This year, Columbus Day will be celebrated on Oct. 13. Use your exterior windows to invite viewers in to "explore" your store by using maps, charts, compasses, spyglasses, sextants and binoculars as props...

The original store design for Mr. Rags, a 15-year-old chain of clothing and accessory stores, was created for a lot of good reasons -- none of them directly related to the target customer, explains James Adams, director of design for NBBJ Retail...

Built in the early 1960s as part of an overall $50 million "Los Angeles Jet Age Terminal Construction Project," the LAX Theme Building was a vision and symbol of an optimistic future with its skeletal, flying-saucer-like appearance...

Kiddie Kab Commercial Strollers The Flip-N-Shop stroller from Cary, Ill.-based Kiddie Kab Commercial Strollers can serve as a shopping cart when the front bar is flipped forward...

As employment opportunities rebound, the state is poised for an economic and retail surge...

Chains of all sizes are "guarded" to "stable," but the segment's bottom line emerges in good shape...

The Capital Markets Group division of Boston-based Berkshire Mortgage Finance has provided $3.69 million in refinancing to Dallas-based Churchill Capital Co. L.L.C., for Plaza 303 Shopping Center in Grand Prairie, Texas. The 15-year loan carries a...

With a flagship store, a retailer or manufacturer makes an ultimate statement about the qualities driving its business. Here's how four companies have defined themselves through flagship store designs...

When examining the competition, I find it helpful to remember through whose eyes I'm looking. Mine? The competitor's? The customer's? Each view has merit, but the vantage point of the customer is by far the most valid...

Although retail demands shift as borders are crossed, opportunity is evident throughout the region...