New York – According to locally based Moody’s Investors Service, the latest news on retail sales suggests the quarter-to-quarter annualized growth rate of real consumer spending will drop from Q1 2001’s 2.9% to 1.6% for the second quarter. In...

Boca Raton, Fla. – Locally based Sensormatic Electronics Corp. recently introduced a system for tracking the success of retail marketing promotions and improving business operations by counting the amount of consumer traffic passing through...

Los Angeles – Marianne Waggoner, executive managing director of locally based CB Richard Ellis Retail Services, announced the top producers and award recipients for 2000 at the company's annual retail recognition breakfast held in Las Vegas...

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Honolulu – Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores Inc. recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Liberty House, Hawaii’s largest retailer. The sale is expected to be completed by mid-July...

New York – Stephen Yalof, a former senior director of real estate at San Francisco-based Gap Inc., has been named president and principal at locally based Robert K. Futterman & Associates (RKF). Yalof will be responsible for all day-to-day...

Chicago – Locally based Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser LLP (AM&G), has expanded the services it provides to the commercial lending and capital markets industries. The Capital Market Support Services Group, a component of the firm’s National...

Westmoreland, N.H. – The locally based Elm Research Institute’s newest program is the expanded Johnny Elmseed Regional Nursery, which will help in the widespread distribution of Liberty Elms...

Muskegon, Mich. – Locally based Westwood Group recently added Westwood Construction Co. to its current profile of investment, development and management services...