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Nordstrom to open more Indochino shop-in-shops
(retaildive.com - 7/26/2024)This month, the company said it planned to open five additional U.S. showrooms by the end of September in South Carolina, Texas, New York, Utah and California... (full story)
Guatemalan chicken restaurant puts Lincoln, Gretna and Crete on its expansion map
(newspressnow.com - 7/26/2024)By the end of this year, plans will be solidified for its move to Nebraska, its 20th U.S. state ...
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7-Eleven's Japanese owners to give chain a big makeover in the US
(ksby.com - 7/26/2024)The company said some U.S. locations will soon have a significant change in their look, feel and product offerings, along with a rebranding that includes a certain Japanese flair... (full story)
Casey’s to acquire CEFCO for $1.1B
(cstoredive.com - 7/26/2024)The deal will add nearly 200 stores to the retailer’s footprint and introduce it to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi...
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Sprouts Farmers Market Expanding In California
(storebrands.com - 7/25/2024)Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Lawndale, Calif., on August 9...Additionally, Sprouts will be opening several new stores across the country throughout the late summer and early fall... (full story)
HCMC acquires GreenAcres Market
(supermarketnews.com - 7/25/2024)HCMC’s CEO Jeffrey Holman announced the continued expansion of the company’s grocery segment through the acquisition of GreenAcres Market. Holman went on to comment, “We see this move as another strategic step towards achieving HCMC's growth goals... (full story)
Juice It Up nearing 100th unit
(fastcasual.com - 7/25/2024)The brand opened three locations in the first half of the year, another nine locations on track to open by year's end ... (full story)
Del Taco Continues its Southeast Surge, With Record-Breaking First-Week Sales for New Market Opening
(morningstar.com - 7/25/2024)The brand continues its momentum in the Carolinas with seven new restaurant commitments announced for the Wilmington, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC markets. This follows the brand’s three-store development agreement announced earlier this year in Greensboro, NC...continued new market sales momentum with three consecutive new store openings in Port Orange, FL, Tallahassee, FL, and Chesapeake, VA... (full story)
Nick the Greek Ramps up Multi-State Expansion With Development Deals in CA, UT and TN
(restaurantnews.com - 7/25/2024)Nick the Greek is on pace to open more than 25 locations this year. With more than 75 restaurants in operation, the brand will approach 100 locations systemwide by the end of 2024... (full story)
Teriyaki Madness Fires Up Colorado Expansion: Hits Home Turf in Denver and Beyond
(restaurantnews.com - 7/25/2024)Headquartered in Denver, TMAD currently operates 13 shops across Colorado and has plans to add up to 11 more over the next few years up and down the Front Range — from Fort Collins to Denver Metro and down into Colorado Springs and Pueblo... (full story)
Aldi Closing Out July With Four Store Openings
(storebrands.com - 7/25/2024)Aldi is closing out the month of July with four new store openings as the discount grocer continues to expand its footprint across the U.S... (full story)
Kroger, Albertsons $24.6B merger temporarily blocked by Colorado judge
(supermarketnews.com - 7/25/2024)Judge Andrew J. Luxen approved the preliminary injunction, which delays a hearing in Colorado scheduled for Aug. 12, according to a story in the Denver Gazette. That two-week hearing, which will be heard by Luxen, was moved to Sept. 30... (full story)
Badcock Home Furniture & more in Kinston to close amid company-wide downsizing
(neusenews.com - 7/25/2024)Badcock Home Furniture & More announced the closure of its Kinston store as part of a broader plan to shutter 35 locations nationwide ... (full story)
Done Deal: Hibbett acquired, goes private
(chainstoreage.com - 7/25/2024)The athletic-inspired fashion retailer has completed its acquisition by U.K.based global sportswear giant JD Sports Fashion plc in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion ... (full story)
Curaleaf Announces New York Retail Expansion with Two New Medical Dispensaries and Adult-Use Sales a
(finance.yahoo.com - 7/25/2024)New Rochester and Syracuse locations will expand the Company's retail footprint to six dispensaries in New York and 148 nationwide ...
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FirstCash Reports Second Quarter Operating Results
(morningstar.com - 7/25/2024)The Company continues to target the addition of approximately 90 to 100 total pawn locations for 2024 through a combination of new store openings and acquisitions ...
