July 15, 20159 yr That area does have a lot of young people like Sawmill. It's just they live in apartments built in the 90's. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 13, 20159 yr Tigertree is a clothing, accessories and gift store that has been operating in the Short North for nine years. Now, the husband-and-wife team that operates Tigertree - and recently had a baby - is opening a kids version of Tigertree. The new store has been given a kids version of the Tigertree name - cubshrub - and will be located at 749 N. High Street, a half block south of their existing 787 N. High Street store. The 749 N. High Street location currently houses the Mac Worthington art gallery - which is moving to a new location at the recently renovated historic Atlas Building in downtown: - Tigertree Opening Kids Store Cub Shrub in The Short North: http://www.columbusunderground.com/tigertree-opening-kids-store-cub-shrub-in-the-short-north - Short North shop for kids coming from Tigertree duo: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/08/11/short-north-shop-for-kids-coming-from-tigertree.html
August 20, 20159 yr Pursuit Relocating to The Short North By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground Posted: June 5, 2015 Local suit retailer Pursuit first popped up in the South Campus Gateway back in 2011, and four years later they’re ready to expand into a new space. This summer, the store will relocate to 937 N. High Street in the Short North, in a prominent spot located between Northstar Cafe and Paradise Garage. Pursuit’s owner Nate DeMars originally launched the business to cater to new college graduates in need of an affordable-yet-stylish suit for their first job interviews, but he says that the business model has grown and evolved. ... “The audience has matured and developed and we’ve learned that a decent chunk of our business was young professionals with same needs,” he explained. “And over time that’s only grown because some of our first college customers from four years ago are now young professionals as return customers.” DeMars says that evolution is what prompted the move to the Short North, which has stronger foot traffic for the retail side of his business. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/pursuit-relocating-to-the-short-north
August 20, 20159 yr While Jeni's Ice Cream is still limping along, another Central Ohio ice cream company is in expansion mode: - Velvet Ice Cream Expanding, Doubling Production Capacity: http://www.columbusunderground.com/velvet-ice-cream-expanding-doubling-production-capacity - Velvet Ice Cream set for biggest-ever expansion, more HQ jobs: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/08/12/exclusiveice-cream-maker-set-for-biggest-ever.html
August 28, 20159 yr Well, apparently the Salty Caramel flavor is returning to Jeni's tomorrow: http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/jenis-recall/page/12/#post-1090599
August 28, 20159 yr State of Devotion Opening Full Time Retail Store on Grandview Avenue By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground August 18, 2015 - 8:00 am After 18 months of running a pop-up shop at 1435 Grandview Avenue, State of Devotion is making the leap into a full time brick and mortar store, just a few doors down at 1399 Grandview Avenue. The popular local shirt designer and retailer is planning to launch the new location on Saturday, August 29th to coincide with the monthly Grandview Hop event. CU spoke recently with State of Devotion owner Jim Jackson to find out more about the new store. Their Q&A with him can be found at http://www.columbusunderground.com/state-of-devotion More information at www.stateofdevotion.com.
