Stores Closing are Just Doors Opening to a New Age in Retail
By David Cheatham Every year after the holidays the same topics seem to dominate media coverage of the retail industry. The numbers are in, who’s closing stores? Who’s going out of business? Who are...
View ArticleDevelopers Bet On Entertainment
Recognizing that today’s retail environment stresses experience over shopping, developers of mixed-use communities in Texas are more frequently signing entertainment-oriented tenants to spaces that...
View ArticleRetail Occupancies Rival Premier East Bay Districts
The retail market is built on a mixture of both national retailers and local artisanal businesses. Oakland offers a blend of existing centers and new developments comprised of multiple shopping and...
View ArticleRetail Occupancies Rival Premier East Bay Districts
The retail market is built on a mixture of both national retailers and local artisanal businesses. Oakland offers a blend of existing centers and new developments comprised of multiple shopping and...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Grocery
By Nelson Wheeler To understand where the grocery sector stands today and the direction it is headed, we first have to understand where it has been. The original dry goods stores were primarily a...
View ArticleTakin’ It to the Street
By Al Urbanski “City of stars, are you shining just for me?” sings Ryan Gosling in this year’s hit movie musical “La La Land.” “City of stars, there’s so much that I can’t see.” Those lyrics might just...
View ArticleRECon’s Strong Educational Value Draws DDG
Dave Cheatham, president of X Team International and president of Phoenix-based Velocity Retail Group LAS VEGAS—“RECon has always held a strong educational value for our team, and I expect to learn a...
View ArticleRestaurant in Grocery Store Reflects Retail Fusion
By Greg Tasker J.B.’s Smokehouse serves the usual BBQ staples: ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket, smoked on the premises, along with tasty Southern-inspired sides, everything from rice ’n’ beans to...
View ArticleSmallville
By Charles Warner, Julie Solomon and Steve Miller Nashville welcomed a new Dollar General store in January. Situated at the corner of 21st and West End avenues, the store celebrated its opening with...
View ArticleRECon Report: New times, not end of times, for physical retail
As the International Council of Shopping Centers shut the doors on its RECon show in Las Vegas this week, Chain Store Age asked top brokers and third-party managers for their take on the temperature of...
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