While interior lighting can literally make or break the atmosphere of a venue, exterior lighting directly contributes to how safe shoppers feel about visiting a store or shopping mall. Although lighting has always been a necessity at a shopping...
“The biggest disppointment to hit the New England retail industry during the past year was the cancellation of development activity on New Haven, Conn.'s Long Wharf Mall.” ...
In every major metro area, you'll find a dearth of retail venues in blighted inner city neighborhoods. Yet residents — though they might not have the buying power of a Fifth Avenue dowager — spend like everyone else. They buy food, toiletries...
Since El Pollo Loco brought its marinated-chicken concept to the United States from Mexico in 1980, the restaurant's popularity — and sales — have grown steadily. Now under new ownership and operating close to 300 stores in the West and Southwest...
With a current explosive trend in the specialty leasing industry, mall owners and retailers wisely strive to maximize a center's income per square foot. These decision-makers whet their appetite in this arena by turning to carts and kiosks to...
One of the more difficult aspects of developing a power center is reaching consensus among the big-box users (box stores) as to what they are entitled to sell and what they are prohibited from selling...
A merchant that takes 100% of his clothes off may be considered crazy. But don't discount Malcolm Scott just yet. The portly owner of The Nudist Store selling novelties for the naked wearing nothing but sneakers, socks and a watch brought nudism...