To keep their centers from becoming playgrounds for hoods and thieves, owners and tenants are turning to technology, strategic planning and lighting design for added security...

SCW: How big is the market for modern stadium seating megaplexes...

Robert K. Futterman & Associates Louis G. Novick has joined New York-based brokerage firm Robert K. Futterman & Associates (RKF) as a managing director. Novick, who previously held the post of managing director of retail for CB Richard...

The 21st century begins on a note of irony for the retail industry. As the world moves forward with complex technologies undreamed of 100 years ago, one of the biggest trends is a return to the kind of shopping environment that was popular at the...

Patience paid off for CBL & Associates Properties Inc. this October. The Chattanooga, Tenn.-based REIT finally made its regional mall debut in the top-tier Atlanta market after almost a decade of careful planning, negotiating and waiting...

In these times, when consumers are described as people who want it all, the challenge to retailers is this: They must have it all...

DOES THE YEAR 2000 signal the end of the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st century? We'll let the purists argue that one; in the meantime, we've selected 21 industry voices to guide us toward the future, into the year 2000 and beyond...

BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, several entrepreneurs opened stores that would become some of the largest chains in the country. In 1852, Potter Palmer opened a dry goods store in Chicago, which eventually became Marshall Field & Co. In 1881...

Children are the heart and soul of the holiday season, but for an overworked Santa Claus, they can be a real pain. That's what Steve Anderson discovered through a friend who played Kris Kringle each year at a local shopping center. "He was very...