A buoyant national economy and an expanding number of "do-it-yourselfers" are generating a wave of growth in the hardware/home improvement retail industry. As a result, major home improvement superstore chains are expanding at unprecedented rates...

Of Summits, Sales & Security Ordinarily, I wouldn't take this space to preview what's in this issue. Together the cover and table of contents usually get the job done quite handily. However, we have put a few features in this issue that fall...

Simon DeBartolo Group Inc. Indianapolis-based Simon DeBartolo Group Inc. has named Karen D. Corsaro and Andrew Halliday co-presidents of Simon Brand Ventures, the company's strategic business and mall marketing unit. Corsaro and Halliday will...

How can a retailer extend a store's design theme with great impact but without great expense? How can a store planner pad a store's cement floor? Patterned carpeting, say some in the industry, is an increasingly popular answer to those questions...