The City of Austin is contemplating the fate of a prime 76,176-square-foot parcel of real estate downtown. Block 21, as it's known, is located near the proposed 225,000-square-foot Second Street Retail District. The city paid $4 million to buy the...
It once seemed as if Gap would grow forever. Shoppers couldn't get enough of the clothing that CEO Mickey Drexler's merchandising machine offered — jeans and chinos in every imaginable style, loose button-downs in great colors, simple cotton...
Construction has begun on Torrey Highlands Village Center, a 90,000 square foot retail center designed by SGPA Architecture And Planning for McMillin Commercial, a Corky McMillin Co. The neighborhood center is part of the City of San Diego's North...
Limited Brands has run out of luck in the low-margin, cyclical apparel category, but is striking it rich at its Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works divisions. Since 1996, Express division sales have been flat. And The Limited Stores...
Look for a 7 percent rise in sales in the November to January period this year, in large part due to shoppers treating themselves to presents. So said panelists participating in a First Albany Corp. conference call on retail. Apparel and home...
Robert K. Futterman's gung ho nature has brought him a long way. From his start as an entry-level canvasser 20 years ago for New York retail broker Garrick-Aug Associates, Futterman rose to salesman, broker, then partner. Five years ago he left to...
Wal-Mart is going to great lengths to achieve profitability in Germany, where it operates 92 supercenters. The world's largest retailer has convinced German legislators to extend the nation's strictly enforced Saturday shopping hours from a 4 p.m...
Stuart Weitzman's shoes appear poised to trip the light fantastic in this Madison Avenue window display by Timothy Fortuna in New York. The whimsical arrangement uses Lighting Service Inc.'s track-mounted fixtures and low-voltage spotlights to...
