Super Bowl parties are expected to generate big sales on team apparel and electronics this year, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch, a consumer market intelligence firm in Worthington, Ohio...
Rumors of a merger between Inland Retail Real Estate and Pan Pacific Retail Properties were greatly exaggerated. Though neither company would comment, an outside source indicates the deal is a no go... ...
In spite of one extra pre-Christmas shopping day and a stronger consumer, December comparable-store sales fell slightly short of expectations. Lazard Freres analysts anticipate overall growth of 3.1 percent compared to an expected 4 percent. Blame...
Gary Safady's working the crowd hard. Animated and tieless, he's manning the O&S Holdings booth at a jammed ICSC conference in New York, touting the attractions of his company's big new developments, Louisiana Riverwalk in Bossier City, La....
A former 85,000-square-foot Kmart in Hoover, Ala., outside Birmingham is being converted into a retail center called Riverchase Crossing (below). Michael's, an arts and crafts store now located behind the Kmart is moving to the new new site...
The usually sleepy states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are seeing their fair share of retail development. Alabama is leading with several new projects planned, including O&S Holdings' 100-acre, mixed-use project World Famous Bridge...
Nordstrom is interested in scooping up a handful of the Lord & Taylor anchor stores that May Co. is closing this year, but only those that can pass high productivity hurdles and provide new market penetration. Possibilities include stores at...
Will Rogers once advised: “Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.” Stock market casualties are finally heeding this good advice, switching their bets from the Dow Jones to tangible assets, and retail properties seem to be one of the...
