For the past several years, the hotter-than-hot housing market has given an enormous boost to home improvement and home fashion retailers. Fixing up and furnishing a home is big business, and in an effort to capture the bulk of home-related...
Circuit City Stores stopped selling Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas shortly after the discovery that the game secretly featured scenes of graphic sex if the player entered a special code asking for a “hot coffee.” The Entertainment Software Ratings...
Shoppers go to Home Depot to buy materials for that home improvement project; not snacks or to fill up the tank. But that may soon change. Starting in December, it will unveil convenience stores with gas stations at four locations around Nashville...
The Retail Traffic poll of readers showed an overwhelming majority oppose the Supreme Court Ruling that states can employ eminent domain for private developments. Some 84.5 percent said the government shouldn't have that right. And 92.8 percent...
New York Slurpee Junkies rejoice: For the first time in 23 years, you can pop into a 7-Eleven in Manhattan and suck down the sweet and icy concoction that, by the way, just celebrated its 40th anniversary. And for those with healthier cravings and...
Despite all the talk about diets and the campaign against obesity, fast-food chains are thriving. Transaction volume jumped 35 percent in the past year, while total dollar volume rose 45 percent, according to Marcus & Millichap's latest Retail...
Upstarts like Claddagh Irish Pub, Outback's Bonefish Grill and Ted Turner's Ted's Montana Grill doubled their sales or unit counts in 2004. The 10 fastest-growing restaurants, listed below, serve everything from corn beef and cabbage to bison to...
An intricate chandelier hangs in the center of a funky spiral staircase at Gordon Group's Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City. The swank project features retailers such as Gucci, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Lius Vuitton, Tourneau, A/X Armani Exchange and a...
