- Kocolene acquires retail tobacco chain Klafter’s
(cspdailynews.com - 8/14/2025) Smoke shop company, former c-store operator, also names new COO to leadership team ...
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- Colorado-based restaurant chain closing up to 32 locations
(9news.com - 8/14/2025) Noodles & Company announced it plans to close 28 to 32 company-owned restaurants by the end of the year ... (full story)
- Rita’s Italian Ice Celebrates Mid-Year Momentum with Growth, Innovation and Industry Recognition
(franchising.com - 8/13/2025) Nearly 40 new locations on track to open in 2025 and recognition as one of the nation’s top-performing restaurant brands ... (full story)
- Bojangles Plans 55-Store Expansion — Including New York City
(today.com - 8/13/2025) Bojangles is set to return to the New York City area with more than 50 locations over the next 10 years ... (full story)
- Corner Bakery Café unveils new design prototype as part of expansion push
(nrn.com - 8/13/2025) Corner Bakery Café will mostly expand through franchising, with a development target of around 10 new locations a year ... (full story)
- Convenience store known for its sandwiches breaks ground on first Wilmington location
(starnewsonline.com - 8/13/2025) The company expects to open three to four in Wilmington next year ... (full story)
- This Viral Coffee Chain is Opening Its First Location in Illinois
(secretchicago.com - 8/13/2025) It's official—Dutch Bros is opening its first location in Illinois, but Chicago locals will have to drive a ways to snag their favorite drink ...
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- Canada’s Gildan Activewear to acquire HanesBrands for $2.2 billion
(chainstoreage.com - 8/13/2025) Canadian garment maker Gildan Activewear Inc. and HanesBrands Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Gildan will acquire the U.S. firm for $2.2 billion ...
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- Marco's Pizza Fires Up Expansion with 40+ New Stores Opened in First Half of 2025
(morningstar.com - 8/12/2025) Marco's Pizza celebrates a powerful first half of 2025, marked by 41 new store openings, strategic international momentum, and continued investment in franchisee performance ... (full story)
- Top 100 retailer opens new store in Indiana, taking on new market
(furnituretoday.com - 8/12/2025) The new store takes the retailer’s store count to 26 stores across five states. Big Sandy said two additional stores are planned to open in the market by the end of this year ...
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- Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy to Open First Store in Five Years
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/12/2025) Plans to open more than a dozen stores in the next two years throughout Illinois, Missouri and Florida ... (full story)
- Rock N’ Roll Sushi Signs Area Development Agreement to Return to Dallas-Fort Worth
(franchising.com - 8/12/2025) The brand announced today that franchisees have signed a three-unit area development agreement to bring Rock N’ Roll Sushi back to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ... (full story)
- Shipley Donuts expanding into northwest Louisiana
(ksla.com - 8/12/2025) Shipley Donuts says it has signed a franchise development deal to bring five new stores to the Shreveport-Bossier area. These will be the first locations of the chain in northwest Louisiana ... (full story)
- Vans—the iconic skateboard brand closes 140 stores and is now betting on luxury and premium fashion
(lagradaonline.com - 8/12/2025) To return Vans to the path of growth, one of the avenues has been through the closure of physical stores, specifically 140 locations that make up 20% of its global network ... (full story)
- Work World ... Names Shawn Sweeney New CEO & Acquires Shoeteria, Expanding Business In Southern Cal.
(finance.yahoo.com - 8/12/2025) Work World is pleased to announce the acquisition of Shoeteria, Inc. one of Southern California’s largest specialty workwear suppliers ... (full story)
- Mississippi Favorite Bumpers Welcomes First Franchise Partner in Texas Market
(restaurantnews.com - 8/12/2025) Mississippi-based QSR brand Bumpers Drive-In is expanding its footprint into Texas with the addition of a new franchise partner ... (full story)
- Alabama chain Urban Cookhouse opens first DFW restaurant in Prosper
(dallas.culturemap.com - 8/12/2025) A healthy restaurant chain from Alabama has made its DFW debut: Urban Cookhouse has opened its first outpost in Texas ... (full story)
- Big Y Expands Footprint in Massachusetts With 2 New Supermarkets
(progressivegrocer.com - 8/11/2025) Retailer also upgrades smaller-format c-store and fuel station ...
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- ARKO Corp. Opens Second fas craves Location in Mechanicsville, Virginia, Enhancing Customer ...
(quiverquant.com - 8/11/2025) ARKO Corp. opens its second fas craves location in Mechanicsville, Virginia, enhancing convenience store offerings with a focus on food ...
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- IKEA is coming to Alabama: Where it will be and when it will open
(al.com - 8/11/2025) IKEA announced plans to open a new store in Huntsville in early 2026, its first location in Alabama ...
