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Fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen has outlined a plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2027, using software platform Watershed to help it reduce carbon emissions. The 109-unit chain will take several steps to reach its goal, including making clean energy investments, …
Premium ice cream retailer Salt & Straw has expanded beyond the West Coast with the opening of the first of two planned Miami scoop shops. The 10-year-old company, which has backing from Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, has also grown …
Shopping center owners should consider using their space for festivals, residential areas or lifestyle centers to overcome the losses caused by retail closures, experts say. Weekly shopping trips to the mall are declining with only 12% of shoppers surveyed by …
L Brands will shutter as many as 50 Victoria’s Secret stores in the US this year and will continue to move forward with plans to spin off the lingerie brand. Bath & Body Works will close up to 40 mall-based …
Best Buy is experimenting with a store format that cuts selling space down from about 27,000 square feet to 15,000 and dedicates the rest of the space to e-commerce fulfillment. The retailer started testing the format at four Minneapolis stores …
Shake Shack is moving forward despite the challenges it has faced in the pandemic, planning to grow its roster of restaurants by 45% over the next two years with 10% of those planned for new markets. The chain’s recovery will …
Chicken Salad Chick started planning its move from Auburn, Alabama, to Atlanta in 2018 as part of a strategy to build the infrastructure it would need to support planned franchise growth,. The chain, which is on track to open its …
Target will unveil an expanded selection of iPads, iPhones and other Apple devices in special sections in 17 stores starting this month, with plans to roll out the enhanced Apple-branded sections to more locations later on. The new experience has …
New York City-based chain Lil’ Sweet Chick was forced to close indoor dining across all five locations in NYC and Los Angeles—which happened to be the most heavily-restricted parts of the country—when the pandemic hit in March. The brand, seeing …
Wolfgang Puck is expanding Spago with a 6,500-square-foot outdoor dining area in front of the Beverly Hills restaurant. The new space, called Spago L’extérieur, is located in the Canon Drive cul-de-sac. It will feature a large tent with slotted walls, …
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First CR 2021 Retreat will be held Virtually March 25th & 26th, 2021 via Zoom.
First WR 2021 Virtual Retreat will be February 25th-26th, 2021 on Zoom.
The 11th Annual Summit will be held Virtually On-Line January 13th & 14th 2021.
