What's Hot in Ice Cream?
May 1, 2005, By Bob Hirschfeld
On an unusually cold spring evening, chilled customers queued up on New York's 42nd Street to pay $5 or more for a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream confection....
Branding Bigelow
Apr 1, 2005, Patricia L. Kirk
Limited Brands will decide the fate of its Bigelow beauty and personal care retail store concept this month, following two years of test driving a specialty...
Sears New Format Is Essential To Kmart Absorption
Feb 10, 2005
After months of speculation about following November's $11 billion Kmart/Sears merger, Sears on Monday launched a new format called Sears Essential, which it says will combine the best of both stores. ...
Ink Filling Station
Feb 1, 2005, Patricia Kirk
Australia-based Cartridge World, an after-market ink-jet and toner franchise, is setting up shop across the U.S., in hopes of grabbing a larger slice...
Wal-Mart Bulks Up China Expansion Strategy
Jan 20, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has teamed with CITIC Pacific Co. Ltd to ramp up its expansion plans in China. Wal-Mart will open hundreds of stores there in the next five years with backing from its Hong Kong-based partner. ...
Swoozie's Envisions a Bright Future
Dec 1, 2004, Renée DeGross
Swoozie's: Call it a Hip Hallmark. From the tangerine and fuschia dcor to the whimsical selection of cards and gifts (Hawaiian-themed party wares, for...
IKEA HEADS TO NYC
Nov 1, 2004, Molly Knight
In its quest to make its moderately priced furniture more readily available to apartment dwelling Manhattanites, IKEA recently got approval from a New...
Levenger Puts Down Roots
Nov 1, 2004, Beth Karlin
Steve and Lori Leveen began simply enough. One night, while both were reading in a dimly lit room, they made an age-old and old-age request: Let there...
Feeling the Pinch: Wal-Mart's expansion could hurt supermarkets
Oct 6, 2004, By David Koch
With a 55 million-square-foot expansion announced, Wal-Mart is set to squeeze supermarkets further. Stores in strip malls have plenty to worry about with the world's largest retailer's plans renovation and expansion of existing stores and the addition of about 125 to 185 stores nationwide, according to industry watchers ...
Payless Gives the Boot to Parade
Oct 1, 2004, David Koch
To increase profitability and focus on its core business, shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource is kicking out its higher-priced Parade stores by the end of...
