A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court has unleashed a rash of lawsuits against big retailers that ask their customers to provide zip codes when making purchases with a credit card. View Full Image Bloomberg NewsSome retailers ask for zip codes when customers use plastic. Above, swiping a card at a Best Buy store. […]
Yogurtland, a customer-created frozen yogurt chain with almost 120 locations in nine states (as well as stores in Japan and Mexico), plans to have 75 additional locations open or in development by the end of 2011. By 2015, the chain will have more than 550 total locations. Besides expansion in existing markets, Yogurtland has targeted several […]
America’s #1 Selling Branded Burger to Launch National Restaurant Chain With Its First Locations in Jacksonville, FL Download image JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BUBBA burger®, the number one selling branded burger in America, is announcing the development of its Original BUBBA burger Grill™ restaurants. The announcement was made by Billy Morris, President […]
The ink has barely dried on Borders Group Inc.’s bankruptcy filing this week and already another major bookstore chain is looking to fill its Massachusetts stores slated for closure. Books-A-Million Inc., a Birmingham, Ala.-based retailer with a substantial online presence and more than 200 brick-and-mortar locations in the United States, is preparing proposals to potentially […]
CEO Howard Schultz said yesterday the world’s largest coffee-shop operator intends to compete directly for sales. Photographer: Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg And you think Starbucks is expensive? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has been growing so fast that acquirers looking to scoop up the largest U.S. seller of single-serve brewers would pay the highest valuation in America. […]
Rendering provided by Cathartes. Globe Staff Cathartes Private Investments, a Boston-based real estate development and investment company, said it has begun construction on the Residences at Portwalk, a mixed-use project in Portsmouth, N.H. Portwalk’s Residence Inn by Marriott and the Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center opened six months ago, and the new phase starting […]
One man’s dream has grown from Car Phone Store in Wethersfield After hitting high marks expanding south and east, Middletown franchiser Wireless Zone wants to take its brand national, especially as its products gain further recognition. Founded in 1988 as the Car Phone Store in Wethersfield, the franchise has grown by leaps and bounds […]
By DEALBOOK BJ’s Wholesale Club said on Thursday that it had decided “to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the company.” That only confirms what the market has known for months: that there is an auction going on for the retailer. BJ’s has hired Morgan Stanley to run the sales process. […]
According to Bloomberg, Big Lots Inc. (BIG – Analyst Report), the largest broad-line closeout retailer, is looking for strategic choices which might include the sale of the company. Big Lots, which competes with Target Corporation (TGT – Analyst Report) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT – Analyst Report), has hired Goldman Sachs to guide on the […]
Urban Outfitters will spend up to $80 million and hire 1,000 employees as part of an expansion of its headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, company and public officials said Wednesday. In the first phase, the retailer, which sells trendy apparel and home decor, will spend $30 million to acquire and redevelop two buildings, including […]
