For Eyes Focuses on Thrifty Consumers and Baby Boomers in Expansion Efforts
Jun 24, 2009, By Lauren Shepherd
For retailers that focus on low prices and convenience, the sputtering economy has opened doors—literally...
7-Eleven Poised to Take Bigger Gulp of North American Market (6/24)
Jun 24, 2009, By Lauren Shepherd
Each month, Site Optimizer will discuss industry trends - most importantly, leasing issues - with experts in the retail real estate industry...
June News Roundup (6/24)
Jun 24, 2009
Here is a roundup of the major news and notes for the Site Optimizer community from the past 30 days...
Site Analytics Helps Retailers Look at the Big Picture (5/13)
May 13, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
The U.S. retail landscape is littered with chains that seemed to have found the winning formula a few years ago only to end up closing hundreds of stores in recent months...
May News Roundup (5/13)
May 13, 2009
Retail sales in April fell 0.4 percent (±0.5%) from March and were 10.1 percent below April 2008—a worse drop that analysts had expected...
Batteries Plus Powers Up Demand in Small Town America (5/13)
May 13, 2009, By Lauren Shepherd
Even as some retailers cut back on opening new stores and building out new concepts, battery retailer Batteries Plus is expanding to small-town America...
Project Storefront
May 1, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
The current downturn has rolled the dice in favor of smaller, local start-ups. So much so, in fact, that Washington, D.C.-based developer Madison Marquette is willing to pay aspiring entrepreneurs to develop a successful retail business to occupy its properties...
Value Engineering
May 1, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Retailers respond to shift in consumer spending by beefing up discounts...
Catching Up With the King (4/16)
Apr 15, 2009
We spoke with Chuck Fallon, the president for North America at Burger King Corp., who explains how the home of the Whopper has been able to keep growing despite, or possibly partly because of, the bad market...
April News Roundup (4/16)
Apr 15, 2009
Same-store sales in March fell 2.1 percent according to ICSC. Retail Forward, meanwhile, reported same-store sales were down 0.8 percent...
