A SALE-LEASEBACK DEAL FOR HOME DEPOT?
Jul 1, 2004
Home Depot is pondering a sale-leaseback of half of its 1,468 owned stores. The Atlanta-based chain currently owns 86 percent of its store real estate,...
A Slippery Slope For Wet Seal?
Jun 30, 2004
The Wet Seal Inc. could be on the verge of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move could allow the chain, which includes Arden B., Zutopia and Wet Seal stores, to immediately reject leases and stop paying rent on any of its unprofitable locations. ...
KNOCK IT OFF!
Jun 1, 2004, Joel Groover
Tees, knits and minis sporting the Abercrombie & Fitch logo were flying off the shelves at nine London stores earlier this year and Abercrombie officials...
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...
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...
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...
