While most retailers consider places like Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Kingsport, Tenn. below their notice, Hibbett Sports Inc. is happy being the only game in town. The Birmingham, Ala.-based sporting goods retailer prefers playing in secondary and...

Anyone who thinks ramen noodles are only for poor college students should visit wagamama, a United Kingdom-based, full-serve casual restaurant modeled on the ramen shops popular in Japan. In addition to ramen, which are Chinese-style thread...

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Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent economic slowdown, Leslie Mayer reevaluated her business. For more than 14 years, Mayer had operated the Mayford Group, a boutique brokerage firm specializing in representation of retail...

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The past few months have been trying for retail developers. Rent growth has slowed, vacancies are rising and it seems almost every day at least one retailer announces store closings, a decline in store openings for 2008, a bankruptcy or some other...

Raw data suggest that Las Vegas is the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure meltdown. All but three of the top 13 zip codes hardest hit by foreclosures in December 2007 were in the city, according to CNNMoney.com. And in March, Nevada ranked...

It may seem like a strange time to raise a real estate fund. But not if you have the right audience. TIAA-CREF Asset Management recently launched U.S. Real Estate Fund I, aimed primarily at high net worth investors seeking to diversify their...

By 2006, the stores in the ShopKo retail chain were showing their age — and their wrinkles. The red, white and blue color scheme looked outdated. Interiors and exteriors drooped under a dull, cold, clinical feel. The masculine appearance failed to...