Circuit City's Christmas Grinch
Dec 1, 2002, David Sokol
The Xbox saved Christmas last year. The same won't be true for electronics chains this year. On November 5, Circuit City forecasted a loss of five cents...
Thank god it’s Black Friday
Nov 27, 2002, — staff & wire reports
Black Friday is looming and retailers are kicking promotions into high gear, stuffing consumers’ mailboxes with slick flyers, brochures and coupons to...
Gap Turns in Strong Q3and October—Can it Last?
Nov 8, 2002, —Brannon Boswell, Managing Editor
Old Navy is winner of the third-quarter MVP award at Gap Inc. Retail analysts credit the division with driving an unexpected 20% year-over-year sales...
Gap Turns in Strong Q3and October—Can it Last?
Nov 8, 2002, —Brannon Boswell, Managing Editor
Old Navy is winner of the third-quarter MVP award at Gap Inc. Retail analysts credit the division with driving an unexpected 20% year-over-year sales...
Kmart: More closures ahead?
Nov 4, 2002, From staff and wire reports
Attention Kmart shoppers: There's another list of possible store closures floating around, and this time, the numbers are getting serious. Up to a third...
May's sales still sagging
Nov 4, 2002, From staff and wire reports
St. Louis-based The May Department Stores Co. reported preliminary net retail sales of $925.5 million for the four-week period ended Nov. 2, 2002, a 3.8%...
Retailers brace for '02 home stretch
Nov 1, 2002, Ben Johnson
It's nearly Christmas season. So where are retail sales? A month before Thanksgiving, the outlook is grim. After bolstering the economy all year, consumers...
SCREEN GEMS?
Nov 1, 2002, John McCloud
The story is as old as Hollywood. Boy meets girl. Illness threatens to take girl from boy. Girl gets better and boy and girl live happily ever after....
For shoppers, the thrill is back
Nov 1, 2002, Yaromir Steiner
In our time-starved, pressure-filled lives, no longer brings back memories of a Main Street department store decked out at Holiday time or that one-of-a-kind...
Deal feast in grocery-anchor land
Nov 1, 2002, Ben Johnson
Two recent deals highlight the hot demand for grocery-anchored centers. In late September, Edens & Avant and Samuels & Associates finalized their purchase...
Dollar General's dynasty to end
Nov 1, 2002, David Sokol
Nine months after discounter Dollar General (DG) acknowledged its involvement in an SEC investigation, in mid-September the discount retailer initiated...
Will Kohl's "disappoint"?
Oct 23, 2002, — Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Thanks to some stellar results, Kohl's has become one of the best barometers of the retailing landscape. It's publicly traded and carefully scrutinized...
Target: The hunteris now hunted
Oct 22, 2002, — Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Venerated discount retailer Target Corp. is in for some stiff competition from none other than the world’s largest company — Wal-Mart.Increasingly, Wal-Mart...
Kmart's reorg set for mid-'03
Oct 21, 2002, From staff and wire reports
Kmart Corp. has reaffirmed its commitment to a "fast-track reorganization" with the objective of emerging from Chapter 11 bankrupty court protection by...
Teens, parentsreduce their spending
Oct 15, 2002, From staff and wire reports
According to a new study, both teens and their parents are tightening their spending because of the economic downturn. And while teens continue to list...
Analysts: October bouncewon't last
Oct 15, 2002, -- by Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
It's a good two weeks before the first of retailers' 3rd-quarter earnings are formally announced, but then most of us don't exactly need a crystal ball...
Sept sales disappoint
Oct 10, 2002, — Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Clearly the slowing economy is finally starting to drag consumer spending down with it, just in time for the start of the critical fourth quarter for...
Big-boxers befuddled by secondary markets
Oct 1, 2002, Brannon Boswell
While many developers are focusing on drawing retailers into smaller markets and avoiding overbuilt metro areas, several big-box tenants are expressing...
San Francisco Music Box changes tune
Oct 1, 2002, John McCloud
Just about everything is new at San Francisco Music Box Co. new owners, a new president and even a new store prototype all part of a strategy to reclaim...
Big-boxers sit in hot seat at ICSC 2002 Western Division Conference
Sep 27, 2002, — Brannon Boswell, Managing Editor
The West Coast’s most sought after retailers revealed some of their secrets during a panel discussion titled "The Retail Dream Team" Wednesday at ICSC’s...
Gap taps Disney vet
Sep 26, 2002, -- by Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Paul Pressler, chairman of The Walt Disney Co.'s global theme park and resorts division for the past 15 years, has been named president and CEO of Gap...
"Living legends" impart wisdomat ICSC 2002Western Division Conference
Sep 26, 2002, — Brannon Boswell, Managing Editor
Today’s retailers are confronting issues they have never had to face in the past, according to a panel of West Coast executives who have been active in...
Kroger grabs Vegas share
Sep 16, 2002, — by David Sokol, Associate Editor
The Kroger Co., based in Cincinnati, has reached an agreement to purchase 18 Raley's stores in Las Vegas. The transaction should close within 30 days.The...
S&P: Specialty retailerswill struggle
Sep 9, 2002, — by David Sokol, Associate Editor
Standard & Poor’s specialty retail equity analyst Karen Sack has some bad news for many specialty retailers in S&P’s Industry Survey on Retailing Specialty,...
4Q outlook:"Boring, conservative"
Sep 6, 2002, — by David Sokol, Associate Editor
According to panelists on a major teleconference held yesterday, the back-to-school shopping season and fourth-quarter forecast for retail sales are looking...
