Kohl’s footprint grows Kohl’s is having a grand opening for six new stores in the Bay Area today as part of an aggressive expansion plan to strengthen its California presence. The opening of the 30 new stores, all of which were former Mervyns, increases the total number of Kohl’s locations to 121 in California. In […]

Is It Too Early to Start Holiday Shopping? Christmas is months away, but for many retailers the holiday shopping season has already begun. Over the summer, stores like Sears (SHLD) and Kmart rolled out Christmas-in-July deals, many of which were intended to bring customers back for the holidays. Two months later, retailers began decking out […]

Is It Too Early to Start Holiday Shopping? Christmas is months away, but for many retailers the holiday shopping season has already begun. Over the summer, stores like Sears (SHLD) and Kmart rolled out Christmas-in-July deals, many of which were intended to bring customers back for the holidays. Two months later, retailers began decking out […]

A triple shot at a latte One on corner, there are 3 places to get your Starbucks fix What would Lewis Black say? The comedian has told audiences of an unsettling experience he had in Houston while walking near the corner of Shepherd and West Gray in the River Oaks Shopping Center: “There on one […]

Wal-Mart adds Michigan stores Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open seven new or expanded stores in the state in the next three months on top of three already opened this year, the retailer announced Monday. That makes price-chopping Wal-Mart one of the few national retailers taking a chance on Michigan as the economy has worsened. […]

CityCentre revs up in west Houston CityCentre plans a spring 2010 grand opening, but sections of the project in the Memorial/Energy Corridor area are opening in phases. The development includes retail shops, offices, residential units and a hotel. In Houston over the past several years there has been a lot of talk about mixed-use developments […]