Store Expansion News: December update

Retailers and restaurants alike made headlines to close out 2025 in December with store expansions and new formats.

Here are the major stories as reported by Chain Store Age, starting with the most recent.

• Report: Barnes & Noble to open 60 stores in 2026
• Connecticut pizza favorite Sally`s Apizza sets sights on 1,000 locations
• China`s Mixue debuts in U.S. with Los Angeles store
  
• Pacsun plots U.S. expansion; to open 20 to 35 new stores over next three years
• Von Maur to make New Jersey debut in 2027
• Clarks opens first `Cloudsteppers` store in U.S. — with more to come
  
• Academy Sports reveals 2026 expansion plans; Q3 sales up 3%
• Captain D`s debuts in NYC as part of Northeast expansion
• Build-A-Bear, Sanrio team up to open stores at two big centers
• First Look: Gymshark goes big for its first-ever U.S. flagship

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RSK: I know we have a Von Maur here but I have only been in it once...any one else frequent the store? I sure miss the Boston Store.