As 2008 begins, evidence is building that the luxury market is losing its luster. Neiman Marcus Group Inc. characterized the environment as "somewhat challenging" and is offering an extra 25 percent off already reduced designer merchandise...

Eduardo M. Penalver, an associate professor at Cornell Law School, where he teaches property and land-use law, makes the argument that rising gas prices will mean that even after the housing market bounces back, the days of sprawl may be over. He...

MTV is looking to make some noise in the original musical arena with "The American Mall." The project, from "High School Musical" producers Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, will premiere next year on the cable network, followed immediately by a...

ICSC published sales figures for the last week of pre-Christmas sales (PDF). That doesn't include the last-minute surge that was widely reported. The question is whether the surge was enough to turn the season into a truly successful one. ...