To meet an increasing demand for tighter-fitting, stylish clothing without sacrificing comfort, Gap Inc. recently unveiled in a new line of tagless T-shirts. Customers purchasing the clothing, which will contain the logo and product information...
Memphis seems to have missed out on the southeastern growth spurt. While sights in the downtown area, such as Beale Street, attract 4 million visitors a year, retailers have been slow to enter the market. And the greater Memphis area is expected...
Caruso Affiliated eked out a narrow victory against General Growth Properties last week over a hotly contested new project, Americana at Grand, in Glendale, Calif. (below). General Growth, which owns a major mall near the site of the proposed...
Colonial Properties Trust said last month it was putting six of its malls on the block while it considers entering the multi-family residence and lifestyle centers markets. Colonial spokeswoman Linda Geiss says a lifestyle center could be built in...
In many ways, Home Depot's New York City store is a far cry from the orange warehouses that dot every suburb. The retailer has coated the old cast iron Hasbro headquarters on 23rd Street with enough white paint to make it look like a wedding cake...
To increase profitability and focus on its core business, shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource is kicking out its higher-priced Parade stores by the end of the year. Parade has 181 stores in major cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Miami...
The trend toward mixed-use neighborhood-style retail centers requires mall developers to rethink the concept of huge, factory-like big stores surrounded by oceans of asphalt parking lots. Increasingly, consumers want a less alienating experience...
How do you say bargain in Russian? Wal-Mart may open a store in St. Petersburg next year, according to a city official quoted by Kamcity.com. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant has hinted it was considering entering Russia, but would provide...
For a while there, it seemed as though exciting new retail concepts were an endangered species. With a limp economy keeping the lid on risk-taking, reinventions of junior-apparel stores seemed about as innovative as the industry could get.
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