The State of the Industry
Aug 1, 2000, Allyson H. Sicard
Buying and selling properties has always played a major role in the shopping center industry, but the velocity of these multimillion-dollar transactions...
Are You Experienced?
May 1, 2000, Steve McGowan
Welcome to the Experience Economy. The traditional retail design philosophy has changed. It's no longer about an architect, a designer and a client. Today's...
Experience Retail
Jan 1, 2000, Vicki Phillips
SCW: The mix of entertainment and retail: a passing fad?Paul Jacob: First, let's define what we mean by the mixture of entertainment and retail. I think...
21 Voices of the 21st century
Dec 1, 1999, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
DOES THE YEAR 2000 signal the end of the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st century? We'll let the purists argue that one; in the meantime, we've...
ICSC Mulls Tech Trends, Global Markets
Nov 1, 1999, Vicki Phillips
Like the surprise snow that fell on Denver during ICSC's recent Fall Management & Marketing Conference, technology topics unexpectedly blanketed the proceedings....
1999 ICSC Convention Reflections
Jul 1, 1999, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
On Feb. 24-27, 1958, 122 people met in New York for the first ICSC convention. The 29,289 attendees at this year's convention engaged in more activities,...
1999 ICSC Convention Reflections
Jul 1, 1999, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
Another ICSC Spring Convention has come and gone. Each spring the convention blows in like a sand storm, speeds everything up and blows out again. After...
Better Days On The Horizon
Feb 1, 1999, Helene Berlin
Gary J. Skoien saw the handwriting on the mall, so to speak. As CEO of the newly launched Horizon Group Properties (HGP), Skoien knew strategic changes...
1999 Industry Forecast
Dec 1, 1998, Matt Valley
Ever-evolving but always resilient, the shopping center industry finds itself facing several challenges as the sun begins to set on the millennium: the...
Retailers Cast Holiday Predictions
Nov 1, 1998, Vicki Phillips
Perhaps reacting to the retail industry's softening sales in August, respondents to Shopping Center World's fourth annual holiday forecast are not quite...
Growing Proffitt's
May 1, 1998, Alison Gillespie
Less than two years ago, Proffitt's chairman and CEO Brad Martin said he hoped to grow his retail enterprise to $3 billion by the end of the decade.But...
Apparel Retailers Brace For The Ride
Mar 1, 1998, Martin Sinderman
More dips and crests are likely this year in the apparel marketplace.After enduring what one analyst refers to as "a year of ups and downs" in 1997, the...
Department Stores Ride The Wave
Jan 1, 1998, Martin Sinderman
Many department store chains have weathered rough surf and are ready for smooth sailing ahead.After a slew of restructuring, bankruptcies and general...
A trojan welcome at FAO Schwarz Las Vegas
Nov 1, 1997, John McCloud
Making a splash in Las Vegas is no easy task. With erupting volcanoes, dueling pirates and now the entire city of New York splayed out along the city's...
