at fueling long term growth and increasing customer loyalty and frequency. JCPenney plans to reinvest more than $1 billion into the business by fiscal year 2025 to further improve customer experience and operational efficiencies. This reinvestment builds on significant progress in fiscal year ‘22, including the launch of JCPenney Beauty, completed store refreshes and improved digital shopping. Building on key transformations already completed across key areas of the business, the planned reinvestments will strengthen …

Lenexa, Kan. — A leading sports and merchandise retailer, Rally House, has opened five new stores in five states. One store joins the Omaha, Neb., roster (L Street Marketplace), while the others arrive in fresh markets like Central Pennsylvania (Chambersburg Crossing); Lexington, Ky., (Hamburg Pavilion); Tyler, Texas (Cumberland Park); and Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Marketplace). August has been a month of outstanding growth for Rally House, with seven stores in one weekend to start the month and five stores in one weekend to end the month, bringing the month’s total to …

Seattle — After landing stateside 2 years ago with its U.S. e-commerce platform, Australia-based women’s footwear brand, FRANKiE4, is amplifying its presence in North America. The brand recently rolled out wholesale partnerships with Nordstrom and J.Jill and will open a flagship store in Bellevue, Wash., just outside of Seattle, in September. This will be a permanent location following the success of its Bellevue Square pop-up location, which launched in April 2023. The brand’s upcoming Seattle store opening which will be located at The Bellevue Collection, a 1,300-square-foot store that will …

Oak Brook, Ill. — Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, has opened more than 100 new stores in 2023, and is planning to open more than 170 by the end of the year. Globally, Ace has opened more than 1,100 stores in the past 5 years. “With over 100 new stores already opened for the year, we remain enthusiastically bullish about the continued prospect for new store growth,” says John Venhuizen, president and CEO of Ace Hardware. “I applaud our local Ace owners for the pace …