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Tractor Supply Company Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
(corporate.tractorsupply.com - 7/25/2024)The Company opened 21 new Tractor Supply stores and three new Petsense by Tractor Supply stores in the second quarter of 2024 ...
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Yampa Sandwich Co focusing on regional growth
(fastcasual.com - 7/25/2024)Expects to add up to 20 restaurants over the next several years in Colorado, Arizona, Texas and Utah ... (full story)
Rainbow Cone is expanding nationally for the first time after almost a century in business
(nrn.com - 7/24/2024)Six of the stores in the development pipeline will be going in Florida, along with Southern California, Nashville and Northwest Indiana ... (full story)
LaMar’s Donuts: Kansas City donut shop plans ‘dramatic expansion’ that includes Arizona
(abc15.com - 7/24/2024)“We have 24 locations, and we have very ambitious plans to begin next year rolling out a dramatic expansion in all 50 states,” ... (full story)
Five WaWa Stores In The Works For Escambia County. Here’s The List.
(northescambia.com - 7/24/2024)Five Wawa stores are currently in the works for Escambia County. Here is the status of each: ...
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O'Reilly Automotive Inc. Q2 Earnings: EPS of $10.55, Revenue at $4.27 Billion
(gurufocus.com - 7/24/2024)Opened 64 new stores in the U.S. and Mexico in the first half of 2024, aiming for 190 to 200 net new store openings by year-end ... (full story)
Sporting goods and outdoor recreation store coming to Dauphin County
(pennlive.com - 7/24/2024)Central Pennsylvania’s love of the outdoors and sports is attracting another brand to the region ...
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Southern fried chicken favorite breaks ground on its 1st valley shop
(reviewjournal.com - 7/24/2024)The groundbreaking marks the first unit in a development agreement to bring 20 new Bojangles restaurants to Vegas, as well the company’s plans to open restaurants at 10 TravelCenters of America across Western markets ... (full story)
Warsaw Getting Bealls Store This Fall
(timesuniononline.com - 7/24/2024)A new store is coming to the Marketplace at Warsaw shopping center this fall ... (full story)
Amazon Fresh continues rapidly opening stores
(supermarketnews.com - 7/24/2024)More Amazon Fresh grocery stores are on the verge of opening up shop — most recently in Pennsylvania, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal... (full story)
Paris Baguette Sees Record Growth in Q2, Awarding 20 New Franchises and Opening 20 Cafés ...
(restaurantnews.com - 7/24/2024)As the brand heads into the third quarter, Paris Baguette is celebrating a total of 20 franchises awarded, 47 units sold, 36 leases signed and 20 new bakery cafès opened across the U.S so far in 2024... (full story)
Layne’s Chicken Fingers Unveils New Prototype: A Game-Changer for Franchise Efficiency
(restaurantnews.com - 7/24/2024)Layne’s Chicken Fingers, the Soon to be Famous™ chicken finger franchise, is revolutionizing the fast-casual dining landscape with its innovative new restaurant prototype...This project, over two years in the making, marks the chain’s first original build, setting a new standard in efficiency and customer experience... (full story)
Home goods retailer Conn's files for bankruptcy, to close over 70 stores
(foxbusiness.com - 7/24/2024)The company said more than 70 of its HomePlus stores in 13 states will shutter ...
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Expect to See More Slim Chickens in Georgia
(whatnowatlanta.com - 7/24/2024)A local development group has signed on to bring 15 units of the fast-casual chicken concept to Georgia and South Carolina ...
