Most of the major predictions are now in for the holiday shopping season. Here we've put together a roundup of what various trade associations and research outlets are predicting. Projections range a bit this year. Some groups are calling for a...

Here are some of the big news and notes from blogs and news outlets from the past couple of days. There remains a lot of contradicting information on commercial real estate. Should we be worried? Should we not? There are posts here arguing both...

As the economy begins to recover from the housing crisis that led us into the worst recession in 80 years, many in the real estate and financial sectors are beginning to turn a worried eye toward commercial real estate. There has been a debate...

According to the Commerce Department, September retail and food sales decreased 1.5 percent from August and were 5.7 percent below September 2008. ...

Here are some news and notes about retail and retail real estate from around the Web. CoStar has a fascinating piece examining the potential impact of new accounting rules on commercial real estate. The rules will change how leases are...

Upscale teen apparel seller Abercrombie & Fitch has been in the news a lot this year, but not in a good way. As the retailer struggled to hold onto its core customers, it was forced to close some newer concepts. ...

As we move further into fall, traditionally a heavy activity period for the commercial real estate industry, there appears to be an increase in all kinds of new deals. In the past few days, Goldman Sachs issued a $400 million loan to shopping...

The various numbers are in. Retail Forward, ICSC and Retail Metrics have all crunched the numbers. The verdict: Retailers posted year over year same-store sales gains in September. ...

InkStop Inc., a specialty retailer of ink, toner, consumer electronics and other supplies for small businesses and home offices, abruptly told its employees that it was shuttering all 152 stores nationwide as of Friday and laying off all workers...

There's a whole lot of buzz about social networking these days, both positive, as with this video that I linked to recently, and negative, as with this video with very NSFW language. Social networking is the way to go, or so everybody says, but...