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...
Milk, Bread, EggsShoes?
Aug 1, 2003
Payless is opening its first store-within-a-store, called Payless ShoeSource Express, inside an HEB supermarket in Laredo, Texas. The 700-square-foot...
Quick Change
Aug 1, 2003
Toasted-sub franchiser Quiznos is spending its own dough this year to pull a fast one on its customers. The Denver-based quick-service chain is rolling...
RETAIL FACE OFF: Drug Wars
Aug 1, 2003
Insurance providers are cutting prescription drug benefits, triggering a slowdown in retail pharmacy sales. So chains have to boost front-end sales of...
RETAIL FACE OFF: SANDBOX SCUFFLE
May 1, 2003
More than ever, penny-pinching parents are picking up kids clothes at discount stores and mass merchants. That leaves pricier children's specialty apparel...
