The higher gas prices that have been plaguing U.S. consumers since the beginning of the year have started to affect their shopping habits. In March, U.S. same-store sales registered a decrease of 0.1 percent, the lowest figure in five years...
U.K. supermarket operator Tesco PLC says it may be too early to start drawing conclusions about the popularity of its new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets stores, the first of which opened about six months ago in California. But, the company...
This winter and into the spring, bad financial news piled up like so much cordwood, fueling speculation that the current slowdown could unfold as one of the most serious recessions since the Great Depression. Investors looking for ways to...
Good properties still draw financing. Witness Developers Diversified Realty Corp.'s big package with lenders that led Chairman and CEO Scott A. Wolstein to trumpet the firm's “broad access to numerous capital sources despite the challenges of...
Talbots Inc. is looking to reinvent itself. Long known as your mother's favorite store, the fashions have become too “dowdy” in the words of new CEO Trudy Sullivan, with recent studies showing that women over the age of 65 saying the clothes are...
When shoppers head to Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Va., they can be excused for feeling a sense of déjà vu as they walk from one end of the mall to other. During their trek they will come across two Macy's. The department stores almost mirror each...
High-end men's clothing shop Heime's Haberdashery soon will be stocking up on white and blue dress shirts, ties and dress shoes. It's not because the St. Paul, Minn. store is having a sale. It's because the Republicans are coming...
The U.S. government may be facing a budget deficit situation but there are other governments around the world that have been busy deploying their surpluses into investments through sovereign wealth funds. At a recent Deloitte & Touche Webinar...
Metropolitan Capital Advisors arranged a $29 million mortgage and a $3.25 million mezzanine loan for the acquisition of three Kroger-anchored shopping centers in Ft. Worth, Plano and Crowley, Texas...
