Store Planning/Construction/Facilities

Feb 05, 2012
Chain Store Age’s 48th annual SPECS Conference will be held March 4-7, at...
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Feb 22, 2012
Iconix Brand Group reported that its fourth-quarter net income rose 23% on...
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Feb 22, 2012
Canadian department store retailer The Bay is testing a virtual greeter at...
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Feb 22, 2012
Save-A-Lot, a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, will open 13 stores in...
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Feb 21, 2012
Belk plans to remodel almost 30 stores this year as the department store...
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Feb 21, 2012
The Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group (PLG), which owns such...
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Feb 17, 2012
Peeps & Co. has opened its third store, in The Shoppes at Sands, next...
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Hot Retail Concepts

Chicago Sports Depot, Chicago

Chicago Sports Depot, a one-stop shopping destination for all things White Sox as well as other Chicago sports teams, offers consumers the ultimate in sports merchandising. The 15,000-sq.-ft. store was developed through a close collaboration between Delaware North Companies and the Chicago White Sox, with RGLA Solutions, Schiller Park, Ill., serving as the design architect.

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Industry Viewpoints

Scanning the Globe: Hot New Stores
By Marianne Wilson
Looking for a hit list of the hottest new stores outside of the United States? Check out of some of the contenders below. The information comes from the London-based retail consultancy echochamber.com.

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People/Company Updates

Chick-fil-A strikes LEED Gold in Texas; half of chain to receive energy and water retrofits by yearend

Chick-fil-A received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for its restaurant at Montgomery Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Focus On:

J.C. Penney pins future on new, three-tiered pricing strategy and in-store shops
Ron Johnson, CEO of J.C. Penney, unveiled his ambitious vision for the chain’s future.

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SPECS Talk Newsletter's Top Story


Retail Store of the Year: And the winners are…
The latest jewel in the portfolio of Mexican department store operator Liverpool took top honors in Chain Store Age’s 30th annual Retail Store of the Year design competition.
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