August 28, 20159 yr New jewelry shop 'Store 5a' opened in June at 765 N. High Street in the Short North. The store is an offshoot of The Diamond Cellar and sells vintage, reclaimed and refurbished jewelry pieces. Originally launched as an on-line only business, the new Short North store is the first bricks-n-mortar location for this new brand. More about 'Store 5a' at http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/store-5a-opening-short-north-storefront/ Some photos of 'Store 5a' in the Short North from CU. More photos and interior Store 5a photos at http://www.columbusunderground.com/first-look-store-5a
September 1, 20159 yr Finally, some good news from Jeni's. Their Michigan Avenue production kitchen is reopening today after a nearly three-month shutdown. Plus, the 40 employees that were offered temporary jobs in scoop shops or severance packages during this shutdown are being offered their jobs back. With the reopening of the kitchen, Jeni’s has a new model for making ice cream. Jeni’s will still handle the research, development and sourcing of all ingredients. However, in a change, all fresh ingredients from local farms will be processed in a kitchen separate from the production kitchen and will be brought in only after it has been cleaned. The ingredients will then be transported to Smith Dairy - which has been sourcing cream and grass-grazed milk for Jeni’s for the past year and a half - and mixed into ice cream there (according to the articles linked below): - Jeni’s set to reopen production kitchen: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/08/30/1-jenis-set-to-reopen-production-kitchen.html - Jeni’s Reopening Production Kitchen, Rehiring Production Staff: http://www.columbusunderground.com/jenis-reopening - Jeni's production kitchen is back, but with a notable change: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/08/30/jenis-production-kitchen-is-back-but-with-a.html
September 1, 20159 yr Meh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 2, 20159 yr ^ I get that "meh" is your thing. And that's fine (even if you didn't own this site). But as an active UO participant from Columbus, the Jeni's story is definitely not meh. And this is not because I personally crave their ice cream. I'm not one to spend heavily for luxury items, ice cream or otherwise. I'm not their target demographic - but many others are. So much so that Jeni's has become a local success story. Starting in a small North Market shop, moving into larger stores throughout Central Ohio, and just beginning to expand to the rest of Ohio - all while retaining the status of a "cool company". Add to that the charming personality of the "Jeni" behind Jeni's, and its no wonder the company developed a devoted following. Jeni's was just a fascinating story. You wanted to see how far they could rise. And then the listeria-scare hit hard, was seemingly corrected, only to rise again. Now the company is in survival mode instead of expansion mode. They've adapted their business model and are hopefully moving forward to a better future. I, for one, want to see if they can regain their cool company status. Despite all their problems this year, they still seem to have maintained most of that devoted following. At the very least, the future of Jeni's is a compelling storyline that deserves to be followed.
September 2, 20159 yr More news today about the new Jeni's business model from Business First and the Jeni's website: - Jeni opens up about 2nd listeria shutdown, decision to outsource production: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/09/01/jeni-opens-up-about-that-2nd-listeria-shutdown-the.html - Change, Listeria, and the re-opening of our kitchen: https://jenis.com/blog/change-listeria-and-the-re-opening-of-our-kitchen/
September 2, 20159 yr The "Meh" was more so "I'm over the overpriced ice cream." And this is coming from a once-Jeni's fanatic who went to her shop in Grandview at least once a week. I don't see the price justification for using...well...Smith Dairy. I'm still happy she's making positive national headlines and it certainly helps Columbus in the foodie world...but, yeah, I'm just over it. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 2, 20159 yr The "Meh" (aka "I'm over the overpriced ice cream") makes sense. Just clarifying, that's all. No problem.
December 21, 20159 yr Synopsis of Marcus & Millichap’s 2015 National Retail Report for Columbus/Central Ohio from Business First: -- Why Columbus is a good market for retail real estate owners
March 28, 20169 yr Affordable-fashion chain coming to Easton for 1st Ohio store An Atlanta-based boutique banking on affordable fashion is making its first Ohio home at Easton Gateway. Fab’rik is expected to open in June, giving the expanding brand more than 40 stores. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/03/28/affordable-fashion-chain-coming-to-easton-for-1st.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 9, 20169 yr Easton Town Center update – Texas jeweler opening in June, Max & Erma's replacement sought As Easton Gateway nears capacity, its lifestyle center sibling Easton Town Center continues to tweak its store mix. One of the next additions will be Austin, Texas-based jeweler Kendra Scott, which is opening a 1,400-square-foot store in the north district of the town center in June. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/08/easton-town-center-update-texas-jeweler-opening-in.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 11, 20169 yr Columbus is getting the one-hour Amazon Prime Now delivery service today: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/05/11/1-columbus-getting-faster-amazon-service.html
May 11, 20169 yr Good ol' urbanity-killing Amazon. While initially Amazon might help urban pioneers obtain things that they'd ordinarily have to drive to the 'burbs to get, as infill progresses, urbanites' Amazon habits prevent retailers from opening. That's one reason a lot of newly refreshed urban areas see their retail spaces fill with bars, restaurants, hair salons, heavily-boutiqued stores such as the olive oil place, small markets that are like high-quality convenience stores and nothing else.
