This month it opened a store in Huntington Beach, California (impressing this enthusiastic columnist), among other places.
This venerable department store company opened its doors in 1881 and operates three divisions today.
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He increased the number of Bulgari shops from 5 to 170 (half directly owned) in 33 countries, including a new flagship store opened in Moscow this past summer.
It earlier this month opened an Apple-like application store online.
Wal-Mart opened a new store in Chicago this week, a small format called Express developed to fit urban areas and gain a foothold in new markets.
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While Microsoft opened up its online store earlier this week to pre-orders for its upcoming new Surface tablet, customers are now looking a three week (or more) shipping delay.
The company also opened its first store in Singapore earlier this year.
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Penney shares opened sharply lower this morning, after the department store chain reported truly disappointing quarterly figures.
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This quality was on display when Apple opened its first retail store.
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But when a tricked-out Specialized concept store opened 3 miles from his shop, after assurances from the bikemaker that this would never happen, Lopatkin switched gears.
Ms. Shouraboura, who opened one Hointer store in Seattle late last year with another on the way there this summer, says all of these digital innovations help combat "showrooming, " the process of going into a store to check out merchandise but then hunting for a cheaper place to buy the item online.
Mr. Sen had recently opened his own printing store on the Upper West Side and was recovering from a heart attack earlier this year.
This phenomenon, I assume, was driven by a desire to be one of the first in each store when they opened their respective doors at midnight.
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