GNC Acquisition Holdings Inc. plans to bulk up on capital for expansion through an initial public stock offering that could raise up to $350 million for the company.
Closing the doors on fiscal 2010 and at the same time its 10th consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth, Family Dollar plans to ride that momentum in the new fiscal year by accelerating its new store growth and launching a renovation effort to revamp existing sites.
Kohl's Corp. is opening 21 new stores, creating almost 3,000 jobs in 15 states. 
Barnes & Noble Inc.’s shareholders voted to keep Chairman Leonard Riggio on the board of the company he founded, rejecting an ouster attempt by Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. to shake up the largest U.S. bookstore chain.
Pharmacists take note: Your customers want their prescription filled — with a smile.
Off-price clothing retailer Syms has leased a 34,000-square-foot retail space at the Moinian Group’s 530 Fifth Ave. for what will be a new flagship location. It will be a joint store with Filene’s Basement, which the company acquired in 2009. The space on three levels was originally built for the Bank of New York. .. . . more
Developers seek to sell for rental units, stores
U.S. retailer Sears Holdings Corp. plans to launch 85 toy shops in select U.S. markets next month as it looks for a bigger bite of the holiday sales pie, a senior executive said.
Drug store operator Rite Aid Corp posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by weak sales of seasonal items, and cut its full-year forecast, sending shares down 15 percent. 
Cumberland Farms Inc. will sell 61 convenience store properties through a structured sale process to be managed by Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.
Blockbuster Inc., the world’s biggest movie-rental company, filed for bankruptcy after failing to adapt its storefront model to online technology pioneered by rivals such as Netflix Inc. 
Sears Holdings Corp., saddled with extra space in its cavernous Sears department stores, is joining with hot fashion chain Forever 21 to expand the store-within-a-store concept.
There's good pizza and there's great pizza, but the consensus is that there's really no such thing as a bad pizza. It's pizza.
Ruby Tuesday has inked a deal that will allow it to open and operate up to 200 fast-casual Mexican restaurants.
Not so long ago, in 2005, Blockbuster seemed invincible. However you preferred to rent movies — in stores or online — the company was ready to accommodate you.
Smaller formats are key components of both Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp.’s urban strategies, according to a report by the Associated Press. 
The long vacant Sam’s Club property off Route 9 near Speen Street may have a new tenant.
Home furnishings retailer CB2 is opening a Georgetown store next spring, its first one in the Washington region, according to Eastbanc's Marcie Connolly, who negotiated the deal for the landlord. 
Smaller formats are key components of both Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp.’s urban strategies, according to a report by the Associated Press. 
Leonard S. Riggio, the pugnacious Barnes & Noble chairman, may be in the fight of his career, but he says he doesn’t relish it.
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) has signed a 15-year lease for its first Manhattan location. The 39,000-sq.-ft. store will be located downtown, in the landmark Puck Building, at 295 Lafayette St., on the corner of East Houston Street. Asking rent for the space was around $275 a square foot, Crain’s New York Business reported.
Lord & Taylor (L&T) has adopted an innovative retailing strategy to expand its operations by opening stores in different American regions with an objective to beat its industry rival Nordstrom, who has recently partnered with mobile accessory maker case-mate to offer exclusive fashion cases for the female visitors.
Pier 1 Imports Inc. is upbeat entering the holiday season after reporting a second-quarter profit just above Wall Street estimates. 
The downtown Manhattan neighborhood known for tourists and chain stores is, with New York City itself, becoming something of a destination for outdoor types. Or so a big West Coast retailer is betting.
Wal-Mart Stores has been candid about its mistakes in the way it pared back assortment in recent months -- and in a presentation for investors, Bill Simon, CEO of its U.S. division, shed some light on how the retailer is hoping to win back the shoppers it sent away. 
Target Corp. (TGT) is already seeing a comfortable return on its rollout of fresh food into stores and is planning to expand the initiative to several hundred more next year.
Sports apparel retailer Bob’s Stores has renewed its space of more than 50,000 square feet at Milford Plaza in Milford, CT for five years. The five-year lease accounts 28 percent of the plaza’s total 181,000-square-foot space. Owner Stonemar Properties brokered the deal.
The Buca di Beppo chain will start serving its family-style Italian dishes to Massachusetts diners Friday when the first of four Buca restaurants opens at former Vinny T’s locations in the state.
Real estate could be the secret ingredient in private equity firm 3G Capital Management’s recipe for generating returns on its surprise $3.3 billion acquisition of Burger King.
Retail behemoth Walmart today announced Walmart Family Mobile, a cellphone plan offering unlimited talking and texting for $45 a month. 
Lululemon wants to open about 20 to 25 new stores and 15 showrooms next year but "we're being cautious in terms of not getting ahead of our skis and trying to get up to 35 stores for next year," Day said.
The company just announced eight new clinics, its largest expansion in three years.
A new slice of competition has come to the D.C grocery market. Discount retailer Aldi plans to open a new store directly across from the Safeway on 17th Street NE, which long has had the neighborhood to itself. The next nearest food store is almost two miles away. 
