Retail
The 50 individuals you’ll meet in the following pages bring to an even 500 the number of Sunflower State residents from all walks of life who have been singled out for their over-sized contributions to business success, civic engagement, philanthropic…
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Restaurants around the country are rehiring employees after the layoffs they dealt with major layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yum! Brands' Taco Bell, for example, is looking to hire 30,000 new workers this summer. Meanwhile, Dunkin' Donuts is looking…
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The retail industry has certainly had some tough times during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as before the virus started in the United States. Now, J. C. Penney, which operates seven stores and a distribution center in the Kansas City…
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People protesting the death of George Floyd have shifted the position from the Country Club Plaza area to City Hall, in Downtown Kansas City. In the wake of protests in Kansas City due to the death of George Floyd, the…
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In the wake of the problems that AMC Theatres is facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, other theater chains are feeling the same pain and are worried about how to reopen safely. Other chains are facing similar problems throughout the…
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Retailers are increasingly being sued due to missed rent payments that stem from their closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest high-profile case is against apparel chain Gap Inc. by Simon Property Group, the country's largest mall owner. For its…
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John Sweeney is a brokerage executive with Reece Commercial in Kansas City. Q. What’s your sense of how bankruptcies by major retailers will affect the market here? A. It will affect landlords and employment most of all. There remain plenty…
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Dick's Sporting Goods, which has seven locations in the metro area, saw same-store sales drop in its first quarter by nearly 30 percent. Management said that the same-store-sales drop of 29.5 percent was driven primarily by the spread of COVID-19.…
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Malls around the country have been struggling for a while, due to challenges from e-commerce and competition from mass-merchandise chains. Meanwhile, several around the metro area, including Oak Park Mall, in Overland Park, and the Legends Outlets, in Kansas City,…
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For the fourth night in a row there were protests around the Country Club Plaza over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of the police last week. And for another night, police declared the protests an…
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