Man's best friend has become a priceless friend for Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Big Dogs, which has parlayed a canine concept into a $90 million company in five years. Primarily a leisure-apparel retailer, the catalog and retail company has...
The phrase "best efforts" is used constantly in leases. It appears most frequently when both parties agree that one of them should meet a particular objective for the benefit of the other, but the party to perform is uncertain of its ability to...
The overriding goal of the display plan at Hoypoloi was to create a state-of-the-art environment that is elegant, yet flexible, says Ron Hoy, owner of Hoypoloi. Image By Design, a division of Niles, Ill.-based Dann Dee Display Fixtures, "helped me...
Think of yesterday's screen actors and today's comparable faces: James Dean and Leonardo Dicaprio, Rita Hayworth and Kim Bassinger. A fresh take on a classic persona can translate into top-dollar demand - which is precisely the case in the...
The ability to achieve a variety of colors and patterns while specifying a durable material gives concrete the stamp of approval for Off Rodeo Drive retail stores. According to Kevin Young, construction manager for the retailer, the flooring...
While the Gallerias featured here and across the country offer customers the upscale shops and department stores they have come to expect, the malls strive to serve everyone, regardless of social strata. There is a wide variety of shopping...
