With retail consolidation in full swing, remaining anchors have more clout with landlords...

Prime Retail is encouraging shoppers to bring their pets shopping at its 29 outlet centers. They now provie dog walk and relaxation areas, hand out free dog biscuits and have dog watering holes throughout the properties.

Wal-Mart gets a lot of bad press. But lost in those stories is the positive impact the innovative retail giant has had on consumers and the competitive landscape it has encouraged...

If you build it, they will come. Or so a disembodied voice told Kevin Costner's character, Ray Kinsella, in Field of Dreams, encouraging him to create a baseball diamond in rural Iowa. In real life, however, it's far more complicated...