A one-time darling of the U.S. retail industry, American Apparel is reportedly going through some tough times, according to a story in The New York Post. Just last week, the company reported that profit in the fourth quarter of 2009 fell by more...
It's largely been a slow week on the retail real estate front. But today did bring with it a development in the General Growth bankruptcy. It seems that the interested parties are waiting for more details from General Growth before reevaluating...
A big theme in coming years could be retailers looking to cut back on their store sizes while simultaneously looking to reduce rental rates. That's at least the conclusion you would draw from two stories in today's roundup. ...
With General Growth and Simon Property Group toning down their public barbs for a while (as General Growth works on its reorganization plan), the retail real estate universe has been relatively quiet this week. So the stories we're seeing are more...
Barnes & Noble's announcement this morning of a reshuffling in its top management ranks can be taken as a sign of the retailer's committment to tweaking its business model to fit the changing times. As former CEO Steve Riggio moves to the...
The news on store closings and openings continues to pile up. While there is significantly less bad news out there than there was at this time last year, some chains just don't seem to be on solid footing and it might not be due solely to the...
After insisting it doesn't feel any pressure to up its offer for General Growth Properties just a few days ago, Simon Property Group has changed its tune. ...
We all have those moments when we accidentally say something we shouldn't, so it's easy to relate to how Vornado chairman Stephen Roth ended up in a bit of a mess with Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino over some unguarded remarks Roth made at a...
The season of annual earnings reports is upon us and as retailers take stock of their performance in 2009, we are starting to see announcements of store closings, especially in the apparel sector. This week alone, Abercrombie & Fitch, American...
