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IncrediBear poses at the Twister ride in John’s Incredible Pizza at the Boulevard mall. The pizza chain caters to families with arcade games, bowling, bumper cars and laser tag. (Courtesy)
The new anchors In online shopping era, retail centers have increasingly turned to restaurants to boost traffic By Adam Candee | Staff Writer
Goodbye Dillard’s, hello IncrediBear. ¶ More than 200,000 square feet of space at the Boulevard mall sat empty for years after Dillard’s shuttered its massive store in 2008, leaving an enormous hole in the central valley’s grandfather of retail centers. ¶ Seven years later, California-based John’s Incredible Pizza — fronted by its IncrediBear mascot — New an chors, Continued on page 15
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Increase in sales at established Best Buy stores over the second quarter of 2017. CEO Hubert Joly said not to expect similar growth through the rest of the year.
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Approximate cost of Hurricane Harvey, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history — more than Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy combined, according to AccuWeather.