MAJOR TENANT HAPPENINGS Knoxville, Tenn. - The Goody's Family Clothing chain recently opened six new stores, three in Georgia and one each in North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. In Georgia, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based company opened a 30,000 sq. ft...
Myriad changes are taking place within the retail contracting industry. Firms are struggling to handle the pressures placed on them by the combination of a heavy workload, labor and material shortages, rising construction costs, and changes in...
Another ICSC Spring Convention has come and gone. Each spring the convention blows in like a sand storm, speeds everything up and blows out again. After months preparing for and publishing our May issue, we receive a treat: a week of sun and fun...
Specialty merchants have been setting up shop in wooden push carts for the better part of two decades. But several of those traditional venues may be in for a high-tech facelift...
SNAPSHOTS: Sights and sounds of annual convention Industry pros descended on the Las Vegas Convention Center in droves - some 29,289 attendees to be exact - for this 42nd annual spring gathering. Our photographer Kay Davis also made the trek...
Although interest rates have been rising recently, they continue to hover at some of the lowest levels in 30 years. The real estate economy remains healthy. And lenders are fiercely competing to lend their money to the right retail projects. It...
It's no secret: The real estate market is hot, and employee salaries are even hotter. While that's good news for employees, the raging market is only adding to employers' headaches...
What happens when you fill a room with professionals from some of the leading retail-design companies in the country? Very lively discussion. Which is exactly what the SCW staff generated this spring at the GlobalShop conference in Chicago...