Expansion
Blue Nile Will Open 50 Showrooms in Three Years
The Seattle jeweler will open three stores before the end of the year
Blue Nile, a jewelry retailer that began as an e-commerce company before opening a handful of brick-and-mortar stores, will open 50 showrooms in markets across the United States in the next three years, the company announced Monday. The Seattle-based retailers brick and mortar expansion will target top 50 markets, according to a press release. The…
Amazons Category-Killer Instincts Hone in on the Grocery Business
Reported plan to launch a new supermarket chain, if accurate, would extend the online retailers growing reach into the brick-and-mortar world
Amazon plans to launch a new grocery-store chain that will be separate from its Whole Foods Market business, which it acquired in a $14 billion deal less than two years ago, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Assuming the news report is accurate, the road ahead in the supermarket business for Amazon…
Funko Goes to Hollywood
Everett, Washington-based retailer of fan-driven memorabilia is planting its flag in the heart of pop culture
Pop-culture consumer products company Funko Inc. is expanding its reach to Tinsel Town, opening a new retail location in the Hollywood. The new location, slated to open later this year, will be on Hollywood Boulevard in East Hollywood, near the Pantages and TLC Chinee theaters. Funkos 40,000-square-foot Los Angeles outlet is its second location, with…