Erika Hutton

According to CB Richard Ellis, the wind is getting knocked out of the retail market in the Windy City. The Los Angeles-based company released a study of properties 50,000 sq. ft. or greater (excluding regional malls)...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Borders Books and Music superstores. In 1971 two brothers, Tom and Louis Borders, founded the original store — a used bookshop — on Ann Arbor's University of Michigan campus...

Canadian Lloyd Ross came to the United States a seasoned businessman, a consultant aiding companies in product liquidation. He was good at his job. So good, in fact, that he found himself on the flip side of the...

The Trix rabbit, the Cocoa Puffs bird and the Cheerios bumble bee — what do all of these General Mills cereal characters have in common? They all share the spotlight in the Cereal Adventure Store at Mall of America...

Every office has one. That eternally fit person. It doesn't matter that this person stays cooped up in his small, stuffy quarters 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. Face it, he's buff and you want to be. So you ask...

The year was 1912 and the place was Maine. After a long day of hunting, an avid outdoorsman returned home with three things: his game, his damp feet and a new idea. Leon Leonwood Bean soon enlisted a local cobbler to...

Influenced by board sports, Pacific Sunwear remains a success by integrating an active lifestyle into all aspects of its brand...

If you look inside the cluttered confines of a Gen Y's closet — well, you're going to find a lot of things. Instantly you'll find that members of this generation are full-fledged trend-trackers. With this in mind, if...