With its rapid population growth and ever-growing tourist market, Florida has been one of the hottest destinations for retail development for years. But the market has become a victim of its own success...

The heightening of violence in the Middle East in July between Israel and Hezbollah may have been the last straw for already nervous American consumers...

The official word from NRDC Equity Partners, which agreed to buy Lord & Taylor for $1.2 billion in late June, is that it will give the storied chain a badly needed makeover and move it back upscale. But the word on the street in the retail...

Rising anxieties and economic pressures are beginning to take their toll on consumer spending...