A big theme in coming years could be retailers looking to cut back on their store sizes while simultaneously looking to reduce rental rates. That's at least the conclusion you would draw from two stories in today's roundup. ...

With General Growth and Simon Property Group toning down their public barbs for a while (as General Growth works on its reorganization plan), the retail real estate universe has been relatively quiet this week. So the stories we're seeing are more...

Barnes & Noble's announcement this morning of a reshuffling in its top management ranks can be taken as a sign of the retailer's committment to tweaking its business model to fit the changing times. As former CEO Steve Riggio moves to the...

The news on store closings and openings continues to pile up. While there is significantly less bad news out there than there was at this time last year, some chains just don't seem to be on solid footing and it might not be due solely to the...