Store Concepts


  • Person walking their dog outside of Walmart's Pet Services center.
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    Walmart leans into pet care with first Pet Services Center

    A Georgia store is piloting the concept, and the retailer aims to expand it over time. The center offers a variety of grooming and veterinary services.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 21, 2023
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    Amazon adds RFID to cashierless tech to support apparel purchases

    The new capability enables cashierless shopping for softline goods like clothing, fan gear, hats and shoes.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 20, 2023
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    How the purpose of stores is evolving

    Stores have always evolved in order to compete as times, technology and tastes change. And, most of all, to please customers.

    By Retail Dive staff
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    [PODCAST] Elevated Retail CX

    Elevated Retail CX is a three-part podcast series that explores how brick-and-mortar locations can raise the bar on customer experience.

    Sept. 7, 2023
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    Fjällräven opens first store in Palo Alto

    The California location adds to the Swedish outdoor apparel brand’s growing footprint, which now spans 42 brand stores across the U.S. and Canada.

    By Howard Ruben • Sept. 5, 2023
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    Gen Z personal care brand Clean Age launches at Walmart

    The company won the “Golden Ticket” from the mass merchant’s pitch competition for startups and will land in 1,800 Walmart stores as a result.

    By Howard Ruben • Sept. 1, 2023
  • Interior of a Brilliant Earth showroom in New York featuring wood flooring and white jewelry display cases
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    Brilliant Earth to open 3 luxury mall showrooms

    The direct-to-consumer jewelry brand’s new locations offer select products available for same-day purchases and one-on-one appointments.

    By Aug. 31, 2023
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    Jennifer Aniston’s Lolavie continues retail expansion with Credo Beauty launch

    The hair care brand entered Ulta Beauty in May as the company works to expand its reach.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 28, 2023
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    Deodorant brand Curie lands in 4,300 Walmart stores

    The mass merchant will carry several of the DTC brand’s products in stores nationwide as well as on its website.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 25, 2023
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    Recess expands to 5K additional retail doors

    The DTC beverage brand is now available in 14,000 stores, spanning retailers like Target, CVS, H-E-B, Sprouts and Winn Dixie.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 21, 2023
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    Babylist to open flagship showroom in Beverly Hills

    The 18,000 square-foot location set to open this week will serve as a product testing ground to customers looking to make a purchase.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 16, 2023
  • A rendering of Radio Flyer's first store located in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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    Radio Flyer to open first store this fall

    The 106-year-old brand, known for its red wagons, is set to open its first store this November in the Chicago area where the company is based.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 14, 2023
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    Rally House opens 7 stores in one weekend

    The family-owned sports and merchandise retailer says it now has more than 160 stores in 17 states.

    By Aug. 7, 2023
  • The Nike "swoosh" on the side of a building, with another building seen behind it.
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    Nike plans ‘network’ of boutique fitness studios

    The first location is set to open in Los Angeles later this year. Nike running and training studios will offer live classes and social fitness events.

    By Aug. 2, 2023
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    Lacoste’s latest virtual store doubles down on exclusive experiences for loyalty members

    In collaboration with virtual store developer Emperia, the brand is showcasing its summer collections on the platform.

    By July 28, 2023
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    Pacsun opens store dedicated to activewear

    The 1,500-square-foot store, dubbed Pac1980, opened in the Mall of America and features leggings, skirts, onesies and tops.

    By Howard Ruben • July 26, 2023
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    Foxtrot’s newest store opens in Austin City Hall

    The chain’s first location in a civic building will be followed later this year by a store on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.

    By Jessica Loder • July 26, 2023
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    Abercrombie & Fitch opens new Fifth Avenue storefront

    The New York City location offers women’s and men’s collections and shop-in-shops of Abercrombie Kids and activewear brand YPB.

    By July 24, 2023
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    Celebrity-backed retail brands are choosing malls for brick-and-mortar expansion: JLL

    The acceleration of e-commerce coupled with altered shopping behavior as a result of the pandemic helped fuel growth for these brands.

    By Howard Ruben • July 24, 2023
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    The Weekly Closeout: Pacsun opens dedicated activewear store, FTC proposes new guidelines for mergers

    The Pac1980 store will open at the Mall of America, while the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department unveiled changes to M&A guidance.

    By Retail Dive Staff • July 21, 2023
  • Interior of a Petco shop-in-shop inside of a Lowe's.
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    Lowe’s expands shop-in-shop partnership with Petco to 300 stores

    Both companies are strategically growing their operations to better serve rural communities. 

    By July 20, 2023
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    Sur La Table expands national footprint, private label offering

    Three years after surviving a pandemic-era bankruptcy, the culinary experiential retailer is back in growth mode on multiple fronts.

    By July 18, 2023
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    Lo Bosworth’s Love Wellness expands retail footprint with Walmart

    Building out its wholesale network, the vitamin and supplements brand launched in more than 1,600 of the mass merchant’s stores nationwide.

    By Howard Ruben • July 12, 2023
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    Monos opens first store

    The DTC luggage brand opened a location in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the company is headquartered.

    By Howard Ruben • July 10, 2023
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    Rails plans store in Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighborhood

    The apparel brand in October will open the store along the neighborhood’s popular M Street, marking its ninth store globally.

    By Howard Ruben • July 7, 2023
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    Expanding its store footprint, On opens store in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood

    The New York store marks the DTC running brand’s fourth store in the U.S. and 23rd store globally.

    By Howard Ruben • Updated July 5, 2023