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Ikea banks on new store formats to sustain success

Ikea banks on new store formats to sustain success

Nate Delesline III Reporter Ikea is expanding its store formats beyond its familiar and famous big blue box locations. The Swedish-founded and Netherlands-based international retailer had about 370 flagship stores globally, and 460 stores overall in 62 markets worldwide as of February. But despite that global presence, “many people were complaining that our stores were too far […]

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Bed Bath & Beyond, finally in Chapter 11, is going out of business

Bed Bath & Beyond, finally in Chapter 11, is going out of business

Daphne Howland Senior Reporter Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Founded in 1971, Bed Bath & Beyond is one of the original “category killers” — retailers that took advantage of department stores’ declining appeal to establish specialty stores offering discount prices. The home goods company went public in 1992 and its revenues surpassed $1 billion by 1999, per its court […]

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Healey wants more housing. But how hard will she push communities to approve it?

Healey wants more housing. But how hard will she push communities to approve it?

By Andrew Brinker Globe Correspondent,Updated March 2, 2023, 6:25 p.m Ever since word spread through Braintree of a 495-unit apartment complex proposed at the South Shore Plaza, an organized opposition campaign has been ramping up. Lawn signs decrying the “monster project” are appearing around town, and some residents are urging the Planning Board to deny the […]

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FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Standards and Major Progress for a Made-in-America National Network of Electric Vehicle Chargers

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Standards and Major Progress for a Made-in-America National Network of Electric Vehicle Chargers

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its latest set of actions aimed at creating a convenient, reliable and Made-in-America electric vehicle (EV) charging network so that the great American road trip can be electrified.  These steps will help the United States meet President Biden’s ambitious goals to confront the climate crisis, by building a national network […]

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Amazon Names New VP Of Global Corporate Real Estate

Amazon Names New VP Of Global Corporate Real Estate

January 26, 2023 Jarred Schenke, Bisnow Atlanta  Amazon has tapped a Harvard-educated designer with experience in drafting municipal land use policies as its new vice president of worldwide corporate real estate and facilities. Amazon named Shannon Loew to the position previously held by John Schoettler, who will remain with the company, the Austin Business Journal reported. Loew’s hiring comes as […]

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Tuscan Village in Salem, NH receives New England Water Environment Association Green Steps Award

Tuscan Village in Salem, NH receives New England Water Environment Association Green Steps Award

February 03, 2023 – Owners Developers & Managers Salem, NH The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) named Tuscan Village, a sustainable mixed-use development, the recipient of the Green Steps Award. The award celebrates innovation and sustainability within the wastewater and stormwater industry. Project manager Max Faro accepts the Green Steps Award from NEWEA president Frederick McNeill […]

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Lego is ditching Connecticut for Boston, which aims to ‘become the most family-friendly city in the country’

Lego is ditching Connecticut for Boston, which aims to ‘become the most family-friendly city in the country’

BYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS January 25, 2023 at 12:46 AM EST The Lego Group announced Tuesday that it will move its North American headquarters from Enfield, Connecticut, to Boston, Massachusetts, by the end of 2026. Skip Kodak, president of the Lego Group in the Americas, said in a release that the move supports the Denmark-based global toymaker’s […]

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