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April 23, 2012
Starbucks to open on Disney properties

Starbucks Coffee Co. has announced a partnership to open a store inside each of the six Disney properties in California and Florida.

March 19, 2012
Amazon to buy Kiva Systems for $775 million

Amazon.com announced it has agreed to buy Kiva Systems Inc. for $775 million in cash.

March 19, 2012
Blue Nile names retail veteran as CEO

Online diamond and fine jewelry retailer Blue Nile announced the appointment of Harvey Kanter as CEO and president, effective March 30.

March 19, 2012
Starbucks opens its first Evolution Fresh juice bar

Starbucks Corp. opened its first-ever juice bar under its newest brand, Evolution Fresh.

March 8, 2012
Starbucks to open 4,500-sq.-ft. 'concept' store in Amsterdam

Starbucks will open its largest location in Europe, in the center of Amsterdam, on March 9. The 4,500-sq.-ft. store is located in the vault of the historic Amsterdamsche Bank, a landmark building on Amsterdam’s famous Rembrandt Square.

March 6, 2012
REI to open stores in San Antonio and Jacksonville

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) said it is opening a new store in San Antonio, Texas, in the fall of 2012, and will make its Florida debut – in Jacksonville – in spring 2013.

March 2, 2012
Amazon’s Move to the Real World

By Kyle Priest, Crown

February 16, 2012
Nordstrom Q4 profit up 1.7%, to open 15 stores in 2012

Nordstrom reported that net earnings for the quarter ended Jan. 28 rose 1.7% to $236 million, compared with $232 million in the year-ago period.

February 10, 2012
Lease-less in Seattle

Ron Johnson isn’t afraid of making waves. Just as my page-neighbor Jeff Green suggested in his latest column, “A Penney for your Thoughts,” the Apple-CEO-turned-JCP-chief is keenly focused on reinventing a department store dinosaur into a sleek, well-oiled retail machine. And if that means reneging on prior deals, so be it.

February 10, 2012
Report: J.C. Penney drops plans for downtown Seattle store

J.C. Penney has dropped its plans to open a store in the Kress Building downtown Seattle, according to The Seattle Times.

February 10, 2012
Report: J.C. Penney drops plans for downtown Seattle store

J.C. Penney has dropped its plans to open a store in the Kress Building downtown Seattle, according to The Seattle Times.

February 9, 2012
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.

January 9, 2012
Nordstrom Rack to open in Tysons Corner, Va.

Nordstrom plans to open a Nordstrom Rack in Tysons Corner, Va.

January 3, 2012
Callison acquires Barteluce Architects & Associates

Global architecture and design firm Callison has acquired New York-based Barteluce Architects & Associates.

December 22, 2011
REI Takes on Manhattan

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has opened its first Manhattan location, in the landmarked Puck Building in SoHo. The 35,000-sq.-ft. space (14,000 sq. ft. of selling space) has been restored to honor the iconic building’s more-than-century-old history — with a respect to detail evident throughout. How did REI come to select the Puck Building?

December 14, 2011
REI makes Ohio debut

REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) announced that it will open its first location in Ohio next fall at Rockwood Commons in Cincinnati.

December 6, 2011
Starbucks mobile transactions exceed 26 million in first year

Starbucks has racked up 26 million mobile transactions since it launched its mobile payment program in January.

December 5, 2011
Study: Dollar store boom good for retail landlords

The combined store count of the four national dollar store (or extreme value) chains has now surpassed that of the three biggest national drugstore chains, according to a new report by Colliers International.

December 2, 2011
REI makes New York City debut

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has opened its first-ever store in Manhattan, in the landmarked Puck Building in SoHo.

December 2, 2011
Starbucks to create 5,000 U.K. jobs in next five years

Starbucks Coffee U.K. plans to create thousands of new jobs in the United Kingdom as it steps up its drive-thru program following three years of development and strong customer response to the convenience of Starbucks coffee on-the-go.

November 30, 2011
Mint.com reveals cities with most Black Friday shopping activity

The 15 cities with the most shopping activity on Black Friday 2011 were Manhattan, N.Y.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Brooklyn, N.Y.; San Jose, Calif.; Seattle; Chicago; San Diego; Houston; Atlanta; Dallas; Saint Louis; Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; and Minneapolis, according to mint.com, an online personal finance site.

November 18, 2011
Nordstrom to close 122,000-sq.-ft. store in Utah

Nordstrom said Friday it will shutter its underperforming University Mall store in Orem, Utah.

November 10, 2011
Starbucks buys juice company, plans to roll out new concept

Starbucks Corp. announced plans to reinvent the $1.6 billion premium juice market with its all-cash purchase of San Bernadino, Calif.-based Evolution Fresh for $30 million.

November 8, 2011
Blue Nile CEO resigns

Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile announced that CEO Diane Irvine has resigned from the company, effective Nov. 11.

November 4, 2011
Starbucks Q4 profit soars 29%, same-store sales up 9%

Starbucks Corp.’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped nearly 29%, beating Wall Street estimates on strong sales around the globe.

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