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South Jersey Thrift Store Reopening Three Months After Arson Fire Destroyed All Merchandise South Jersey Thrift Store Reopening Three Months After Arson Fire Destroyed All Merchandise
South Jersey Thrift Store Reopening Three Months After Arson Fire Destroyed All Merchandise A nonprofit thrift store in Atlantic County is about to reopen more than three months after it was significantly damaged in an arson fire. The Goodwill store on Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township will hold a grand reopening on Thursday, May 2. The shop in the Cardiff Plaza Shopping Center lost all of its merchandise in a fire on Monday, Jan. 15. Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia announced the celebration in a Facebook post on Thursday, Apr. 25. "Thanks to the generosity of the local community, we are back and better than ever," the post said. "Come shop for a…
Trader Joe's Sets Opening Date For Newest Store In New Jersey Trader Joe's Sets Opening Date For Newest Store In New Jersey
Trader Joe's Sets Opening Date For Newest Store In New Jersey Popular food items like "Everything but the Bagel" seasoning, "Unexpected Cheddar Cheese", and "Hold the Cone!" ice cream are about to be sold at a new Central Jersey spot. Trader Joe's will open its location in Middletown on Thursday, Apr. 25, the company said on its website on Friday, Apr. 19. The grocery store will hold a grand opening celebration at 8 a.m. The new Trader Joe's will be in the Middletown Plaza shopping center off Route 35. "We've consulted our maps and compass and have found a terrific location for a store in Middletown, NJ," Trade Joe's said in its opening announce…
Ocean State Job Lot Will Bring Bargains To Eighth New Jersey Location Ocean State Job Lot Will Bring Bargains To Eighth New Jersey Location
Ocean State Job Lot Will Bring Bargains To Eighth New Jersey Location A Rhode Island-based chain of discount stores is expanding in the Garden State. Ocean State Job Lot will open a new location in the Kohl's Plaza on Route 35 in Holmdel. The company announced the newest store in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 28. The store will be in the former Stein Mart location and offer more than 37,000 square feet of shopping space. It was expected to open in the late summer or early fall of 2024, and online job applications will begin in late spring. The location is about 15 minutes from the former Ocean State Job Lot store in Shrewsbury that closed in 2019. "We ar…
Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores
Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores Two more New Jersey Burlington stores are on their way. Burlington, formerly Burlington Coat Factory, will be opening one store in Morristown in March and another in Rio Grande in April, its website shows. The Morristown store will be located at 191 E. Hanover Ave., and the Rio Grande store in the Rio Grande Plaza, according to job postings from Burlington. The company is headquartered in Burlington Township and currently operates 44 stores in New Jersey.
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Three dozen Bed Bath & Beyond stores in New Jersey are among 87 locations scheduled to close in 2023, the struggling retailer announced. That brings the total number of Bed Bath & Beyond locations scheduled to close to at least 162 announced since September 2022. A spokesperson told Axios that the latest round of closures will include all of the company's Harmon beauty shops, as well as five Buy Buy Baby locations. The following locations in New Jersey are set to close in 2023: Bridgewater, 155 Promenade Blvd. Mays Landing,190 Hamilton Commons Mays Landing Mount Laurel, 8 Centert…
New Shops Coming To Quaker Bridge Mall New Shops Coming To Quaker Bridge Mall
New Shops Coming To Quaker Bridge Mall Just in time for the holidays, Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, is adding to its ever-expanding list of new retailers and dining destinations. Among the new shops coming during the next three months are: Halloween House / Christmas House: Opening in October, the immersive, family-oriented Halloween and Christmas walk-through experiences are located in the Upper Level of the JCPenney wing. Tickets are sold online and at the door through December. Socks to be You: This specialty sock retailer offers cozy, odor-free and Earth-friendly socks for all ages and is coming t…
Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations Three New Jersey Bed Bath & Beyond stores will shutter by the end of the year, the company announced this week. The company announced earlier this year it planned on closing 150 stores, and on Thursday, Sept. 15, released a list of 56 that will close by the end of 2022. Those stores are: Flanders, 30 International Dr. Manalapan, 13 Route 9 S. Paramus, 34 E Ridgewood Ave. Bed Bath & Beyond has 28 stores in New Jersey, and headquarters in Union. The company did not give exact closing dates.
