Local retailer buys 2 Columbus stores

Beavercreek-based Shops by Todd, Inc. — which operates stores under Occasionally Yours, Pandora, Life is Good and Swarovski brand names in seven markets in Indiana and Ohio — announced Thursday that it has purchased the Accent on Image and Pandora stores at Polaris Fashion Place in suburban Columbus.

The Accent on Image store will be remodeled and rebranded to become the fifth Occasionally Yours store location for the company, while the Pandora store becomes the eighth store of that brand in the Shops by Todd group, Todd Bettman, president and CEO of Shops by Todd, Inc., said in a news release.