Benetton Grows Merchandise Mix With Sportsystem Tricaffe This December, Accessories of Benetton, Boca Raton, Fla., will unveil its new concept: Accessories of Benetton Sportsystem A Tricaffe. The first store, slated for NorthPoint Center in Fort...
Albany, N.Y.-based New York State Teachers' Retirement System and New York-based Metropolitan Life have provided a $220 million, fixed-rate loan to The L&B Group, Dallas, for Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va. The 1.9 million sq. ft...
By Land, Sea and Air -- The store comes to the customer Bringing the store to the customer is not a new merchandising concept. Its roots go back thousands of years, when camel caravans crisscrossed deserts bearing both luxuries and staples to...
Labor Day signals the end of summer. It also means the end of heavy promotion of clearance merchandise and the beginning of creative fall merchandise displays...
Just up the street from where I live stands an empty strip center, the former home of a Kroger supermarket. Kroger moved out because it built one of its fancy superstores about a quarter-mile up the road. The florist, men's clothier and beauty...
Spotlighting Wallwashers in classic design What makes design classic? Noble materials, appropriately scaled and carefully planned, attention to detail, and superb craftsmanship. Effective lighting -- a balance between the right fixture and...