Digesting Eckerd: the impact on Penney's, CVS & Coutu
Apr 8, 2004
Now that JCPenney has $3.5 billion burning a hole in its pocket, how will the company spend the proceeds from the sale of its Eckerd division? Penney's...
Developers Diversified Buys Benderson Portfolio for $2.3 Billion
Mar 31, 2004
The public/private consolidation continues. Today, Developers Diversified Realty announced it is buying Benderson Development Company's 18.8 million-square-foot...
Office Depot Flips Kids Stores To Petco
Mar 24, 2004
Just a few weeks after paying Toys "R" Us more than $197 million for 124 Kids "R" Us stores, Office Depot sold 20 of the stores to Petco for $45 million...
Toys "R" Us, Footstar woes benefit Foot Locker, Office Depot
Mar 10, 2004, Brannon Boswell
Office Depot announced plans to purchase 124 former Kids "R" Us Stores from troubled conglomerate Toys "R" Us for $197 million, but only 50 or 60 of those...
REIT CEOs Reveal Plans for 2004
Mar 7, 2004, Brannon Boswell
Seventy-two companies are attending Smith Barney's REIT CEO conference in Florida this week, making presentations to investors about the state of their...
Inland To List On NYSE
Feb 25, 2004, Parke Chapman
Inland Real Estate Corporation, which sponsors several private REITs, is now seeking to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The retail REIT owns 138...
Abercrombie Goes after Grown-Ups
Feb 18, 2004, Joy Armstrong
Attempting to clean up its image and stabilize growth after more than a year of same-store sales declines, Abercrombie & Fitch plans to raise prices and...
Freefall for Winn-Dixie
Feb 4, 2004, Joy Armstrong
Recent predictions that Winn-Dixie might not bounce back from six months of disappointing sales and stiff competition from Wal-Mart and Publix are starting...
Super Bowl Spurs Retail Sales
Jan 28, 2004, Joy Armstrong
Super Bowl parties are expected to generate big sales on team apparel and electronics this year, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail...
The latest on Pan Pacific, Mills, Federated And More
Jan 22, 2004
Rumors of a merger between Inland Retail Real Estate and Pan Pacific Retail Properties were greatly exaggerated. Though neither company would comment,...
Holiday Sales Fell Short
Jan 7, 2004
In spite of one extra pre-Christmas shopping day and a stronger consumer, December comparable-store sales fell slightly short of expectations. Lazard...
Real Estate--Property Management
Jan 2, 2004
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2003: Season Of The Gift Card
Dec 29, 2003
The final Christmas sales figures have yet to be tallied, but if Wal-Mart's announced results are any indicator (and they usually are) retailers faced...
REITs Go Shopping, But What About Consumers?
Dec 17, 2003
Mall REITs finished up their holiday shopping this week. Vornado Realty Trust purchased Paramus, N.J.'s 900,000-square-foot Bergen Mall from Simon Property...
ICSC New York Show: Heard On The Floor
Dec 12, 2003
Our editors made the rounds and here are a few of the tidbits they uncovered. More comprehensive show coverage will be available in our January 2003 issue. ...
