Retail Traffic

Terry S. Brown offers his perspective on the transformation of supermarkets as an executive at one of the nation's largest developers and owners of grocery-anchored shopping centers...

According to the Associated Press, Oprah Winfrey is opening her own store. The store will be located kitty-corner from Harpo Studios, where Winfrey's talk show is taped. The store will be 4,500 square feet. But no details have been released on the...

As one retailer after another seems to fall in the private equity buyout wave that has swept through the industry the past three years, one former big box executive has lined up $300 million in venture capital funds to foster the growth of a slew...

Starbucks closed a controversial location it had operated in Beijing's Forbidden City since 2000, according to Chinese media reports. Forbidden City is the former residence of the Ming and Qing emperors. The managers of the palace wanted Starbucks...

Westfield Group has some novel plans for a new project it is constructing in Los Angeles. The proposed $700-million Village at Topanaga, will include a 300-room hotel, 150 condominiums and apartments, offices and 550,000 square feet of shops and...

A decade ago, when many U.S. retail owners and developers were first looking beyond U.S. borders for expansion opportunities, Latin America was a hot target. At the time it seemed many once-schizophrenic economies were showing signs of stability...

The Kraft Group is developing Patriot Place, a $350 million, 1.3-million-square-foot retail and entertainment complex in Boston, Mass. When completed Patriot Place will feature 80 stores and restaurants, a four-star hotel, a 500-seat jazz club, a...

In yet another joint venture portfolio deal this season, Jacksonville, Fla.-based shopping center REIT Regency Centers Corp. and Sydney, Australia-based Macquarie CountryWide Trust purchased a majority interest in 33 grocery-anchored shopping...