Retailing: Operations
Retail operations and merchandising information for retailers, stores, malls and shopping centers.
Private Equity Racks Up Checkered Record in Retail Buyouts (6/29)
Jun 29, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), the legendary New York City-based private equity player, purchased the discount retailer Dollar General for $7.3 billion in July of 2007, the deal hardly made waves...
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...
Mapping Analytics Charts New Territory For Landlords (6/24)
Jun 24, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the retail real estate industry struggles with a severe downturn, industry insiders have been repeating the comforting adage that challenging times can breed new opportunities...
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...
Value Engineering
May 1, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Retailers respond to shift in consumer spending by beefing up discounts...
What Retailers Should Do Now
May 1, 2009, By Charles Wetzel, President and COO, Buxton
Retailers should examine portfolios to G.R.O.W. revenues...
Finish Line Seeks Gold in Spite of Real Estate Downturn (4/16)
Apr 15, 2009, By Lauren Shepherd
The sporting goods retailer renegotiates leases and cuts costs to prepare for a turnaround...
Silver Linings of the Month
Apr 1, 2009
The Commerce Department's figures for February came in better than expected. Sales fell 0.1 percent from February-less than what analysts had predicted...
Making a Comeback
Apr 1, 2009, By Denise Kalette
Linens 'n Things retail stores disappeared from shopping centers coast to coast after the chain went bankrupt and liquidated its stock...
Ackman's Board Pushes
Apr 1, 2009
William Ackman has had a rough go of it with some of his investments particularly a $2 billion bet on Target Corp. that's lost 90 percent of its value...
