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Toys R Us coming back to three Western Washington locations - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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Feeling nostalgic for the old days when people shopped in person for holiday gifts? You may feel some fulfillment when Toys R Us stores return to South Hill Mall in Puyallup, the Outlet Collection Seattle in Auburn and Vancouver Mall. The stores are expected to open in October as part of a partnership with Go! Retail Group, a Texas-based company that operates retail stores, mall kiosks and pop-up shops. Toys R Us previously operated 16 Toys R Us and Babies R Us locations, including stores in Bel
Starbucks to close 250 underperforming stores (opens the original)
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Starbucks announced Thursday that it plans to close around 250 underperforming cafes later this week as part of a turnaround effort. The closures make up 1% of the Seattle-based coffee giant’s North American stores and represent the second major round of closures under Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. The company shuttered 627 stores last September. Niccol has led Starbucks through a turnaround strategy he calls Back to Starbucks,” which includes reviving the company’s
Starbucks settles Florida lawsuit over its DEI efforts (opens the original)
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Starbucks agreed on Thursday to settle a Florida lawsuit over claims that its diversity efforts amounted to discrimination under state law. At the height of corporate diversity efforts in 2020, the Seattle-based coffee giant announced a goal to have people of color in at least 30% of roles in corporate operations and 40% of retail and manufacturing roles. Starbucks said that, starting in 2021, the compensation of its CEO at the time, Kevin Johnson, and 42 other senior executives would be tied to
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ‘most improved’ in new survey - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has languished near the bottom of customer satisfaction rankings for years. But after billions of dollars in investments, the airport has achieved a remarkable feat: It's finally average. According to a survey released Wednesday by data analytics firm JD Power, the airport climbed six spots from No. 17 to No. 11 among 20 mega" U.S. airports, making it the most improved. The survey, conducted from July 2025 to July 2026, asked nearly 25,000 U.S. or Canadian re
McClatchy layoffs hit Northwest papers in Washington, Idaho (opens the original)
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McClatchy, the media company that owns 30 newspapers nationwide, slashed jobs at dozens of publications on Thursday, including four in Washington and one in Idaho. According to the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, the labor union representing newsroom workers, McClatchy laid off a third of its unionized employees across the newspapers — 10 at The Idaho Statesman and seven at The News-Tribune in Tacoma, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald and The Tri-City Herald. “These severe cuts will hobble
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