In anticipation of Burger King's owner 3G Capital listing the chain on the New York Stock Exchange, Fortune took an in-depth look at the fast-food seller. The result is an article with this subhead: Burger King Will Be to Bill Ackman What Sears Is...
Best Buy made public the details of its upcoming store closings over the weekend. The complete list of the properties can be viewed on the Wall Street Journal website. California, Illinois and Minnesota seem to be the states that will be most...
Mall owners spend thousands of dollars each year to generate publicity for their properties, including organizing celebrity book-signings and special appearances. But maybe they don't have to go through all the trouble necessary to get a...
It turns out promoting their websites isn't the only thing bricks-and-mortar retailers can do to make sure online-only sites won't steal their marketshare. They can also partner with those sites in a way that benefits everyone. ...
"Showrooming" has been in the news a lot lately, as Best Buy executives have pinned their current woes at least in part on customers' using their stores to check out products they intend to buy from the chain's online competitors. A story in The...
We wrote before about the New South China Mall in Dongguan, the world's largest enclosed mall and also one of its emptiest. ...
Want more proof that Sears is not going to be around that much longer? According to the New York Post, chairman Eddie Lampert is reportedly looking to sell the company's Lands' End catalog division to private equity buyers. Lands' End is one of...
The annual first quarter store closing announcements are trickling in, with electronics seller Best Buy revealing plans to close 50 big-box stores in the U.S. and put its money into 100 new Best Buy Mobile locations. ...
Remember those 17 malls the Westfield Group put on the market a year ago? The Wall Street Journal reports that Starwood Capital Group is about to buy seven malls from the firm, including five that were part of that original disposition portfolio...
A week after news emerged that owners of discount chain Five Below might be planning to take the retailer public, Reuters reports that arts and crafts seller Michaels is also readying for an IPO. ...