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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Electronics Chain hhgregg Hopes to Grab Share of Milwaukee Market

The Indianapolis-based chain opened three stores in the Milwaukee area and on in Green Bay and Appleton on Saturday, its first five Wisconsin stores.

Some of the management team at Indianapolis-based hhgregg may be new to the area, but they certainly did their homework. The appliance and electronics chain, which opened its first five Wisconsin stores in Green Bay, Appleton, Brown Deer, Greenfield and Racine on Saturday, was scheduled to hold a state-wide, four-day grand-opening starting Sept. 13. The same day the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears in a primetime NFL game. “All the paperwork said Sept. 13, but we decided to wait,” said Michael Burdick, who relocated from Virginia to be the Electronics Sales Manager at Greenfield’s store, 4585 S. 76th St. The grand opening is now slated for Sept. 20-23, but all five Wisconsin stores are open to customers now. Those who shop at …

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Electronics, Appliances Retailer Wants Prime Greenfield Location

The Indianapolis-based hhgregg would be the third straight store of its kind to fill the prominent big-box building on 76th Street.

Greenfield's most prominent vacant big-box building might soon have a new tenant.  A new tenant not unlike its previous two. Indianapolis-based electronics and appliance retailer hhgregg will come before the City of Greenfield Plan Commission in mid-September to present its proposed plan to fill the building at 4585 S. 76th St., the former site of Circuit City and Ultimate Electronics, according to a story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The story said the city's Community Development Director Chuck Erickson expected both the Plan Commission and the Common Council to favor the proposal. The Plan Commission meeting is set for Sept. 13. The story also said that hhgregg plans to open 14 stores in the Chicago area next month, giving the …

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