After a $100 million renovation, the former Forest Fair Mall reopened in a splash of color as Cincinnati Mills, a 1.5 million-square-foot Mills Corp. property with more than 200 specialty and outlet stores, restaurants and entertainment...

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In May 2003, CIM Group Inc. finalized plans to build The Market in Los Angeles. The 360,000-square-foot mixed-use project was budgeted at $50.4 million and construction was set to begin in October 2004...

One place in Las Vegas where you will always know the time is at the new 17,500-square-foot Tourneau store at Caesars Palace. The world's largest watch store, as certified by Guinness World Records, includes 35 custom-built brand shop-in-shops...

Wal-Mart has often been accused of selling trashy goods. Now they are doing exactly that. TerraCycle Inc., which creates a plant fertilizer made from and packaged entirely in waste, struck a deal placing its goods on the shelves of all Wal-Mart...

Imagine shopping at a 100,000-square-foot big box without leaving your car. That's the vision New Mexico startup AutoCart LLC has for a drive-thru superstore it hopes to open in the Southwest next year. It has narrowed its site choices to...

Triple Five of Minnesota Inc., the managing partner of Mall of America, wants to nearly double the size of the largest mall in the U.S. with a $1 billion, European-themed addition featuring boutiques, hotel towers, an ice rink, a concert hall and...

Customers can't seem to “get no satisfaction” from department and discount stores, according to a University of Michigan survey taken during the fourth quarter of 2004. With 100 points being “completely satisfied,” the highest any store got was 77...

Electronics manufacturers are getting into the retail game, using small, stylish stores to add an extra dimension to their sales appeals. The operative terms are “connecting” and “experiencing.” The strategy has spawned minis and microminis —...

Marble Slab Creamery Inc. is bringing its ice cream goodies to the Middle East. It has reached a franchise agreement with Desert Rose Holdings BVI to open a minimum of 50 stores in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia...