Dallas-based Pizza Patron, which operates 59 stores in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California, has begun accepting pesos after noticing that 60 percent of its customers were Hispanic. The move became an unexpected flashpoint given the...

Mills Corp.'s decision to accept a $7.5 billion buyout offer from Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc., including cash and assumption of debt, came as the March 31 deadline to pay back a $1.06 billion mortgage loan from lenders...

Dale and Thomas, sellers of gourmet popcorn, opened seven new stores in the United States. The new locations include Bridgewater Commons, N.J., Quincy Market in Boston, Mass., and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla...

The proliferation of open-air centers has created new challenges in an often overlooked area: specialty leasing. Temporary tenants want exposure in these properties, but putting carts outdoors creates problems for both owners and retailers that...