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OLLY: NO MORE GROWING PAINS
Apr 01, 2004
Olly Shoes thinks it's found the right fit by promising frazzled parents their kids' toes won't be scrunched in ill-fitting shoes, thanks to a patented foot-measuring technology. The Toronto-based shoe chain, created...
Comfort Zones
Mar 01, 2004
The wind-chill factor is 20 degrees in Minnesota and the snow freezes to ice as it hits the sidewalks. Question: Would you rather shop at an indoor mall or an enclosed mall...
Abercrombie Goes after Grown-Ups
Feb 18, 2004
Attempting to clean up its image and stabilize growth after more than a year of same-store sales declines, Abercrombie & Fitch plans to raise prices and open a new type of store targeting sophisticated females...
Freefall for Winn-Dixie
Feb 04, 2004
Recent predictions that Winn-Dixie might not bounce back from six months of disappointing sales and stiff competition from Wal-Mart and Publix are starting to fall into place. On Jan. 30, the Jacksonville-Fla.-based...
Setting The Menu
Feb 01, 2004
Restaurants and retail complement one another like a fine red wine and a juicy steak. Just ask any mall owner who has watched droves of stuffed customers migrating from Cheesecake Factory throughout the rest of the...
THE CINCINNATI BID
Feb 01, 2004
As new retail shopping areas sprawl beyond the seven hills that define Cincinnati, civic leaders have allocated $100 million to save the troubled downtown. Last December, the city paid Saks Fifth Avenue $6.6 million...
Super Bowl Spurs Retail Sales
Jan 28, 2004
Super Bowl parties are expected to generate big sales on team apparel and electronics this year, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch, a consumer market intelligence firm...
BOOM TOWN
Jan 01, 2004
Owners of Greensboro, Ga.'s Reynolds Plantation, a rural stretch of land 75 miles east of Atlanta, are proving that developers can generate retail buzz far from city limits...
MALLWALKING DESERT STYLE
Jan 01, 2004
“I usually see them in groups early in the morning,” says Judy Martin, a frequent shopper at the Chandler Fashion Center, an indoor/outdoor regional mall in the Phoenix Valley town of Chandler, Ariz. They come young...
LOUISIANA'S SECOND CITY
Jan 01, 2004
Sixteen percent of all new jobs statewide were created in nearby Baton Rouge in 2003, according to Loren Scott, an LSU economist. And personal income among Baton Rouge residents is expected to increase as much as 4.8...
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