Retail roundup: First local Amazon 4-Star store coming; AMC reopening

National and homegrown retail is picking up in the Houston area. One of the biggest names in retail, the world’s largest movie theater chain, a popular chicken-focused duo and a Dallas-based salon suites company are all opening or reopening locations.

Houston area’s first Amazon 4-Star store to open in The Woodlands

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is expanding its brick-and-mortar retail presence to the Houston area.

The Seattle-based online retail giant will open an Amazon 4-Star store in The…