Store Planning/Construction/Facilities
Store of the Week
ABC Fine Wines & Spirits, Ocala, Fla.
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is showing off a new, modern store concept in Ocala, Fla. The contemporary design reflects the retailer’s evolution from the corner liquor store and bar to a 150-plus-store purveyor of fine wine and spirits. More ...
People/Company Updates
Ecova survey: 60% of retailers have EMS in place
Sixty-percent of retailers have energy management systems within their site portfolios, but only 46% have a formal energy management strategy in place.
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Industry Viewpoints
By Crosby Renwick, executive director of strategy, CBX
The pundits say retail, as we’ve known it since the ancient Egyptians, is coming to an end. Ouch. That’s big. You have to admit the logic is not bad: When retail is literally everywhere, when we can buy virtually anything off our phones and have it delivered, why go to a store? Read More.
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Target’s first round of stores in Canada receives LEED certification
Target announced that its first 24 store locations in Ontario (Canada) have been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification.
StoreSpaces Newsletter—Top Story
7-Eleven to more than double North American store counts
A report by Bloomberg said that 7-Eleven parent Seven & I Holdings Co. is planning more acquisitions here and may more than double the number of c-store stores it operates in North America.
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