Amazon To Open Another '4-Star' Store In NJ Amazon To Open Another '4-Star' Store In NJ
Amazon To Open Another '4-Star' Store In NJ An "Amazon 4-star" store is slated to open at the Cherry Hill Mall in early 2022, making it the third store of its kind in New Jersey. The brick-and-mortar version of the online retailer is a store where customers can purchase items that have been rated four stars and higher on Amazon.com. Amazon 4-star -- which carries the retailer's most popular and highly-rated products -- has two other locations in New Jersey: One in Wayne at the Willowbrook Mall and another in East Rutherford at the American Dream Mall.  Warby Parker is also planning to open a store at the Cherry Hill Mall around the…
4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America 4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America
4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America So long, farewell... Disney is closing nearly 60 of its brick and mortar stores across the US come Sept. 15. DisneyDisney Among them, four in New Jersey. According to the Disney Store website, the following stores are closing in the Garden State: Deptford: Deptford Mall, 1750 Deptford Center Road Edison: Menlo Park Mall, 55 Parsonage Road Jackson: Jackson Premium Outlets, 537 Monmouth Road Paramus: Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Blvd. After the next round of closings, only 25 stores will remain in operation. Disney last March announced at least 60 of its North America stor…
Wawa Opening 2 New Central Jersey Stores, With Gas Pumps Wawa Opening 2 New Central Jersey Stores, With Gas Pumps
Wawa Opening 2 New Central Jersey Stores, With Gas Pumps Wawa is opening two more Central Jersey locations this week. The newest stores, with gas pumps, are in Edison and North Brunswick, the retail chain announced on its website.  They will officially open at 8 a.m. on Thursday. The first 100 customers at each Middlesex County store will receive free Wawa T-shirts. The new Edison Wawa is at 580 Route 1. The North Brunswick store at 1910 Route 27 replaced an old, demolished Wawa. Last month, Wawa announced the July opening of this store on the Jersey Shore. The Route 70 convenience store, with a dozen gas pumps, opened on July 29…
Ocean State Job Lot Opens 6th NJ Store At Vacant Toys 'R Us Lot Ocean State Job Lot Opens 6th NJ Store At Vacant Toys 'R Us Lot
Ocean State Job Lot Opens 6th NJ Store At Vacant Toys 'R Us Lot Ocean State Job Lot, a chain of discount stores, bought the former Toys ‘R Us location in Monmouth County, officials said. Job Lot plans to open its sixth New Jersey store on property across from Freehold Raceway Mall in the fall, OSJL officials said Thursday. The retailer, headquartered in Rhode Island,  operates 146 discount stores across the Northeast including NJ, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and four other New England states. Ocean State Job Lot recently purchased the vacant Toys ‘R Us store at 600 Trotters Way in Freehold from TRU 2005 RE I, LLC c…
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts Another Kmart store has closed its doors leaving just two left in all of New Jersey. The Kearny store on Passaic Avenue closed on May 2, NJ Advance Media reports. The storefront will be replaced by a Target store, according to Target's list of upcoming locations.  Target will also be replacing the Kmart that closed in Wall on Route 35, and the one in Somers Point on 250 New Road. Only two Kmart stores remain in New Jersey: One in Avenel and the other in Westwood.
Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store
Authorities: 12-Year-Old Boy Torched South Jersey Grocery Store A 12-year-old boy has been arrested for setting fire to the parking garage below an Acme grocery store in South Jersey, authorities said. The Acme at Eighth Street and West Avenue was reported on fire at 12:53 p.m. Sunday and the grocery store had to be evacuated.  No one was hurt, but the store remained closed on Tuesday. Firefighters responded within minutes and by 1:15 p.m. the blaze was extinguished, authorities said. Damage was confined to the parking garage underneath the supermarket. The Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City Fire Department, State Fire Marshal’s Office, and…
Neiman Marcus Markdown Store Among 17 Closing Across U.S. Neiman Marcus Markdown Store Among 17 Closing Across U.S.
Neiman Marcus Markdown Store Among 17 Closing Across U.S. Neiman Marcus has announced the closure of four department stores and 17 of its "Last Call" locations across the U.S. including one in Paramus. The luxury department store chain filed for bankruptcy in May. The Paramus store at Bergen Town Center, the 16 other markdown stores and the four department stores are expected to close by the fall of this year. The other "Last Call" locations closing are in New York, Florida, Washington, California, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland and Nevada. “As part of our Chapter 11 proceedings, we provided to the court a list of Neiman Marcus st…
Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail' Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail'
Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail' Nearly all of Microsoft’s remaining 82 retail stores will permanently close in what the company is calling a "strategic change in retail operations." The tech chain’s three remaining New Jersey stores in Bridgewater, Paramus and Freehold are still closed following COVID-19 shutdowns. Final decisions have not been made regarding whether or not these locations will ever reopen before their permanent closure, officials said. “Our sales have grown online as our product portfolio has evolved to largely digital offerings, and our talented team has proven success serving customers beyond any phys…
NJ Officials Allow Reopening Of Malls: Here Are The Rules NJ Officials Allow Reopening Of Malls: Here Are The Rules
NJ Officials Allow Reopening Of Malls: Here Are The Rules New Jersey's indoor malls have an opening date. New Jersey State Police Col. Pat Callahan will be signing an administrative order to allow the reopening of indoor portions of malls on Monday, June 29, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. Non-essential retail shopping including outdoor portions of malls were allowed to reopen Monday after weeks of being closed due to coronavirus. The move comes as a delight to some New Jersey mayors, who earlier this month formed a coalition in hopes of persuading state officials to reopen the malls. Here are the rules for shopping at indoor malls: …
NJ Mayors Want Murphy To Reopen Indoor Malls, Shopping Centers NJ Mayors Want Murphy To Reopen Indoor Malls, Shopping Centers
NJ Mayors Want Murphy To Reopen Indoor Malls, Shopping Centers A group of New Jersey mayors have formed a coalition in hopes of persuading Gov. Phil Murphy to reopen indoor malls. Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac is helming the coalition of mayors, all of whom have large indoor mall and shopping centers in their municipalities.  All New Jersey malls and shopping centers closed on March 17 due to the coronavirus outbreak. On May 18, the state allowed non-essential retail stores to offer curbside pickup. As the state begins to enter stage two of the multi-phase reopening plan on June 15, Murphy has said stores in the mall with direct access …
Murphy Lays Out Retail Regulations: Here's What Shopping Will Look Like In NJ Stores Murphy Lays Out Retail Regulations: Here's What Shopping Will Look Like In NJ Stores
Murphy Lays Out Retail Regulations: Here's What Shopping Will Look Like In NJ Stores New Jersey's downtowns and main streets along will be opening June 15 -- but they'll look much different than they did before the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday announced the new rules and regulations for all businesses, both essential and non-essential retail, across the state. Local municipalities and counties must abide by the regulations, which remain uniform across the state, Murphy said. Along with social-distancing, which will remain routine, stores must abide by the following: Number of customers in stores must be limited to 50 percent of approved capacity Cus…
JCPenney Closing 242 Stores JCPenney Closing 242 Stores
JCPenney Closing 242 Stores JCPenney plans to permanently close 242 stores this year and next as it continues to reel from billions of dollars of debt, severe competitive disadvantages and the coronavirus pandemic. “Penney’s” cited COVID-19 when filing for bankruptcy late last week – the fourth national retailer to do so this month following J.Crew, Neiman Marcus and Stage Stores. "Until this pandemic struck, we had made significant progress rebuilding our company," CEO Jill Soltau said in a statement Friday. "Implementing this financial restructuring plan through a court-supervised process is the best path to ensure…