Seventy-two companies are attending Smith Barney's REIT CEO conference in Florida this week, making presentations to investors about the state of their businesses. Here are some of the highlights from the...
Last month in Orange County Supreme Court, The Wet Seal sued Greg Scott, former president of the company's upscale Arden B. division, after he become CEO at competing chain Bebe Stores Inc. Wet Seal is seeking...
Can a buxom babe in a cottontail costume still attract a crowd of men, even in an age when bare breasts are flashed for free on the Internet and during the Super Bowl half-time show? Apparently, the answer is yes...
Acadia Realty Trust is taking the offense in its dealings with troubled retailers. The White Plains, N.Y.-based REIT, which has a history of turning dark Caldors, Ames and Grand Union stores into Wal-Marts, Home...
Consumers fell in love with electronic strip gift cards this holiday season. Sales rose an estimated 18 percent to $43.5 billion for the entire year. The affair is more than just a passing fancy. In fact, expect gift...
European retail development, once prohibitively expensive for U.S. real estate companies, now looks promising. Simon, for one, is upping its ante with a joint venture to own, manage and develop new shopping centers...
The takeover battle of the year ended with the Taubman family victorious. But how did shareholders fare? CEO Robert Taubman insists that they won, too, even if analysts criticized the family for putting its interests...
FAO Inc. could be gone by the new year, but Wall Street analysts say landlords aren't fretting. In total, the chain's existing in-line stores only amount to about 10,000 square feet of space that shouldn't be...
Last week kicked off a whirlwind of third-quarter earnings calls as retail REITs rushed to announce their numbers before next week's NAREIT conference. In general, leasing spreads were up across the board (20 percent...
“I'm cheap, but that doesn't mean I want to wear cheap-looking shoes,” Rebekah Clark explains as she strolls along the breezeway at Silver Sands Factory Stores in Destin, Fla. On the way home after a sunny weekend...
