Family Dollar Stores ($FDO) (@myfamilydollar) new store development expansion plan for FY 2012

In their Q1 2012 Earnings Call, Howard R. Levine, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Member of Equity Award Committee, explained: We are driving greater revenue growth both through the acceleration of new store openings and comp store sales performance. This year, we plan to open 450 to 500 new stores, a 50% increase […]

ChainLinks 2012 Retail Forecast Report–9 pages of expanding retailers and restaurants!

Thank you ChainLinks! In addition to the market insight, they provide over 9 pages of new store development expansion information for expanding retailers and restaurants throughout the United States. I thought this would be helpful to anyone (brokers, owners, attorneys, etc.) looking to lease their shopping centers, canvassing for new tenant representation accounts, or just […]

How many locations will Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ($WMT) open in 2012? Neighborhood Markets?

In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ($WMT), Karen Roberts, the President of Wal-Mart Realty, noted: we’ll open between 80 and 100 small-to-medium formats next year with a majority of those being Neighborhood Markets. William S. Simon, Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walmart US, President of Walmart US: And finally, down to the bottom line, […]

SUPERVALU ($SVU) opening 80-90 new Save-A-Lot stores in FY 2012

On their Q2 2012 Results Earnings Call, Craig R. Herkert, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President and Director of SUPERVALU ($SVU) remarked about their new store expansion plan: Today’s macro environment is proving more challenging than we had originally anticipated, and it is impacting the ability of licensees to obtain financing for new stores. In […]

AP: TJX to close A.J. Wright brand

According to this Associated Press article, as of February 2011, all A.J. Wright stores are being converted to either the TJ Maxx or Marshalls brand except the following stores which will be closing: A.J. Wright store closings California Bakersfield San Bernadino/Colton El Monte Inglewood La Puente Connecticut Bridgeport Hamden West Haven Wethersfield Florida Jacksonville […]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) 2011 new store development US expansion plan

WOW. Check this statement out from Tom Schoewe, EVP and CFO of Wal-Mart Stores: All of this kind of makes me think just how much has changed in the short time, a little bit more than a decade, that I have been proud to serve here at Wal-Mart. Our sales, our store count and our […]

Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) (Ross, dd’s DISCOUNTS) Accelerating 2011 New Store Development Expansion Plan, new Atlanta stores

Before I begin this analysis, I thought all my leasing agent, broker, and developer friends would like to know that dd’s DISCOUNTS just entered the Atlanta market in the last 90 days with two new locations – one at 3293 Buford Highway NE in Atlanta and another at 399 Upper Riverdale Road in Jonesboro (see […]

Kohl’s Corporation (KSS) 2011 new store development expansion plan +/- 40 stores

According to Wes McDonald, CEO of Kohl’s Corporation in their Q3 2010 Earnings Call: We opened 21 new stores this quarter for a total of 30 stores this year. We also reopened a store in Virginia which closed in January 2010 for a complete rebuilt. We currently plan to open approximately 40 stores in […]

Family Dollar Stores (FDO) opening +/- 300 new stores in 2011 (doubling 2010 openings)

According to Howard Levine, Chairman and CEO of Family Dollar Stores (FDO) during their F4Q10 earnings conference call: As our cadence of new store openings in the fourth quarter would suggest, we have begun to ramp up the pace of unit growth. In fiscal ’11, we plan to open approximately 300 new stores, a […]

Analyst – Trader Joe’s could easily triple their store footprint. Expansion Plan – Opening only 5 stores in 2010

Interesting, in-depth look at Trader Joe’s. A few things to note: Trader Joe’s is owned by the Albrecht family who also owns Aldi Company’s sales in 2009 were +/- $8 Billion Similar size of revenues as Whole Foods Higher revenues than Bed Bath and Beyond Trader Joe’s has NO debt and self-funds all growth Super […]

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