June 17, 20168 yr Macy's testing new store design at Columbus mall Macy’s Inc. may be struggling in the present, but its Easton Town Center store could be a look at its future. The Cincinnati-based department store chain posted a 3.6 percent sales decline in 2015 and is projecting a drop of 3 percent to 4 percent this year. Its stock price has dropped by half in the past 12 months and 40 stores are slated for closure. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/06/17/macys-testing-new-store-design-at-columbus-mall.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 21, 20168 yr Another well-done but pay-only story at Business First. This one examines the recent strong showing of Columbus-based retailer Big Lots. So here's my excerpted gist of the article: Why Big Lots is winning at a dim time for retailers By Dan Eaton, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First June 3, 2016, 6:00am EDT The Columbus-based discount retailer, in defiance of current retail trends, not only posted a healthy first quarter but boosted profit expectations for its full year. Its 3 percent increase in comparable-store sales for the quarter ended April 30 and decision to its bump its earnings forecast to $3.35 to $3.50 a share runs counter to the malaise that is enveloping many retailers. Even fellow Central Ohio merchants L Brands Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and DSW Inc. reported disappointing first quarters and have a wary eye on the direction of 2016. “Didn’t see that coming,” Paul Trussell, analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., wrote in a May 27 report on Big Lots. “Clearly, the combination of catering to the low-end consumer and selling home- and furniture-related goods is a comparatively safer place to be in retail relative to the high-end, the mall and apparel category whose blow-ups have clouded our thoughts.” ... It isn’t deeply discounted goods that are bringing shoppers through the doors at Big Lots. It’s the appeal of the company’s higher-priced merchandise, including furniture, seasonal goods and soft home products like towels and sheets. For the $5.1 billion Big Lots, such merchandise is a competitive advantage. Wal-Mart doesn’t sell beds or couches, and dollar stores don’t carry furniture at all. Big Lots’ furniture sales were up mid-single digit percentages in the quarter from a double-digit increase in the first quarter a year earlier. ... CEO David Campisi in a May 27 conversation with analysts called furniture a “highly fragmented” segment controlled by regional players. “Here in Columbus you got Value City as an example,” he said. “Meijer does some business. Or you look at Costco – very, very high-end furniture assortment. So we’re really a value proposition.” MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/06/03/why-big-lots-is-winning-at-a-dim-time-for.html
June 21, 20168 yr Reports from CU and Business First about Kroger launching an online ordering and curbside pickup program in Columbus and Central Ohio: - http://www.columbusunderground.com/kroger-launching-online-orderingpickup-system-in-central-ohio - http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/06/21/kroger-jumping-into-online-order-curbside-pickup.html
June 24, 20168 yr Tanger Outlets Columbus expected to draw huge crowds all opening weekend The four-year journey toward the opening of Tanger Outlets Columbus was by all accounts a bumpy road. Friday – the first day open for the 350,000-square-foot Delaware County outlet center – however, that road would best be described as packed with 15,000 shoppers expected and traffic at noon backed up more than five miles down Interstate 71 from the Route 36/Route 37 interchange. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/06/24/tanger-outlets-columbus-expected-to-draw-huge.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 25, 20168 yr Dealz at those are overrated. Columbus retail expert Chris Boring agreez: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/06/19/1-tanger-outlets-bound-to-take-business-from-other-mas.html "The whole outlet industry has changed over the last 20 years," Boring said. "Virtually all the merchandise sold is being manufactured for that purpose. It's not out of season, or a closeout or something that has a tiny flaw or excess inventory. Today, they intentionally manufacture merchandise for outlets that's of a lower quality. In the long run, your more savvy shoppers will catch on to that." But for those who really want to go anyway, here's an article from Business First about how the new Delaware County Tanger outlet mall north of Columbus compares with Tanger's Jeffersonville outlet mall: Columbus vs. Jeffersonville: A guide to the retailers at each Tanger outlet mall
