Hoping to differentiate itself from its office supply peers, Office Max, the third largest office supplier with 950 stores, has designed a new prototype that includes a WiFi café. Also different: In a bid to reach out...
Just across the East River and one subway stop from Manhattan is one of New York City's hottest districts. DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) seems an unlikely place for a hip neighborhood. The...
Minnesota's twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, have traditionally been a mismatched pair when it comes to retail. While Minneapolis has been seen as being more vibrant, especially with a recent boom in residential...
The Grinch that could steal Christmas for retailers this year will be higher energy prices — gas and home heating oil. With three months until the end of the holiday season, the National Retail Federation predicted...
Shoppers make about 2 billion trips a year to Simon Property Group's malls. That's an extraordinary number if you are a retailer. It's extraordinary, too, if you're an advertiser. Looking to tap into that market as a...
Stater Bros. Markets has been the hometown grocer in Southern California since 1936. It is California's largest privately owned grocery chain with 161 stores and sales last year of $3.7 billion. It has survived...
When I first learned that The Mills Corp. was building its 1.1-million-square-foot Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills adjacent to the old steel town of Tarentum, Pa., where my mother was born and where my grandmother just...
