MALE CALL
Aug 1, 2003, Beth Karlin
For years, menswear retailers watched helplessly as sales declined. Between dress-down workplace dress codes and the male aversion to recreational shopping,...
Readin', Writin' and Retail
Aug 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
What's in fashion for back-to-school shoppers? Mostly the same styles as last year clunky shoes, peasant shirts, jeans that look older than the kids buying...
Who'll Take Lord & Taylor's Vacant Stores?
Jul 31, 2003
Thousands of square feet of vacant, Class-A mall anchor space are up for grabs now that May Co. has announced plans to close 32 of its Lord & Taylor stores....
NRF Predicts Strong Start to Second Half
Jul 30, 2003
Retail business showed signs of improvement in July, and the six-month-ahead sales outlook is optimistic, according to the National Retail Federation...
BIG GROCERS THINK SMALL
Jul 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
Wouldn't convenience stores be even more convenient — and profitable — if they sold the same high-quality perishables found in full-size stores? And wouldn't...
GIRL'S CLUB
Jul 1, 2003
Gadzooks isn't interested in guys anymore. The 425-store teen accessories and apparel chain, which saw first quarter same-store sales fall 10.6 percent,...
PEOPLE ARE READING
Jul 1, 2003
Wal-Mart and Target are American icons. Both were born in 1962; Target in urban Minneapolis and Wal-Mart in the tiny town of Bentonville, Ark. For four...
July 4th consumer intentions
Jun 26, 2003, Melody Vargas, About.com Retail Industry
According to the findings of a National Retail Federation (NRF) survey, conducted by BIGresearch, almost one in four consumers plan to shop over the July...
May Sales Growth Leaders: PacSun, Chico's & Walgreen's
Jun 4, 2003
Even Wal-Mart and Kohl's can have a bad month. As retailers report May sales during the next two weeks, the two leaders are expected to fall behind the...
CONVENIENCE, or Low Prices?
Jun 1, 2003, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Consumers, owners and investors have a love/hate relationship with strip centers. Sure, these 30,000- to 150,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored properties...
Live from ICSC: California's ADA Conundrum
May 23, 2003, By Brannon Boswell
Neighborhood center owners in California are wrestling with an increasingly volatile issue-ADA compliance. According to several California developers,...
Live From the Leasing Mall at ICSC's 2003 Spring Convention
May 22, 2003, By Beth Karlin, Editor-in-Chief
Clearly, it was the wrong week for me to resume my Atkins diet. Here we are in Las Vegas, attending the mammoth ICSC Spring convention and, as usual,...
ICSC Exclusive: Marcus & Millichap Research Shows Retail Retains Its Resiliency
May 21, 2003, By Matt Valley
Retail real estate can claim bragging rights. It’s the only commercial real estate property sector to show positive absorption and rent growth over the...
Live from ICSC: Consolidation Spreads to Community Centers
May 20, 2003, By Brannon Boswell
Consolidation is the hot topic at ICSC’s Spring Convention today. Several large companies are missing from the show floor, having been gobbled up by larger...
Live from ICSC: Cool Man, Cool
May 20, 2003, By David Sokol
Retailers and retail real estate professionals looking for money-making new consumer trends should chill. That was the message at a session of the ICSC...
ICSC Exclusive: Think Global, Act Local
May 19, 2003, By Matt Valley
Kickoff session of shopping center convention stresses opportunities —and pitfalls — of expansion beyond U.S....
RETAIL FACE OFF: SANDBOX SCUFFLE
May 1, 2003
More than ever, penny-pinching parents are picking up kids clothes at discount stores and mass merchants. That leaves pricier children's specialty apparel...
The Future
May 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
It's a beautiful spring Saturday 10 years from now. Shoppers are feeling optimistic after all, the Dow has climbed back over 4,000. America has triumphed...
The Futuristic FIVE
May 1, 2003
When Retail Traffic asked Baltimore-based architecture firm RTKL Associates to imagine the future of the shopping mall, we thought we might get a response...
PLANNED MAKEOVER DELAYED BY KMART
May 1, 2003, Renée DeGross
Kmart was expected to get the green light to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection May 5, but lime green logos aren't necessarily in the retailer's...
Seven-Year Watch
May 1, 2003
It's not just Retail Traffic that's soothsaying the state of the retail business in 2010. At its 2003 Strategic Outlook Conference, consulting firm Retail...
WH SMITH'S BUMPY RIDE
May 1, 2003, Renée DeGross
WH Smith USA Travel Retail, which depends on world-weary travelers for its profits, is struggling. As if code orange wasn't enough, the specter of SARS...
SARS & Shopping
Apr 30, 2003, —staff & wire reports
Shopkeepers in Manhattan's Chinatown are asking city government to help rejuvenate retail traffic in their neighborhood, as SARS-wary consumers avoid...
Franchise Fracas at GNC
Apr 30, 2003, —staff & wire reports
A lawsuit seeking compensatory and punitive damages was filed today against GNC Franchising, Inc., a subsidiary of General Nutrition Companies, Inc.,...
NEWS: Outlet Centers Thrive in Retail Sales Slump
Apr 1, 2003, Parke Chapman
Despite the slowdown in retail sales at department stores and among specialty chains, business is thriving at outlet centers. Chelsea Property Group and...
