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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart will invest in new and remodeled stores that will create jobs while offering an improved shopping experience for its customers. The planned expansion of its store [...]

Rossiter Books is opening a fifth store. The latest shop is in Malvern, Worcestershire. Husband-and-wife team Andy and Victoria Rossiter opened their first bookshop in Ross-on-Wye in 2010, adding branches [...]

Retailers are making up for lost time. The past couple of months has brought a flurry of openings, particularly in experiential retail. It's a brick-and-mortar sector thought to have been [...]

Pet specialty retailers have come up with products that are aimed at preventing separation anxiety in dogs when their owners are not around. These products include piddle pads, calming tool staple, and chew toys. Strategies that have been put in place by pet specialty retailers to satisfy the demand for these products are described.

The emergence of behavior modification products that address positive reinforcement in dogs, along with at-home training, have provided pet specialty retailers with chances to get higher revenues. Retailers might also help in strengthening the bond between a customer and his pet dog. Tips for retailers on how to suggest these products to customers are provided.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Royal Buying Group, Inc. Michael Zielinski, president and CEO www.royalbuying.com HQ Lisle, Ill. Revenue $167 million US Divisions Royal Buying Group, Royal Merchandising Services, Royal Performance Group [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Alibris Brian Elliott, president and CEO www.alibris.com HQ Emeryville, Calif. Year launched 1998 Services Online marketplace for sellers and buyers of new and used books, music, and [...]

Byline: Nabamita Chatterjee Ekam, the home decor brand has been increasing its product portfolio recently with the launch of personal care collections and embracing the omni-channel retail format. Available at [...]

The Atlanta Falcons are working on their blocking and tackling both on and off the gridiron. The National Football League club is trying to translate the fundamental strengths that brought [...]

The independent party storeowners have to develop strong promotional plan for increasing their sales. The steps involved in implementing the promotional plan from basics to the ultimate goal for Halloween are discussed.

Party Makers, a North Carolina based retail store has continuously expanded its store to keep pace with its success. The storeEs success is due to its advertising and door delivery service, along with value added services and a huge theme based products display.

People celebrate the New Year party in the biggest way in hotels, clubs, bars, schools, amusement centers and homes. Retailers should exploit the various business opportunities available to expand their sales in bulk.

He's developed subdivisions in Hawaii and high-rises in California. Now Sae Hyun Uhm, heir to a Korean conglomerate, is redesigning Waikiki retail and trying to broker deals between East and [...]

Newly elected pres. of the National Retail Hardware Assn. owns Buikema's Ace Hardware stores. He has been involved in the business since he was nine years old as a stockboy and worked his way up to department manager. He was responsible for the company's expansion in 1975 and now has five stores. Computer technology has played a major part in keeping the store competitive. Buikema plans to install scanning equipment and computerize co-op advertising., C. Jay Buikema, the newly elected president of the National Retail Hardware Association, doesn't monkey around when it comes to business. Well maybe a little, inasmuch as he has a [...]

New York City-based Whiskers Holistic Pet Store has been offering natural products since 1988. Owners Randy and Phil Klein claim that it has been their goal to inform customers about alternatives to traditional veterinary carte and commercial foods. How the Kleins have operated the business in conformance to this goal, are discussed along with details on the store's expansion plans.

DISCOUNTERS TAKE LEAD ON BIG BUILDERS LIST THEY ADD MORE STORES WHILE RECESSION RAGES ON No class of retailing is weathering the current economic recession as well as discount stores. [...]

Gone are the days of 'build it and they will come.' As we find in Ernst & Young's first Retail Real Estate Survey, U.S. retailers have become very measured and [...]

Nowhere are the improving retail standards on the Canada-US frontier more evident than at Blue Water Bridge Duty Free. After being highly commended for its marketing efforts in the 2002 [...]

Byline: ARNOLD J. KARR Diesel to Go Pop-up With 101 Diesel is about to take the wraps off its first pop-up shop, set to open Friday in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section. [...]

Byline: LISA LOCKWOOD Ramy Brook to Open N.Y. Store Ramy Brook, the contemporary sportswear and handbag company, is ready to take the retail plunge. The four-year-old company, which sells to [...]

Byline: NINA JONES Topshop Set to Open 2 H.K. Units LONDON - Topshop is set to open two more stores in Hong Kong this summer, one of which will house [...]

J. Crew Plans Fourth London Unit LONDON - J. Crew will open its fourth store here in September, a 4,500-square-foot unit in Sloane Square next door to Tiffany & Co. [...]