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- Stanton Optical Partners With Staples To Challenge Warby Parker’s Retail Expansion
(forbes.com - 8/11/2025) Stanton Optical, a brand under Now Optics, currently operates over 300 locations in 32 states and plans to open 30 to 50 more this year, and it just signed a partnership agreement to launch shop-in-shops in select Staples stores ... (full story)
- Public Records: Crunch Fitness to open 3 new Hampton Roads locations
(yahoo.com - 8/11/2025) Crunch Fitness will be expanding throughout Hampton Roads with three new locations ... (full story)
- 1st co-branded Round Table Pizza, Fatburger opens in California
(fastcasual.com - 8/11/2025) FAT Brands Inc. has opened its first co-branded Fatburger and Round Table Pizza in Rancho Cordova, California ...
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- Potbelly Says Franchisees are Lining Up to Grow
(https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/potbelly-says-franchisees-are-lining-up-to-grow/?spMailingID=16655 - 8/11/2025) In Q2, the chain added 54 new franchise shop commitments, that brought the chain’s total open and committed shop count to 816 restaurants (447 open and 369 in development) ... (full story)
- Wetzel’s Pretzels Opens First Store in New Hampshire
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/11/2025) Wetzel’s Pretzels (Wetzel’s) is opening a new bakery at one of the top dining and shopping destinations ... (full story)
- Beloved discount retailer Daiso opening 11 more stores this year: Here’s where, and what to expect
(fox56news.com - 8/9/2025) Earlier this year, Daiso opened 33 stores across 14 states. Another 11 stores across six states are on track to open before the year ends ...
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- Publix announces opening dates for 2 new Louisville stores; Here's where
(whas11.com - 8/9/2025) Both stores are opening in the same week in September and are located in eastern Jefferson County ...
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- Craveworthy to franchise Gregorys Coffee for national expansion
(njbiz.com - 8/8/2025) Fast-growing restaurant holding company Craveworthy Brands has added New York City-born specialty chain Gregorys Coffee to its portfolio ...
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- Wayback parent picks NJ for new co-branded pizza-burger debut
(njbiz.com - 8/8/2025) A co-branded restaurant featuring Wayback Burgers and a brand-new fast-casual pizza concept will make its U.S. debut in New Jersey ...
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- Donatos Pizza Signals Key Growth in Virgina, Maryland and Georgia
(franchising.com - 8/8/2025) Continues its ambitious franchise growth throughout the DMV area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) as well as the Atlanta metro area ... (full story)
- Sundance clothing chain started by Robert Redford to close all stores
(ffxnow.com - 8/8/2025) Sundance Living has 16 stores in total and is shutting down for good ... (full story)
- NFS Announces Bankruptcy Sale of Denny’s Restaurants
(restaurantnews.com - 8/8/2025) National Franchise Sales Announces Market Release for Sale of Eight Denny’s Restaurants in St. Louis and Louisiana ...
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- After Promotional Mishap, Wendy’s Banks on Chicken and Beverages
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/8/2025) Wendy’s opened 44 new stores globally in Q2, including 21 in the U.S. and 23 internationally ... (full story)
- Spirit Halloween is back: Here's where it's opening stores in Colorado
(9news.com - 8/7/2025) Spirit Halloween announced the locations of 30 pop-up stores in Colorado that will sell its costumes, decorations and accessories this autumn ...
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- Pickleman's Gourmet Café Opens First Arizona Location at Arrowhead Towne Center--Also Its First ...
(ktla.com - 8/7/2025) This new café is the first of five Pickleman's locations planned for Arizona ... (full story)
- Nebraska-based Omaha Steaks unveils new Overland Park store
(johnsoncountypost.com - 8/7/2025) The new Overland Park store serves as Omaha Steaks' return to Johnson County, after the brand's Leawood store closed in 2020 ...
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- Crust Pizza Co. Builds Major Momentum in 2025 With New Openings, Franchise Growth and Smarter System
(1851franchise.com - 8/7/2025) Crust has opened four new locations and awarded six new franchises, with six more openings slated before the end of the year ... (full story)
- Wawa opening 3 new Florida locations in August, here's where and when
(jacksonville.com - 8/7/2025) The new stores will be located in Wildwood, Ocala, and Jacksonville ...
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- Ellianos Coffee Eyes Expansion in Fort Myers, Florida
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/7/2025) This exciting move marks another major milestone for the Ellianos coffee franchise, which continues to grow throughout the southeastern United States ... (full story)
- Wakefern Buying Morton Williams Supermarkets
(progressivegrocer.com - 8/7/2025) Retailer-owned grocery co-op to acquire all of family-owned business' stores in New York City Metro area ...
