Retail

Despite shifting consumer behavior and an economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous regional and national retailers are forging ahead with plans to expand in Wisconsin, a group of local commercial real estate brokers say.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. said Tuesday that it reduced its corporate workforce by approximately 15% due to "ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business."

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market recently notified state and local officials about the numbers of jobs that will be lost when the grocery retailer closes its Menomonee Falls store.

Milwaukee-based foodservice equipment and supply dealer Fein Bros. is moving its showroom on King Drive two doors down, from 2007 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to 2025 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Dollar General plans to open a store location at the former Shopko Express location in Port Washington.

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian is seeking both federal and state assistance for businesses damaged and destroyed during violent protests in Kenosha over the past week.

Not long after losing three of its restaurant tenants to the coronavirus pandemic, Mequon Public Market is again at full capacity.

West Allis-based National Business Furniture recently named Marcelo Podesta as its new president. 

Governor Tony Evers said today he will send additional National Guard troops to Kenosha after three nights of violent protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake escalated Tuesday with two people killed and another injured.

About two years after the closure of 108-year-old oriental rug store Kashou Carpets, its former building on Milwaukee's East Side has become home to a new business venture that retails a very different product line, but shares some of the same family roots.