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Chipotle continues to gain traffic, market share
(nrn.com - 7/24/2024)Opened 52 new company-operated restaurants with 46 locations including a Chipotlane, and one international licensed restaurant... (full story)
Marco's Pizza Launches New Store Design
(prnewswire.com - 7/24/2024)Marco's Pizza, one of the nation's fastest-growing pizza brands, debuts its new store design in the greater Boise market...The prototype is set to fuel the brand's continued nationwide growth and performance, while enhancing the guest experience... (full story)
Buddy’s Home Furnishings Set to Enter Miami Market
(franchising.com - 7/24/2024)Buddy's Home Furnishings has awarded Brian Landau with three locations set to open over the next four years in Miami, Florida. This agreement marks Buddy's first locations in Miami... (full story)
Wawa coming to Georgia with six locations open by 2025. Here's what to know
(savannahnow.com - 7/24/2024)Wawa is currently building six stores in the Peach State, with further plans for southern and Coastal Georgia with more sites under contract... (full story)
Ethan Stowell, Running Out of Places to Open a Restaurant, Just Helped Put One in a Supermarket
(seattle.eater.com - 7/24/2024)Mill Creek supermarket is the only T&C store with a Field House inside it, but the chain is moving quickly — the Poulsbo and Lakemont locations will follow suit within the next three months, and the plan is to have a restaurant at all T&C locations by the end of next year ... (full story)
Struggling fast-food chain operator files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
(thestreet.com - 7/23/2024)EYM Pizza, which operates roughly 140 Pizza Hut locations in Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Eastern District of Texas on July 22 ...
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Good Feet Store opens fourth location in state in Florence, offers personalized arch supports
(nkytribune.com - 7/23/2024)The new store joins more than 250 locations open nationwide and is part of a strategic growth initiative to add more than 40 locations in 2024 ... (full story)
Rite Aid store closures top 650; 67% of Ohio stores now closed, Michigan 63%; top 3 states still 20%
(abc27.com - 7/23/2024)Rite Aid’s latest 40 planned store closures, revealed in court filings Friday and Monday, bring the chain’s total closures to more than 650 ... (full story)
List of Big Lots Store Closures Expands
(retailwire.com - 7/23/2024)Big Lots’ website had identified about 135 stores in more than two dozen states that the retailer said it was closing ... (full story)
Marshalls to open new location in former Lakeport Kmart site, 60 jobs planned for store
(pressdemocrat.com - 7/23/2024)Off-price retailer Marshalls is opening new locations in multiple states across the country ... (full story)
Seattle sandwich chain Homegrown to close 10 cafes, cut workers
(seattletimes.com - 7/23/2024)Seattle-based sandwich chain Homegrown will lay off 158 employees in September as it permanently closes all but two of its locations ...
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New owner nears purchase of Red Lobster after chain announced bankruptcy and closures
(usatoday.com - 7/23/2024)Red Lobster has filed paperwork in a Florida federal court revealing that restaurant chain's new owner is RL Purchaser LLC, a stalking horse bidder consisting of the company's lenders ...
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Pigtails & Crewcuts Celebrates Midyear Success with New Signings, Strategic Initiatives and ...
(1851franchise.com - 7/23/2024)In the first half of 2024, Pigtails & Crewcuts added 10 new franchises, and is gearing up for a series of new salon openings by year-end and continues to focus on expanding into hot markets ... (full story)
Sherwin-Williams Co Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights ...
(gurufocus.com - 7/23/2024)Sherwin-Williams Co opened 26 net new stores year to date and expects to open 80 to 100 for the full year ...
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Hawaiian Bros Expands ‘Ohana with Rio Grande Valley, TX Multi-Unit Expansion Deal
(westernslopenow.com - 7/23/2024)Hawaiian Bros announces a multi-unit agreement with franchisee William Marin to open eight new restaurants in TX ...
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Kiddie Academy® franchise is first in Kansas
(morningsun.net - 7/23/2024)The first Kansas franchise location of nationally recognized Kiddie Academy®Educational Child Care, announces the grand opening of its new Kansas City-area facility ... (full story)
Coffee shop chain Foxtail to open in Short Pump for first local spot
(richmondbizsense.com - 7/23/2024)It would be the first Foxtail location to open in Virginia, with more expected to follow elsewhere in the Richmond region....
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Foxtrot to Reopen in Gold Coast, Old Town, Wicker Park, and Fulton Market
(chicago.eater.com - 7/22/2024)City liquor license applications have revealed four Foxtrot locations that new ownership plans to reopen in Chicago ...
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Batteries Plus Rounds Out Q2 with Franchise Innovation Award and 6 New Store Openings
(morningstar.com - 7/22/2024)Expansion and Innovation Drive Nation's Leading Battery Retailer's Growth and Success in Q2 2024 ...
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Dave’s Hot Chicken to open in Butler Shopping Center
(mainstreetdailynews.com - 7/22/2024)The new spot is one of five announced to open throughout Jacksonville and Gainesville ... (full story)
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