IHOP Corp. is betting $2.1 billion that it's got the recipe to get Applebee's restaurants cooking again: Own less, franchise more. The Glendale-based restaurant chain famous for its pancakes agreed Monday to acquire the much bigger Applebee's...
The Washington Post does a good job taking a step back and parsing the often knee-jerk reactions to retail sales announcements. ...
April same-store sales were dismal. In May, retailers posted a little rebound. ...
The San Francisco Chronicle carried a brief op-ed on mall design. Particularly, the writer opines that too many carts and...
Starbucks has closed a controversial coffee shop it had operated in Beijing's historic Forbidden City since 2000, Chinese media...
Via Real Estate Journal. ...