So let's cut to the chase: now the message is that there will be an overall slowing of the economy (sigh...duh), investors are crossing their fingers in hope that consumer demand will remain at acceptable levels, and that interest rates do not...

The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending edged up just 0.2% in October, weakest showing since a similar increase in June. And individual incomes grew just 0.2%, poorest showing in six months. A separate Commerce report...

While it's generally accepted that residential real estate experienced a massive bubble, few have argued that commercial real estate's seven-year bull run had lost touch with reality. But now a London analyst--based on looking at commercial real...

Fortune has a an in-depth look at Eddie Lampert's ...

Data from Standard & Poor's S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices shows that prices on commercial properties rose in August. The National Composite index was up 1.1% for the month and 6.2% for the 12-month period. You can find information...

A Somali immigrant convicted for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. ...

British retailer Tesco's (TSCO.L) U.S stores have started well, it said on Tuesday, as the chain faced new protests from community groups who fear its marketing promises are not being translated into reality. Tim Mason, chief executive of Tesco's...

ICSC released its same-store sales figures, which showed that same-store sales rose 2.5% compared with the same week last year. (PDFs of the press release and full report.) ...

Yet analysts at the investment bank said malls proved their defensive qualities during the last consumer-led recession in the early 1990s, noting that it takes almost two years of slowing sales before malls face falling rents. Investors can get...

The Boston Globe has a good report looking at all the work created for law enforcement agencies during the holiday shopping season. ...