Hhgregg Entering Pittsburgh Market by Spring

The retailer known as hhgregg expects to enter the Pittsburgh market by spring, Dennis May, president and CEO, told analysts at an investment conference in California last week.  The chain plans to be in Miami by summer and Chicago in the fall.

Post Gazette

San Antonio Grocery Shoppers Check Out In-store Health Clinics

Clinics inside retail stores are sprouting up across the nation.  In San Antonio, the latest venue for this new kind of health care is HEB.  People are clamoring for easier access to health care.  The latest offering in San Antonio is right by the check-out at the grocery store.  RediClinic has opened in three north side HEBs.

KENS 5

Cabela's Incorporated Plans to Bring the Cabela's Retail Experience to Kansas

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Cabela's will open stores in Allen, Texas, Springfield, Ore., and Edmonton, Canada. The Company has also announced plans to build another store in Canada in 2012, though the location has not been named.

Insurance News Net

Casino Ends Year on Strong Note, Sees Domestic Resurgence

Casino has reported strong sales growth for its year-ending quarter.  For the three months to end-December, net sales were up 13.4% to €8.3bn, with sales in France up 3.8% to €4.82n.  The results vindicate Casino's strategy to revive domestic results, and it said it was satisfied with "the noticeably faster growth".  Meanwhile, international sales surged by 30% to 3.5bn, helped partly by the acquisition of Casas Bahia in Brazil.  For the full year, sales were up 8.7% to €29.1bn.

Kam City

Wal-Mart Gets the Green Light to Expand Into Africa

Wal-Mart scored a major win for their international expansion campaign when Massmart Holdings Ltd., a South African-based retailer, accepted the retail giant's offer to buy 51 percent of their company. Though Wal-Mart has 8,692 stores in 15 countries, including Brazil, China and India, this deal marks their first entry into the African market.

The Atlanta Post

Jumbo Electronics Invests Dh50m in Expansion Plan

Jumbo Electronics is investing Dh50 million this year as part of the retail outlet's expansion plan in Abu Dhabi and India.  The UAE electronics retailer said it will open eight stores, and planned up to 12 stores this year if it finds the right kind of space.  The company, which entered India two years ago, is opening two outlets in Pune and one each in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. They are also looking at Chandigarh and Lithuania.

Gulf News

Suspects in Several Thefts Roll Cart Out of Superior Target and Into Cops

 
 A theft ring that made a habit of stealing from Target stores picked the wrong time to be fleeing their latest mark.  Boulder County deputies had just pulled into the parking lot of a Target store at 400 Center Drive in Superior on Friday to check out a stolen car when they saw three suspicious men, according to Sgt. Tom McGrath, a sheriff's spokesman.  The men were pushing a shopping cart bulging with stolen electronics equipment they had just swiped from the Target, McGrath said.  As it turns out, they were headed to the same car that had been reported as being stolen from Arvada, he said.  Deputies promptly arrested the three, McGrath said.

Denver Post