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- Popular Halloween retail chain announces Alabama locations for 2025
(al.com - 8/6/2025) Spirit Halloween is expected to open 1,500 locations across North America in 2025, 20 of those in Alabama ...
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- Spirit Halloween unveils 25 Houston-area locations, filling vacant retail spaces
(khou.com - 8/6/2025) New Jersey-based chain so far lists 25 locations in the Greater Houston area ... (full story)
- Office Depot's Parent ODP Shrinks Retail Footprint, Expands B2B Offerings
(finance.yahoo.com - 8/6/2025) Sales declined mainly because the Office Depot Division operated 60 fewer retail locations than a year ago and experienced reduced in-store and online consumer traffic ...
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- Claire’s Files for Bankruptcy in U.S. and Canada as Debt, Increased Competition Weighs on ...
(wwd.com - 8/6/2025) On Wednesday, Claire’s Holdings LLC and certain of its U.S. and Gibraltar-based subsidiaries (collectively Claire’s U.S.), the operator of Claire’s and Icing stores across the U.S., announced that it has commenced voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings ... (full story)
- ‘Transformation of 7-Eleven’ includes opening 1,300 new U.S. convenience stores
(cspdailynews.com - 8/6/2025) After fending off Couche-Tard acquisition attempt, Seven & i identifies challenges, solutions at all levels ...
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- Little Caesars wants to open 70+ new stores in the Philly area, where it sees ‘significant demand’
(msn.com - 8/5/2025) The Detroit-based company already has 45 restaurants in the Philly metro area, but it sees room for at least 70 more, including in the Western suburbs and South Jersey ... (full story)
- Philz Coffee Bought by Strategic Investor Freeman Spogli
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/5/2025) Philz Coffee, a growing coffee chain with 77 U.S. locations, has agreed to be acquired by strategic investor Freeman Spogli ...
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- Marshalls opening 5 new stores in August. See locations, opening dates
(usatoday.com - 8/5/2025) Marshalls has already opened one new store this month and has plans to open five more ... (full story)
- Spooky Season shopping: Where, when Spirit Halloween stores open in 2025 in Mississippi
(hattiesburgamerican.com - 8/5/2025) Most Mississippi Spirit Halloween stores are opening in August, with one location opening in September ...
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- Nick the Greek Increases Brand Momentum in First Half of 2025 With Accelerating Development ...
(restaurantnews.com - 8/5/2025) Through midyear, Nick the Greek opened seven locations ... (full story)
- QDOBA Receives $527 Million Investment to Keep Expanding
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/5/2025) The fast casual hopes to reach more than 1,600 locations by 2032 ...
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- First Watch's 2025 Expansion: A Strategic Bet on Daytime Dining and Franchise Growth
(ainvest.com - 8/5/2025) First Watch's 2025 expansion targets 59-64 new locations via franchise model ... (full story)
- Frutta Bowls to Debut in Memphis Market with 4-Unit Franchise Agreement
(ktla.com - 8/5/2025) WOWorks, the parent company of better-for-you restaurant brands, is expanding its footprint across the Sunbelt with a four-unit development agreement for Frutta Bowls in the Memphis market ... (full story)
- Hawaiian Bros Island Grill chain expands into Chattanooga
(timesfreepress.com - 8/5/2025) Sequoyah Hospitality owners plan to open 18 locations of the island-themed, quick-service chain across the state ... (full story)
- Panera Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy After Court-Ordered Store Closures
(qsrmagazine.com - 8/4/2025) EYM Group, owner of the Panera restaurants, has also seen losses in its Burger King, Pizza Hut, and KFC businesses ...
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- TJ Maxx opening 6 new stores this August. See locations, opening dates.
(usatoday.com - 8/4/2025) The retail chain is opening six stores across four states and the District of Columbia in August ... (full story)
- Farm supply, home goods, recreation retailer set for fall opening at Spartanburg mall
(independentmail.com - 8/4/2025) Rural King to open its first store in South Carolina ... (full story)
- Spooky Season is almost here. Here's when Spirit Halloween stores open in 2025 in Tennessee
(columbiadailyherald.com - 8/4/2025) The largest Halloween retailer in North America expects to open 1,500 retail locations in 2025. Here's what to know in Tennessee ...
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- Chicken Salad Chick Celebrates Strategic Growth in the Atlantic Region
(prnewswire.com - 8/4/2025) The brand is celebrating growth across key markets in Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland ... (full story)
- Anthropologie Promotes Maeve to Standalone Brand, Plans Stores and Exclusive Catalog
(retailtouchpoints.com - 8/4/2025) Anthropologie’s customer favorite Maeve label has been elevated to a standalone brand with its own branded storefronts, beginning with the initial concept store opening this fall in Raleigh, N.C. ... (full story)
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