REI closed its stores in Brentwood, CA, opened just five years ago, citing poor sales. REI spokeswoman Libby Catalinich told the Contra Costa Times that the company is looking to relocate the store's full-time employees to other area ...
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MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) is a step closer to establishing its second retail store in the greater Toronto area after the North York Municipal Council recommended Jan. 15 that the MEC-owned site at 784 Sheppard Avenue East be rezoned to ...
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Ikea plans to come to St. Louis with a 380,000-square-foot store that will open in the fall of 2015, the Swedish retailer announced Wednesday. Store officials said they have submitted plans to the city for the ...
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Stein Mart discount apparel and home fashion retailer, is expanding its presence this fall. The new stores are located in El Paso, Texas; Buford (Atlanta), Ga.; Elk Grove (Sacramento), Calif.; and Watchung, N.J. The Anaheim, Calif. and ...
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Ikea said it will incorporate geothermal technology at its upcoming 359,000-square-foot Merriam, Kan., store, its second in the United States to use the renewable energy source to heat and cool operations. The home furnishings giant said ...
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Arhaus Furniture has signed four new leases that will push its store count up to 51 stores in 19 states and bring the Top 100 company to two new markets. The company said it has finalized lease agreement for stores in new markets Danbury, ...
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Art Van Furniture is entering the Windy City this week with the grand opening of its first store here. The move marks the Top 100 company's first full-line store expansion outside its home state of Michigan, and it's celebrating with a ...
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Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea broke ground Tuesday on its planned 359,000-square-foot store here. The store, on an 18.4-acre tract at Interstate 35 and Johnson Drive, southwest of Kansas City, Mo., is slated to open fall 2014. The ...
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ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Art Van Furniture confirmed a local report today that the Top 100 company's first Chicago market store will open here this summer, one of as many as to six planned for the new market this year. The ...
Performance Bicycle is plotting an aggressive growth strategy in the first half of 2013, with plans to open five stores in Florida — its first locations in the state — and one new store in Arizona. “Florida has a ...
MERRIAM, Kansas — The Merriam City Council has unanimously approved plans for Ikea to build its first Kansas City-area store here, with an opening planned for fall 2014, the retailer said. Ikea, which announced plans for the store ...
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NEW YORK -- Two days after a devastating Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey and wreaked havoc across greater New York, furniture retailers in the area were reporting store closing disruptions, but no serious damage. However, those ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Closeout retailer FWS Home Furnishings appears to have closed its doors here for good, saying in a recorded message that it was a victim of the tough economy. The telephone message at the retailer's main location on ...
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ikea is planning a store here at the site of a vacant shopping center in the suburb of Merriam, Kan., a move that will increase its Midwestern presence and give the Sweden-based home furnishings retailer its 40th U.S. ...
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CONSHOHOCKEN,PA.—Ikea is planning a second South Florida store in Sweetwater,Fla.,pending government approval with an opening slated for fall 2014. The Sweden-based home furnishings giant said it is submitting plans for the proposed ...
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