July 22, 20168 yr La Senza, Victoria's Secret's younger, edgier sister chain debuting in Columbus this fall La Senza will make its U.S. debut at Easton Town Center. L Brands Inc.’s lower-priced sibling to its Victoria’s Secret and Pink brands is filling the space in the Easton Station building that was home to a Max & Erma’s restaurant from the day the development opened in 1999 until it closed in February. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/07/22/victorias-secrets-younger-edgier-sister-chain.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 23, 20168 yr Another well-done but pay-only story at Business First. This one examines the recent strong showing of Columbus-based retailer Big Lots. So here's my excerpted gist of the article: Why Big Lots is winning at a dim time for retailers By Dan Eaton, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First June 3, 2016, 6:00am EDT The Columbus-based discount retailer, in defiance of current retail trends, not only posted a healthy first quarter but boosted profit expectations for its full year. Its 3 percent increase in comparable-store sales for the quarter ended April 30 and decision to its bump its earnings forecast to $3.35 to $3.50 a share runs counter to the malaise that is enveloping many retailers. Even fellow Central Ohio merchants L Brands Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and DSW Inc. reported disappointing first quarters and have a wary eye on the direction of 2016. “Didn’t see that coming,” Paul Trussell, analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., wrote in a May 27 report on Big Lots. “Clearly, the combination of catering to the low-end consumer and selling home- and furniture-related goods is a comparatively safer place to be in retail relative to the high-end, the mall and apparel category whose blow-ups have clouded our thoughts.” ... It isn’t deeply discounted goods that are bringing shoppers through the doors at Big Lots. It’s the appeal of the company’s higher-priced merchandise, including furniture, seasonal goods and soft home products like towels and sheets. For the $5.1 billion Big Lots, such merchandise is a competitive advantage. Wal-Mart doesn’t sell beds or couches, and dollar stores don’t carry furniture at all. Big Lots’ furniture sales were up mid-single digit percentages in the quarter from a double-digit increase in the first quarter a year earlier. ... CEO David Campisi in a May 27 conversation with analysts called furniture a “highly fragmented” segment controlled by regional players. “Here in Columbus you got Value City as an example,” he said. “Meijer does some business. Or you look at Costco – very, very high-end furniture assortment. So we’re really a value proposition.” MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/06/03/why-big-lots-is-winning-at-a-dim-time-for.html i used to know the daughter of the founder of the big lots/odd lots/value city empire. her clothes were always a couple years out of fashion. its true.
July 23, 20168 yr One in Lancaster and one on the South Side recently closed. Something is "off" to me if a Big Lots doesn't make it on the South Side.
July 28, 20168 yr Polaris update: La Senza, preppy clothes, new food coming this fall La Senza’s U.S. expansion includes not one, but two Central Ohio stores. The Canada-created lingerie brand, acquired by Columbus-based L Brands Inc. in 2007, will get its first handful of U.S. stores this fall, including one at Polaris Fashion Place in addition to a shop at Easton Town Center I wrote about last week. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/07/27/polaris-update-la-senza-preppy-clothes-new-food.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 10, 20168 yr Central Ohio retail real estate market posts big occupancy numbers following Tanger opening By Jeremy Hill, Columbus Business First Updated: August 9, 2016, 3:29pm EDT Central Ohio's retail real estate market posted big occupancy gains and a shrinking vacancy rate in the second quarter on the heels of the opening of the Tanger Outlets shopping mall in Delaware County, according to this report. The report from the Central Ohio Commercial Information Exchange, which used Xceligent data, showed a net gain of 610,324 square feet of occupied retail space in the quarter ended June 30, driven by 350,000 square feet added in June at the Tanger outlet center off Interstate 71. The total was greater than recorded a year earlier, when the net gain amounted to 155,000 square feet. ( . . . ) The vacancy rate for retail space in the region fell to 6 percent from 6.6 percent a year ago, the report says. That's 6 percent of 76.05 million total available square feet in the market. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/09/central-ohio-retail-real-estatemarket-posts-big.html
August 25, 20168 yr http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/08/24/0824-jenis-listeria-again.html Jeni's can't seem to solve that little listeria problem. Very Stable Genius
August 25, 20168 yr ^ Apparently this was a warning letter sent by the FDA for two positive samples near but not on any food production surfaces. So its not like their other two listeria incidents. I suppose you could say that catching this is part of "a good listeria control program" set up by the company. But the headlines generated don't look good: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/24/jenis-listeria-on-non-food-surface-not-abnormal.html
August 25, 20168 yr Homage primed for expansion with investment from veteran retailer Express By Dan Eaton, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: Aug 24, 2016, 1:26pm EDT The biggest purchase to date at Homage isn’t from the likes of LeBron James or Arnold Schwarzenegger– it’s from a fellow Columbus retailer. Express Inc. has invested $10 million for a minority stake in the vintage-inspired apparel retailer Homage. Express CEO David Kornberg disclosed the deal during a Wednesday morning conference call with stock analysts, and Homage founder Ryan Vesler blogged about it on the Columbus company's website. “Leaning on the experience, talent and team of Express will help us reach a goal I’ve long wanted to achieve — to bring Homage to more people,” Vesler wrote. Homage CEO Jason Block said in an email that Express will consult with the company on an ongoing basis and the investment will allow Homage to expand both its digital and brick-and-mortar presence. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/24/homage-primed-for-expansion-with-investment-from.html
