Tesco's Landing Plans
Oct 1, 2007
Tesco, the third largest retailer in the world, clarified its plans for penetrating the U.S. market. The company plans to aggressively roll out its U.S....
A Swiftly Tilting Palate
Oct 1, 2007, By Lauren Shepherd
With the restaurant industry expected to take in record sales this year of $537 billion, food concepts from upscale to casual...
Net Connection
Sep 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
In a bid to provide a more convenient shopping experience for its customers (and lift its sagging sales), electronics retailer Circuit City Stores, Inc....
Fostering New Concepts
Aug 1, 2007, Riccardo A. Davis
As one retailer after another seems to fall in the private equity buyout wave that has swept through the industry the past three years, one former big...
New Venture Capital Fund Targets Niche Retail
Jul 11, 2007
As one retailer after another seems to fall in the private equity buyout wave that has swept through the industry the past three years, one former big box executive has lined up $300 million in venture capital funds to foster the growth of a slew of new chains....
EXPERT Q&A: Setting Up Shop
Jun 1, 2007, Michael Tesler
Retail Traffic: How does today rate as a time for developing new concepts? Is there demand for new retail? Tesler: It's very dangerous to answer a question that broad. If you've got all your stuff together, if you have the right concept at the right time in the right place with the right customer, it is a good time....
Locked And Loaded
Jun 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Cashmere for toddlers, handmade lotions and soaps from an agricultural cooperative in northern Israel and tuxedos for Gen-Y males are just a few of the new products retailers are designing new concepts around....
Wal-Mart: Still Growing After All These Years
May 1, 2007, By Meg Richards
When Wal-Mart sneezes, the whole world gets wet. Sluggish sales growth at the retail giant's domestic stores has fueled questions about everything from its merchandising mix to its expansion strategy...
Room To Grow
May 1, 2007
If it had to, Target Corp. could parallel park a store in Manhattan. The discount retailer has an affinity for shoehorning its stores into some tight places in urban markets. ...
Dinner and a Movie
May 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The old conception of a night at the movies has died. Digital downloads, video on demand and DVD rent-by-mail combined with increasingly theater-like home-entertainment setups are leading more customers to think twice before plopping down $10 for tickets...
