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...
SPICE GIRL
Mar 1, 2004, Beth Karlin
The name Cinnamon Girl isn't known on the mainland, but it's one of the Hawaiian islands' most successful apparel chains. In nine years, it has opened...
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...
Wal-Mart Lite
Feb 1, 2004
Wal-Mart is testing a smaller-than-average Supercenter in Tampa, Fla., that could solve its market penetration problems in California, where stores larger...
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...
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...
Wal-Mart Reveals 2004 Expansion Plans
Oct 1, 2003
Developers, start your engines. The leading market-share-gaining retailer is gearing up for even more growth in 2004. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will add 50...
Dinner And A Movie
Sep 1, 2003
Quick-service pizza chain Sbarro will open 19 restaurants in National Amusements Inc.'s upscale cinemas by the end of the year. Sales exceeded expectations...
The European Invasion
Sep 1, 2003, Howard Riell
A fashion war is brewing, with European firms increasingly battling it out in the United States for trendy young Americans' business. The latest entry...
Watch Out For No. 3
Sep 1, 2003
Anna's Linens is known for the discount prices at its grand openings. So even before it unlocked the doors of its 100th store, bargain-hunters began lining...
