German-based discount grocery chain, Aldi, is planning an aggressive US campaign, which includes 100 new stores in 2008, to join its existing 900 stores, according to company spokeswoman Tina-Marie Adams. It has no plans to acquire other chains...
When a high-profile group including Cerberus Capital Management and Sun Capital Partners purchased Mervyn's for $1.26 billion in 2004, the deal was structured as two separate transactions -- one for the retailer and a second one for the retailer's...
Business Week has a profile up on H&M, which is ...
Construction loans outstanding backed by major commercial property types continued to expand, growing to $295 billion at the end of the second quarter, according to a report from Foresight Analytics, but the pace of growth is slowing. Based on an...
This interesting analysis comes via one of our sister publications Multichannel Merchant. It looks at how Steve & Barry's did not do a very good job collecting and analyzing data on its customers. ...
The retailer will not open its first full-blown store in the city until next year, but it has been plastering its bull's-eye logo around the city for years — on a big billboard in Times Square; in a fashion show with models, supported by ropes...
In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come at a big cost for the companies. At teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc....