Retail industry insiders are noticing an unexpected shift: smaller, independent booksellers have begun to prosper now that the big-box operators are struggling. An article in Fortune makes the case that some of the Waldenbooks spaces could be...
As Borders announced its liquidation early last week, reports surfaced that Books-a-Million, a rival bricks-and-mortar book seller, wanted to purchase up to 35 of its remaining stores. ...
Investors are showing a great deal of confidence in Dunkin' Brands and its potential for growth. Yesterday, the firm, currently owned by the private equity consortium of Bain Capital Partners, Carlyle Group and THL Partners, filed for its long...
When Borders filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, few people expected it to survive long-term, but the chain might be gone faster than most suspected. ...
Just in time to give more credence to the idea that mall landlords should give Apple stores anchor status, new research claims the chain accounted for an astounding one-fifth of all sales growth by U.S. publicly traded retailers in the first three...
June same-store sales outpaced Wall Street estimates and rose by 6.5 percent, according to the Thomson Reuters Same-Store Sales Index. Analysts had been expecting a gain of 4.9 percent. ...
The Blackstone Group and Centro Properties Group finalized the sale of Centro's U.S. assets to Blackstone's affiliate BRE Retail Holdings Inc. yesterday. The deal, announced back in March, represents the largest sale of retail real estate since...
