Say Hola to Hispanic Customers
May 1, 2004, Michael A. Pollack
Last year, Hispanic purchasing power in the United States reached nearly $600 billion an 11 percent increase over 2002s estimated $540 billion. Studies...
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...
On The Bright Side
Apr 1, 2004
Art Coppola, CEO of The Macerich Co., has expressed a desire to recapture the Mervyn's space in his company's portfolio, saying he sees upside potential...
SHAKEUP
Apr 1, 2004, Marc Hequet
Landlords are bracing for Target Corp.'s possible sale of Marshall Field's and Mervyn's, which could bring the retailer a total of $4 billion. It could...
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...
GONE WITH THE WINN
Mar 1, 2004, Renée DeGross
Wal-Mart may be preparing to take a bite out of Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocer Winn-Dixie and its trough of Southeastern stores now that the 1,070-unit...
Torn Between Two Rivals
Mar 1, 2004, Brannon Boswell
Last month in Orange County Supreme Court, The Wet Seal sued Greg Scott, former president of the company's upscale Arden B. division, after he become...
Tourist Traps
Mar 1, 2004
Watch out big-box sporting goods stores. Tourist-attracting rivals Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops are garnering government tax incentives and subsidies to...
RETAIL FACE OFF: Good Sports
Mar 1, 2004
The fragmented $46 billion sporting goods market, still dominated by mom and pops, is coming out of a seven-year slump. For now, the Sports Authority...
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...
RETAIL FACE OFF: Technological Warfare
Feb 1, 2004
2004 should be big for consumer electronics retailers. Analysts predict it will be the year that high-definition television becomes affordable to the...
Zandl's Zeitgeist
Feb 1, 2004, Peter Hochstein
While $15,000 a year sounds pricey for a subscription to a bimonthly newsletter, many companies with customers aged eight to 24 consider Irma Zandl's...
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...
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...
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. ...
Black Friday A Turkey, But Christmas Still Looks Rosy
Dec 3, 2003
U.S. newspapers ran stories trumpeting shopping frenzies the day after Thanksgiving, including a Wal-Mart melee that left one shopper flat on the floor...
RETAIL FACE OFF: Battle Of The Baubles
Dec 1, 2003
In a market that grew only 3 percent last year, specialty jewelry chains are fighting to win business from independent jewelers, a fast-dying breed, and...
Out With the Old, In With the New
Dec 1, 2003, Patricia Kirk
Most retailers are bidding a fond farewell to 2003, which they hope will go down in history as a transition from bad times to good. They're also embracing...
Black Friday Sales Total $7.2 Billion
Nov 29, 2003, Melody Vargas
The 2003 holiday retail season got off to a strong start on Black Friday, according to the ShopperTrak National Retail Sales Estimate (NRSE). Sales for...
All About Holiday Shopping 2003
Nov 26, 2003
Black Friday is nigh, and retailers are assuming their positions to capture the most holiday dollars possible. SG Cowen's annual holiday shopping survey...
FAO flameout won't burn landlords
Nov 12, 2003, Brannon Boswell
FAO Inc. could be gone by the new year, but Wall Street analysts say landlords aren't fretting. In total, the chain's existing in-line stores only amount...
RETAIL FACE OFF: Home Sweet Home
Nov 1, 2003
Household accessories and dcor sales topped $78 billion last year, and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey equity research predicts mid- to high-single-digit growth...
Dreams Of A Green Holiday
Nov 1, 2003
Look for a 7 percent rise in sales in the November to January period this year, in large part due to shoppers treating themselves to presents. So said...
