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Global Retail Brands are Coming to America

For years, brands like IKEA and Lego have been ubiquitous on the retail scene in the United States. Recently, global brands like Mango (Spain), Uniqlo (Japan), and Zara (also Spain) have launched large expansion plans with American shoppers in mind. 

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A Rebrand for Bealls, Inc.

For more than 100 years, Bealls, Inc. has served as one of the nation’s leading off-price retailers and recently announced the rebranding of two of its largest chains.

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Mall Operator Simon Opens New Brick and Mortar Frontier for Digital-First Brands

Digital retail darlings like ThirdLove, Goodlife and True Classic Tees are taking the plunge into brick and mortar for the first time with Simon. These direct to consumer brands are working with Leap, a company that helps digital brands find their footing in physical stores. Leap and Simon recently formed a partnership to take it one step further to bring the brands into malls across America. 

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Quiet Quitting and Office Space: The Impact on Retail Foot Traffic

In the past three years, we have all become acquainted with a new parlance associated with the pandemic and its related outcomes. Phrases like abundance of caution, the great resignation, and quiet quitting are now ingrained in our minds and experiences. But when it comes to quiet quitting, the terminology that swept economic news stories in recent months, we are seeing some additional ripples impacting retail foot traffic.

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Ross Dress for Less

Ross Dress for Less is a discount department store chain with nearly 1,500 locations and founded in California. COR3 has designed 12 stores across the

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Hobby Lobby

Hobby Lobby is a chain of arts and crafts stores with nearly 1,000 stores in 47 states. The first store was founded in 1970 in

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