Teen Style-O-Meter
May 1, 2004
The coolest kids in high school are sporting duds from Abercrombie & Fitch and its offshoot Hollister this spring, according to Piper Jaffray's recent...
Bank On It
May 1, 2004, By Beth Mattson-Teig
As retailer bankruptcies rise, there's still one shopping center tenant category that remains free from credit risk: banks. In the past year, consumer...
Five Wishes For 2005
May 1, 2004
Maybe John Maynard Keynes had it right when he said the difficulty lies not in creating new ideas but escaping from old ones. Today's retail industry...
LVMH: Luxury's International Name
May 1, 2004, By Curt Hazlett
Recessions come and recessions go, but luxury never goes completely out of style, even if sales were subdued following the September 11 tragedy. Some...
RadioShack Strikes Out At Circuit City
May 1, 2004
Shortly after Circuit City announced plans to pay $284 million for Canadian electronics store operator InterTAN Inc., scrappy competitor Radio-Shack said...
Say Hola to Hispanic Customers
May 1, 2004, Michael A. Pollack
Last year, Hispanic purchasing power in the United States reached nearly $600 billion an 11 percent increase over 2002s estimated $540 billion. Studies...
Setting The Menu
Feb 1, 2004, By Joy Armstrong
Restaurants and retail complement one another like a fine red wine and a juicy steak. Just ask any mall owner who has watched droves of stuffed customers...
FASHION FORWARD
Nov 1, 2003, Beth Karlin
Luxury is back in style After a two-year drought, sales of designer brands at upscale stores are outpacing those of their cheaper counterparts. In September,...
Home Depot's Vertical Climb
Oct 1, 2003
Home Depot is moving on up to Manhattan. There's plenty of room for the retailer's sprawling prototype in less dense markets, but in the Big Apple, space...
All Dressed Up
Oct 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
Maybe they're bored with casual Fridays, or maybe their old threads are getting snug around the breadbasket. Whatever the reason, men are doing something...
