Value retailer Five Below will venture into the Pacific Northwest for the first time, opening eight new stores in Washington and Oregon on Friday, Nov. 7, with special grand opening celebrations slated for Saturday, Nov. 8. Store sites will include busy malls and neighborhood shopping centers, and assortments will feature brands including Lego, Disney Stitch, […]| Retail TouchPoints
Wayfair has launched My Projects, an integrated project management tool available exclusively to Wayfair Professional members. As part of the Professional ecosystem, the tool is designed to allow pros to create projects and source products directly from the Wayfair catalog, as well as assigning tasks, setting deadlines and tracking progress through status updates and dashboards. […]| Retail TouchPoints
REI will also shutter its Boston store and its Paramus, New Jersey location, according to a spokesperson.| Retail TouchPoints
Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo will add 11 stores to its U.S. retail footprint next spring and summer, according to Fast Company. The new locations will include four NYC sites and stores in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Maryland’s Annapolis Mall. These additional stores will bring Uniqlo’s U.S. store count to nearly 90 […]| Retail TouchPoints
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. is launching a national franchise system to step up the brick-and-mortar return of Bed Bath & Beyond following the recent opening of the chain’s first store since its 2023 bankruptcy. BB&B Inc. said in a statement that a franchise model will allow it to operate a smaller footprint of corporate […]| Retail TouchPoints
Fast fashion is now a term familiar to most consumers, but similar “buy-it-and-toss-it” mentalities pervade many other categories as well, with far less discussion around the environmental and human impact. In 2014 refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market set out to change this cycle, which it has dubbed “fast tech.” Now, the online platform is bringing […]| Retail TouchPoints