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....
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...
The Luxury Effect
May 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Out of nowhere in the summer of 2002, you couldn't walk down the street in both cities and suburbs without tripping over a young mother pushing her baby in a luxurious $800 Dutch-manufactured Bugaboo stroller festooned with fancy accessories...
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...
Too Big for a Box
Feb 1, 2007, By Riccardo A. Davis
During the holiday season the ads were inescapable and the content a bit befuddling. There was Staples, not just hawking its office wares, but imploring people to come in for all their holiday shopping needs, including digital cameras, televisions and other products that would be hard to classify as office supplies...
Baskin in the Glow
Nov 1, 2006, Elaine Misonzhnik
With the growing popularity of so-called super premium ice cream chains like Cold Stone Creamery, Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's, more established chains like Hagen-Dazs and Baskin-Robbins are being forced to adapt. ...
Uniqlo Takes New York
Jul 1, 2006
Japanese giant Uniqlo, is preparing to make a splash in the U.S. in a big way as it prepares to open its largest store in the world this September in...
Conceptual Art
Jun 1, 2006, By Michael Ware
Established retailers are flooding the market with new ideas...
Bench Press
May 1, 2006, Patricia Kirk
Niche clothing brand moves into a Philippine neighborhood in California...
