{"id":17370,"date":"2024-04-12T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17370"},"modified":"2024-04-12T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T17:17:11","slug":"in-other-business-news-147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2024\/04\/in-other-business-news-147\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Meijer Inc<\/strong>. reported it will open 3 new supercenters next month in Michigan and Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Yesway <\/strong>said it plans to open 10 new stores in Oklahoma and bring its total store count in the state to 15 by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a099 Cents Only Stores<\/strong> announced it will begin liquidation sales at all of its store locations. The retailer named Chris Wells as Chief Restructuring Officer. Mike Simoncic, who has served as interim CEO, will step down.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Batteries Plus LLC<\/strong> plans to open 39 new stores in 2024 in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, MI, NV, NY, OH, PR, TX, and VA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc<\/strong>. is planning to open at least 50 new store locations in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GameStop Holdings Corp<\/strong>. announced that its COO, Nir Patel, is leaving the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0JCPenney Company, Inc<\/strong>. has opened a new store location at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ. The two-level, 120,000 sq. ft. department store is the company\u2019s first new store in eight years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Koopman Lumber & Hardware<\/strong> announced that it is opening a new location in Pembroke, MA.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Marc Jacobs<\/strong> reported it is opening a new store at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordstrom Inc<\/strong>. has named Lori Marten as Exec VP and GMM for Nordstrom Rack.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Sam\u2019s Club<\/strong> announced a new partnership with T-Mobile<\/strong>, which will become the retailer\u2019s exclusive wireless provider.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uniqlo <\/strong>will open 11 new stores across Texas and California in 2024 as part of its plan to reach 200 stores in North America by 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0United Hardware <\/strong>Distributing Co<\/strong>. and Do it Best Corp<\/strong>. announced their merger has been approved by shareholders.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Vitamin Shoppe Industries<\/strong> is partnering with the Uber Eats to offer delivery from its stores across the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC <\/strong>has named Alex Barsk as CFO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Marco\u2019s Pizza <\/strong>has named Ben Halliwell as Senior VP of Digital Marketing, Tanisha Chea as VP of Brand Marketing and Kathleen Kennedy as Director of Culinary Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Subway<\/strong> has continued their menu re-vamp by adding new wraps to all nationwide restaurants. All wraps are served a lavash-style flatbread, the company\u2019s first new bread option in three years.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is testing new Aqua Refrescas beverages as the company hope to compete with McDonald\u2019s CosMc\u2019s restaurant as a beverage destination.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>The U.S. Senate has voted to repeal the National Labor Relations Board joint employer rule that would hold franchisors responsible for the labor violations of franchisees. President Joe Biden has vowed to veto the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Meijer Inc. reported it will open 3 new supercenters next month in Michigan and Ohio. \u2022\u00a0Yesway said it plans to open 10 new stores in Oklahoma and bring its total store count in the state to 15 by the end of the year.   Retail \u2022\u00a099 Cents Only Stores announced it… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-17370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}