Bridgestone Matching Icahn Offer for Pep Boys

Globe St. Article

Cheltenham Mall Gets a New Life

Philly.com Article

Bass Pro Enters Connecticut

Chain Store Age Article

Home Depot & Lowes: Strong Performance

Forbes Article

REI Closed on Black Friday

Forbes Article

BJ's Coming to Summerville, South Carolina

Chain Store Age Article

York Capital Acquiring Houlihan's

Restaurant News Aritcle

Bridgestone to Buy Pep Boys

USA Today Aritcle

Costco to Build 32 New Stores In the U.S. and Abroad

Fox Business Article

Live! Hotel & Casino Receives Planning Commission Approval in South Philadelphia

Rezoning and gaming approvals are next. 

Commercial Property Executive Article

Movie Tavern Proposed in Trexlertown

Movie Tavern looks like it might be coming to Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. 

Congratulations to Dave Goodman of Equity Retail Brokers who represented Movie Tavern in the transaction. 

Morning Call Article

Beneficial Bank to Acquire Conestoga Bancorp

Beneficial has 56 branches.  Conestoga has 14. 

Philadelphia Business Journal Article

Ross Is Opening Stores

See the following Retail Dive article for the most recent Ross openings:

Retail Dive Link

DSW to Open 22 Stores This Fall

zacks.com Article

Sears Posts Quarterly Profit

This article provides a good snap shot of the Sears current state of affairs. 

GlobeSt.com Article

Popeye's Expanding

MarketWatch Article

Target Opening Another Store in Center City Philly

Philly.com Article

Lowe's is Trying Some Smaller Format Stores

Biz Journal Aritcle

Ross Opening 27 Stores

Chain Store Age Article

Amazon Opening a Drive-Up Grocery Store?

Yes, you read correctly.  Amazon could be behind some Sunnyvale, CA plans. 

Silicon Valley Business Journal

Dick's Opening Women's Apparel Chain

ICSC Article

http://icsc.org/sct/newswire/dicks-sporting-good-launches-womens-specialty-chain

Gap Closing 175 North American Stores

Philly.com Article

Target Express Proposed for 19th & Walnut in Philadelphia

Philly.com Article

Shoe Carnival Has New Small-Market Store Format

The store would be about 5,000 SF.

Courier & Press Article

Saladworks Acquired

Private equity bought the company out of bankruptcy.

Restaurant News Article

Target Selling Pharmacy Business to CVS

Target selling pharmacy business to CVS for $1.9 billion  http://

CircaNews Link

1,000 New Wendy's by 2020

Nation's Restaurant News Article

Whole Foods New Smaller Concept

Check out this description of Whole Foods new smaller concept. 

philly.com Article

Toys R Us Might be Changing Up the Store Strategy

National Real Estate Investor Strategy

Aldi to Reopen 30 Bottom Dollar Stores

Aldi to Reopen 30 Bottom Dollar Stores

Sears, a REIT, and General Growth

ICSC.org Article

Buyout Closes for PetSmart

AZ Central Article

Primark's First U.S. Stores

Five of the first seven stores are revealed in this article. 

CoStar Article

Target Done in Canada

Good article on Target's experience in Canada.


NY Times Article

Supermarket Industry Mergers & Acquisitions

This article gives some insight into a few important mergers and acquisitions in the grocery industry. 

National Real Estate Investor Article