Retail

Hartland-based Batteries Plus continues to expand with 46 new stores in 2012 and signed agreements to open 59 new stores in the future.

Pawn America, a growing Burnsville, Minn. -based second-hand retailer, will open its first Milwaukee-area store in West Allis on Feb. 1.

Green Bay-based Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC announced that Jill Soltau has been promoted to the position of president and chief merchandising officer.

Grill Business partners Jon Anne Willow and Patti Wenzel have sold the North Avenue Grill in Wauwatosa to kitchen veteran Mike Topolovich.

Large U.S. retailers today reported mixed December sales results, many of which missed analysts’ expectations for holiday sales.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning consumers to be on the lookout for used cars damaged by the floods of Hurricane Sandy that may be put up for sale in Wisconsin.

Expanding their service in the Northshore community, Balistreri-owned and -operated Sendik’s Food Markets announced it will open a store in Bayside in the spring.

Restaurateur Paul Berlin plans to open The Bay, a community-based restaurant and bar on Silver Spring Drive in Whitefish Bay.

Buena Vida Coffee, a student-run nonprofit organization headquartered in Marquette University’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, is expanding sales of its four coffee blends to New Berlin Sendik’s Food Market, the organization announced Wednesday.

Brick-and-mortar jewelers in Wisconsin face an unfair tax burden when competing with out-of-state online retailers, according to Joe Pankratz, president of the Wisconsin Jewelers Association.