Ross Stores (Dublin, Calif.) recently opened 32 Ross Dress for Less and five dd's DISCOUNTS stores across 15 different states. These openings are part of the discount retailer's 2015 expansion plans to add a total of approximately 70 Ross and 20 dd's DISCOUNTS locations during the coming year.
The 37 stores are located in markets where the brands are well-established, including California, Texas and Florida. The company plans to open additional stores in the newer markets of Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana this spring.
“These openings reflect our ongoing plans to further increase our presence in existing markets while also expanding in the newer markets which we entered back in 2011,” said Jim Fassio, president and cdo, in a statement.
The company hopes to grow its fleet of Ross Dress for Less stores to 2000 locations and its chain of dd's DISCOUNTS stores to 500. Ross Stores currently operates 1242 stores in the U.S. and Guam.