Shoppers still love real stores

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 8:18 a.m. March 7, 2014
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Internet shopping is all the rage.

So why are retail chains like Chico's FAS still building brick-and-mortar stores?

In fact, the Fort Myers-based women's retailer says it plans to build 120 stores a year under its various brands, including Chico's, White House | Black Market, Soma Intimates and Boston Proper.

 

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