The 10 is up from the three stores that ShopKo renovated last year, and the company could make changes at up to 20 of the 140 full-line stores it operates in 15 states, a spokesman says. ShopKo also operates 220 of its smaller-format Pamida stores in small markets and one ShopKo Express drugstore.
ShopKo has not released store expansion plans for its full-line stores, but the company intends to open two more drugstores in January, the spokesman says. ShopKo has not opened any new full-line stores this year.
The renovations include the widening of aisles, the addition of warmer green and yellow paint and new lighting. "Our goal is to establish a less clinical, more residential environment through the creative use of color and materials," says Sam Duncan, the company's president and CEO, in a statement.
ShopKo's same-store sales in September were down 1.2% year-over-year. The company, based here, opened its first store in 1962.
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