How's It Going?
May 1, 2007
The biggest red flag is the crashing housing market, but in spite of that, GDP is projected to continue growing in 2007 and 2008. ...
Waiting To Deal
May 1, 2007
Are private equity buyers finally growing weary of retail takeouts? Coming off a record year in 2006, when private equity buyouts of retail operations reached more than $55 billion...
Dinner and a Movie
May 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The old conception of a night at the movies has died. Digital downloads, video on demand and DVD rent-by-mail combined with increasingly theater-like home-entertainment setups are leading more customers to think twice before plopping down $10 for tickets...
Eat at Macy's
May 1, 2007
Macy's is planning to introduce its own brand of quick-serve eateries and restaurants at several Florida properties. it is working with chefs like Wolfgang Puck and Todd English to open several Macy's Taste Bars in eight stores...
Stores for Sale for a Limited Time Only
Apr 26, 2007
Women's apparel stalwart Limited Brands, Inc. has something new for sale: two of its sagging brands, Limited and Express...
“Movie Eateries” Provide An Upscale Remake to Sagging Cinemas
Apr 12, 2007
Digital downloads, video on demand and DVD rent-by-mail combined with increasingly theater-like home-entertainment setups are leading more customers to think twice before plopping down $10 for tickets...
Housing Blues
Apr 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The outlook for retail just got a little cloudier. The one-two punch of the meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage market coupled with slower-than-expected retail sales growth has some economists wondering where the retail sector is going....
No Sweat
Apr 1, 2007, David Bodamer
You'd think that Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.'s proposed $7.3-billion acquisition of Dollar General Corp. the second largest leveraged buyout in retail since 2004 would have a potentially huge impact on strip center REITs...
Stores Open For Business
Apr 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
After the holiday sales are over and year-end earnings tallied, veterans of retail real estate brace for the first-quarter fallout. This is the time of year when retailers that didn't hit their targets announce bankruptcies and store closings....
Sub-prime Meltdown Could be Worrisome for Retail Sector
Mar 21, 2007
The outlook for retail just got a little cloudier. The one-two punch of the meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage market coupled with slower-than expected retail sales growth has some economists wondering where the retail sector is going...