Philipp Plein Opening in Manhattan Philipp Plein is bringing his incongruous happy Goth aesthetic to Manhattan. Plein, a German born, Swiss-based designer, in September will open his first New York [...]

Cos Bar to Brookfield Place Cos Bar, the Denver beauty emporium with a cult following, is opening a 1,300-square-foot store at Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan. It will be the [...]

Peter Millar Plans Flagship in NYC Peter Millar will open a New York City flagship this fall, a two-level, 3,400-square-foot site at 536 Madison Avenue, between 54th and 55th Streets. [...]

Saks and Nordstrom To Boost Off-Price Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue are betting big on their off-price concepts. The Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. plans to sharply increase the number of Rack [...]

Annick Goutal to Open First U.S. Shop With an eye on expansion, Annick Goutal will open its first U.S. store next week, a 400-square-foot shop on Bleecker Street in Manhattan's [...]

Byline: DAVID MOIN J. Crew Sets 2014 Store Openings NEW YORK - J. Crew Group Inc. plans for robust store growth this year, despite the declines in mall traffic besetting [...]

Parke & Ronen to Reopen L.A. Unit LOS ANGELES - The cold winter has had people dreaming of warm escapes, and swimwear specialist Parke & Ronen is ready to outfit [...]

Will Leather Opening N.Y. Store NEW YORK - Where there's a will, there's a way. At least for Will Leather Goods, an Oregon-based leather accessories brand that will open its [...]

Nasty Gal Adds Execs, Expands Collections Nasty Gal keeps growing up. The rapidly evolving online retailer continues to bolster its executive ranks and to add more product categories to its [...]

J. Crew Set to Open Two Stores in Asia J. Crew group is planting its flag in Hong Kong. The retailer will open two stores in the city in May, [...]

Eres Expands Global Retail Eres continues its rollout of boutiques worldwide. The Chanel-owned luxury lingerie and swimwear specialist will open three directly operated stores in Munich, Hamburg and Désseldorf, Germany, [...]

In today's competitive retail environment, construction and store-planning executives are constantly being asked to do more with less. The challenge is daunting: reduce costs while maintaining the same level of [...]

The idea for a new lifetime achievement award conferred by the Institute of Store Planners (ISP) started with Jay Fitzpatrick, president of Fitzpatrick Design Group, New York. 'I felt that [...]

Printemps' New Owner Ignites Retail Expansion PARIS - Printemps is opening today its first new store in 32 years in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall in Paris. The two-story [...]

BHV Planning Men's Outpost by MILES SOCHA Galeries Lafayette-owned department store to add shops, attractions PARIS The Marais district in Paris, already a magnet for shoppers and chockablock with trendy [...]

Lagerfeld to Open London Flagship JOELLE DIDERICH PARIS Karl Lagerfeld is set to open his biggest European store to date in London next year as part of the global retail [...]

Gucci's U.S. Push By MARC KARIMZADEH NEW YORK The transformation of Gucci's North America business is in full motion. During an exclusive interview here last week, Patrizio di Marco, Gucci's [...]

Spencer's Retail Limited is on an expansion mode having drawn up plans to open 10 large format hypermarket stores in the country. Says Kingshuk Basu, Executive Director, Operations, Spencer's Retail [...]

The economic boom in the Pacific Northwest brought an increased numbers of retail stores, but cities such as Seattle, WA, had empty spaces left behind after bankruptcy and consolidation. Companies including Nike and FAO Schwarz have opened stores in downtown Seattle, and Nordstrom is remodeling the former F&N Department store. Also described are retail buildings in Spokane and Portland, OR., It is the land of Microsoft, Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and Mount St. Helens. The Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and to some extent Idaho) has been home to more than one kind [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Something Just Ticks BEVERLY HILLS As the luxury watch market has rebounded from the recession, European brands are seizing the opportunity Stateside by retooling their retail strategies [...]

Wipro Ltd is planning to sell the Aramusk brand of deodorant through retail stores by Dec 2012. The company had launched the brand in four variants through select stores in [...]

IKEA of Sweden is planning to invest 1.5 billion Euro in India in two stages. The company intends to invest 600 million Euro in the first stage and 900 million [...]

Apparel maker Tommy Hilfiger of US plans to add 500 stores in India over the next five years. Tommy Hilfiger Arvind Fashion Private Ltd will invest Rs60 crore in 45 [...]

Burg, the watch-phone manufacturing company of the Netherlands, has launched its watch-phone models in India. It proposes to open 50 exclusive retail stores in India in 2012. The first store [...]