September 1, 20168 yr Plank Studio Opening Downtown in Atlas Building Canadian wood flooring company Northern Wide Plank is opening its first “Plank Studio” location in the United States this fall with an upcoming launch in the iconic Atlas Building located at 20 East Long Street, Downtown. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/plank-studio-columbus "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 7, 20168 yr Abercrombie & Fitch has a new-look store and the first one will debut in Central Ohio By Dan Eaton, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First August 9, 2016, 4:07pm EDT While the look itself is yet to be revealed, it now is known where and when Abercrombie & Fitch will launch its new redesigned store. Polaris Fashion Place Tuesday announced that it will be the first to get the new-look shop in early 2017. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/09/abercrombie-fitch-has-a-new-look-store-and-the.html
September 27, 20168 yr Macy's announced that it will be closing 100 stores next year: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/08/11/0811-macys-to-close-100-stores.html Local retail analyst Chris Boring was asked which of the five existing Macy's in Central Ohio would likely be closed: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/09/13/1-macys-midwest-stores-could-be-vulnerable.html In the above linked article, Boring thinks the Macy's store at Eastland Mall and one of the two Macy's stores at Tuttle Crossing Mall are vulnerable to closure. Eastland because its an older declining mall property and Tuttle because Macy's inherited a second store there when they merged with Kaufmann's. If their lease agreement allows it, they could cut expenses by operating only one store at Tuttle. Boring thought the Easton and Polaris Macy's stores seemed safe from closure.
September 27, 20168 yr The outlook is more rosy for newcomer Big Sandy Superstore in Central Ohio: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/09/16/big-sandy-settles-into-columbus-eyes-more-stores-locally.html Big Sandy Superstore entered the Columbus market this year with a first location in Dublin and a second in the Polaris area. According to the above linked article, more Central Ohio locations may be in the works.
November 6, 20168 yr An overview of food & drink delivery services in Columbus. Never leave your home again! :-P - A look at six food delivery services: http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/food-delivery-columbus-ohio/ - Amazon's one-hour beer/wine delivery service is gearing up: http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/03/coming-soon-to-columbus-one-hour-amazon-beer-and-wine-delivery/ - Another report on Amazon's beer/wine delivery service: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/03/amazon-wants-to-launch-1-hour-beer-and-wine.html - And a report about another beer/wine home delivery service that promises less than one-hour delivery time: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/04/why-wait-for-amazon-columbus-alcohol-deliveries.html
January 19, 20178 yr Be patient Ikea fans, construction is on track for a summer opening Good news, bad news about Ikea opening at Polaris — it remains on schedule, but that schedule remains summer of this year. Joseph Roth, spokesman for the Swedish mega retailer, said that since the 354,000-square-foot store was enclosed with its eye-catching blue walls and its massive yellow Ikea name, questions about the opening have increased. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/01/19/be-patient-ikea-fans-construction-is-on-track-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 10, 20178 yr RadioShack Closing All Central Ohio Stores By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground Posted: March 9, 2017 - 10:19 pm The latest retail closure news of 2017 comes from Radio Shack, a brand you might not have realized was actually still alive in brick-and-mortar form. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, marking the second time the company has taken that action in the past two years. That news is paired with a closure announcement that will see the shuttering of 187 stores across the country. While Radio Shack has not yet publically announced the locations that will be closed, Business First confirmed today that all six Central Ohio locations will be affected by the closure. That includes locations in Upper Arlington, on the West Side, at the Town & Country Shopping Center, at Northern Lights, in Reynoldsburg and in Heath. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/radioshack-closing-all-central-ohio-stores Business First article link cited in the above CU post: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/09/radioshack-closing-all-remaining-central-ohio.html
