Retail
Get retail business updates including store openings, shopping trends, and commercial development in southeast Wisconsin.
Stein will take over Hawks site in Tosa
Stein Gardens & Gifts has reached an agreement to open a new location at Hawks Nursery Co. Inc. on Watertown Plank Road in the City of Wauwatosa
Pizza chain targets Wisconsin market
Pasadena, Calif.-based Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced that Walch Hospitality Group LLC, led by John Walch, has signed an agreement to develop six franchise stores in Milwaukee and Madison.
Kohl’s January sales bounce back
Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. today reported that its comparable store sales were up 13.3 percent in January, up 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and up 0.3 percent for the entire fiscal year.
Analysts speculate that Kohl’s could be takeover target
The common stock shares for Kohl’s Corp. rose 56 cents Thursday amid growing Wall Street speculation that the Menomonee Falls-based retailer could be a prime target to be acquired by a private equity firm in 2013.
Kohl’s donates $4 million to Penfield Children’s Center
Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Department Stores today announced it will donate more than $4 million over five years to Penfield Children’s Center.
Batteries Plus to expand on East Coast
Hartland-based Batteries Plus continues to expand with 46 new stores in 2012 and signed agreements to open 59 new stores in the future.
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Pawn America to open store in West Allis
Pawn America, a growing Burnsville, Minn. -based second-hand retailer, will open its first Milwaukee-area store in West Allis on Feb. 1.
Soltau is new president of Shopko Stores
Green Bay-based Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC announced that Jill Soltau has been promoted to the position of president and chief merchandising officer.
Topolovich is new owner of North Avenue
Grill Business partners Jon Anne Willow and Patti Wenzel have sold the North Avenue Grill in Wauwatosa to kitchen veteran Mike Topolovich.
Retailers set sights on spring
Large U.S. retailers today reported mixed December sales results, many of which missed analysts’ expectations for holiday sales.
