Express to Enter Central, South America
August 13, 2012
Columbus, Ohio-based Express Inc. will open more than 30 stores in Central and South America over the next five years. Part of a franchise agreement with Fastco Commercial S.A., the new stores will be located in Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The company expects to open up to three locations open in Panama, Peru and Costa Rica by the end of the fourth quarter. The stores will have the same new store design that the company is rolling out in the United States.