March 15, 20178 yr Two reports this week about Amazon.com planning to open a physical retail store location at 2114 N. High Street - across from the Ohio State University campus: Amazon Opening First Retail Pick-Up Store in Columbus By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground March 13, 2017 - 9:54 am While Amazon.com has often been cited as the number one reason that many traditional brick-and-mortar stores are either shrinking or closing, it’s not preventing the e-commerce giant from entering into the traditional in-person shopping world in a big way. After recently launching its first regional Amazon Locker at Polaris, the company is bringing its first retail pick-up store to Columbus with a location planned near The Ohio State University. According to documents submitted to the University Area Review Board this month, Amazon is planning to open at 2114 North High Street, in the former UniversiTEES location. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/amazon-opening-first-retail-pick-up-store-in-columbus Amazon Campus store planned at Ohio State University By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: March 13, 2017, 2:52pm EDT The e-commerce giant plans to bring its Amazon Campus concept to a prime location on High Street, just south of Lane Avenue, according to a filing with the University Area Review Board. Amazon’s streamlined version of a traditional campus bookstore, launched in February 2015 and since expanded to more than a dozen colleges and universities, involves a pickup location for rapid delivery of any of millions of items available online. The storefronts – at the University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University and University of California Davis, among others – are usually staffed, but carry no inventory. ( . . . ) Amazon’s Ohio State presence will include 900-square-foot storefront and 1,370-square-foot storage area, according to the filing. The storefront is set to replace UniversiTees at 2114 N. High St. and puts Amazon in competition with Barnes & Noble, less than a mile away at High Street and 11th Avenue. It's also going to be in competition with an upcoming campus-area Target store at High Street and 16th Avenue. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/13/ohio-state-getting-amazon-campus-store-on-high.html
March 23, 20178 yr Zara will plant 2nd Ohio store at Easton The world’s largest fashion apparel retailer – and one that has shaken up the retail trade – is coming to Easton Town Center. Spain-based Zara is scheduled to open a two-story, 36,000-square-foot store at the Columbus lifestyle center in November. It won’t be Zara’s largest store in the U.S. but will be among its bigger ones. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/23/retail-disrupter-zara-will-plant-2nd-ohio-store-in.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 23, 20178 yr Here's what's coming to Easton this year: New stores, renovations and relocations Zara is the biggest new addition to Easton Town Center, but it isn’t the only change coming this year. The lifestyle center is getting a shakeup on multiple fronts as the central Easton Station building gets a multimillion-dollar makeover, eight new tenants move in and a handful of other tenants relocate, a couple of which are making way for the two-story, 36,000-square-foot store from Spain-based Zara coming this fall. “There’s still a few stars in the ground from Planet Hollywood and the All-Star Cafe,” Beau Arnason, executive vice president of Steiner & Associates, told me. Steiner and co-developer Georgetown Co. opened the retail and entertainment center in 1999 with tenants that included those long departed movie and sports-themed restaurants. “It was time to refresh Easton as well,” he said. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/23/heres-whats-coming-to-easton-this-year-ew-stores.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 29, 20178 yr Ikea powering Columbus store with 3,546 solar panels on its roof Ikea doesn’t have an open date for its upcoming Columbus store but it does have solar power. The Swedish home furnishings retailer has completed a 213,000-square-foot solar array on the roof of its Columbus store off Polaris Parkway. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/29/ikea-powering-columbus-store-with-3-546-solar.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 12, 20178 yr Need a new Malma? This is when Ikea Columbus opens Ikea will open its Columbus store June 7. Don’t rush out quite yet. The line cannot form until June 5, or 48 hours before the 9 a.m. opening of doors. Seriously. More details about the opening will be released in the coming weeks, the Sweden-based retailer said Wednesday. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/12/need-a-new-malma-this-is-when-ikea-columbusopens.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 18, 20178 yr Eclectic shop bringing vintage clothes, decor to Clintonville A local entrepreneur is doing something new with many things old. Jocelyn Blakely is opening Vintage Toast Thursday at 3284 N. High St. in Clintonville offering vintage and new clothing, furniture and decor to those with a taste for both the classic and the eclectic. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/18/eclectic-shop-bringing-vintage-clothes-decor-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 26, 20178 yr Ikea has furniture on the floor, product on the shelves The allen wrenches are cranking away at Ikea. The Swedish mega retailer’s Columbus store at 1900 Ikea Way off Polaris Parkway remains on track for its June 7 opening. I was invited to the site Tuesday to get a peek at the progress. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/25/photos-ikea-has-furniture-on-the-floor-product-on.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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