Chiasso's Cost-effective redesign
May 1, 1998, Ellen Bailey Dickson
Creating an alluring store design is difficult enough without the constraint of a cost effective design budget. This was the recent task facing Chicago-based...
The Name Is The Game
May 1, 1998, James M. Faier
Could a shopping center owner earn 5 percent to 35 percent of a firm's profits for a term of years without investing any money? Call it a gold mine -...
Retail Under A Florida Sun
May 1, 1998
Arguably the most active retail development area, Florida took center stage at a recent conference sponsored by Shopping Center World magazine. The Florida...
GlobalShop roundup
May 1, 1998
Lighting points Bruck Lighting USA Zora 110 Mono-Point light fixtures from Tustin, Calif.-based Bruck Lighting USA can be ordered in chrome and gold finishes.Reader...
South Americans Flock Northward
May 1, 1998, Derek Reveron
Every day, thousands of South American tourists arrive at Miami International Airport with one clear priority: shopping at south Florida malls.Of course,...
The Ninth Annual SADI Awards
May 1, 1998
The SADI awards recognize Superior Achievement in the Design and Imaging of shopping centers and retail stores while awarding those individuals who have...
Navigating Through Audits
May 1, 1998, Robert A. Machson
The right to audit stirs up a sea of controversy between landlords and tenants - as much or more than any of the findings that the audit might uncover....
Make Time For The Schedule
May 1, 1998, Frank B. Moson
The construction schedule is an extremely detailed management and communications tool, one that must work for all team members. This critical tool serves...
Fashion Valley Center Stars In Redesign
May 1, 1998
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...
Pushing the mall envelope
May 1, 1998, Robert Rich
Shopping center store design is a true reflection of the times in which we live. Consumer shopping habits have become more selective and time-constrained;...
Retail Shopping at 40 Miles Per Hour
May 1, 1998, David W. Marks
While sociologists make careers of studying the ways automobiles affect the standard of living, the vehicularization of the American consumer is spawning...
Restaurant Marketplace Has Big Appetite
May 1, 1998, Martin Sinderman
The competition is stiff, but the potential for growth still exists in today's restaurant marketplace. And as the nation's appetite for eating out increases,...
Keeping Labor Productive
May 1, 1998, Dale E. Scott
Dwindling productivity is a major problem confronting the retail construction industry today. This loss of productivity can be traced, in part, to several...
Consensus, Then Compromise
May 1, 1998, Sheldon A. Halpern
By attempting to achieve consensus on which issues are most important to them, leasing professionals on both sides of the table should provide useful...
New York Stages Comeback
May 1, 1998, Geoffrey Richards
An archive of all of Retail Traffic Magazine's published stories....
Ready, Set, Go: The Shopping Center Industry Is In Motion
May 1, 1998, Lisa Pritchard Mayfield
Getting in shape - and staying in shape - is an obsession throughout the human culture, and it's the same story in the shopping center industry. Inspired...
Taking Risk Out of Buying
May 1, 1998, Michael E. Logsdon
Shopping centers can present investors with considerable financial reward. To determine whether the retail center you're acquiring or investing in will...
Development Digest
May 1, 1998
Major Tenant Openings Mobile, Ala. - Knoxville, Tenn.-based Goody's Family Clothing Inc. entered the Mobile market this month with the opening of two...
The phrase "bringing down the house" is a familiar refrain in New York City's historic theater district along 42nd Street. But literally bringing the house down the street - all of it! - could raise a few eyebrows, even among jaded New Yorkers. On March
May 1, 1998, John McCloud
The world population stands at nearly 6 billion people. Since not quite 270 million of them live in the United States, the global market might seem like...
Product Service Directory
May 1, 1998
Ancor Granite Tile fabricates a variety of over 70 different granites into modular granite tiles and pavers. Ancor's honed finish tile is ideal for high...
Winning Presentations
May 1, 1998, Carol T. Beekman
Much of the development business is accomplished through important presentations that sell your projects. The development director presents plans to City...
Industry Pros
May 1, 1998
Kravco Co. Mary Jane "MJ" Morrow has been named vice president and chief financial officer of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Kravco Co. She will be responsible...
What's in a Name?: Rah! Rah! Rah! Sis! Boom! Bah!
May 1, 1998
There are 18 shopping centers in the United States with the name University Mall. That doesn't include the ubiquitous University Plazas, Centers and Squares....
Retail Cycles Through The Decades
May 1, 1998, Richard F. Muhlebach
Like the fashion industry, where hemlines may be high one season and low the next, the shopping center industry has had to continually create new concepts...
The Next Generation of Retailing Evolves at the Mills Corporation
May 1, 1998
Yesterday, it fashioned a retail revolution with an off-price megamall that became the largest tourist attraction in Virginia. Today, The Mills Corporation...
