Retail executives embarking on corporate mergers understand that company cultures can make or break such ventures. In fact, culture clash has been cited as the chief reason that mergers and acquisitions fail. A key question for the shopping center...
Beauty and the beach The sophisticated, resort atmosphere of Neiman Marcus Ala Moana is an irresistible siren song to moneyed Japanese and American tourists who crave luxury merchandise and service. In the category of New or Renovated Department...
Paris is the City of Lights, but New York may claim that title temporarily as more than 17,000 architectural and commercial lighting professionals storm Manhattan for Lightfair International 2000...
Yes, it is possible to save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on your commercial real estate property taxes! All it takes is a little planning and prompt, timely action for property owners to significantly reduce their property tax burden...
Shopping center owners are using a variety of sophisticated technologies and techniques to create detailed customer profiles. By gathering storehouses of information about shoppers, the industry is learning exactly what privileges, amenities and...
In an era dominated by the Internet and e-commerce, today's malls are responding with guest services that run the gamut from strollers to shoppertainment. With retail services only as far away as a computer mouse, mall managers are responding with...
Getting a haircut can be an unpleasant experience for a child: Sharp shears, strange smells, uncomfortable basins. Not at Cartoon Cuts, where getting a haircut is a fun family outing...
Sleek simplicity A true shopping center for the millennium, Santa Ursula is a vertical urban marketplace with a crisp, dramatic design. Situated on a full city block in the center of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, the four-level center is planned and...
