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...
Department Stores Down And Out
Aug 6, 2003
You've heard it before, but now there's startling new data on the rise of the off-the-mall discounter. According to a study conducted by retail consultant...
MALE CALL
Aug 1, 2003, Beth Karlin
For years, menswear retailers watched helplessly as sales declined. Between dress-down workplace dress codes and the male aversion to recreational shopping,...
Grocers to get tough with unions
Jul 9, 2003, Brannon Boswell
In the next few weeks, U.S. grocery chains will begin renegotiating key labor union contracts. Albertson's, Kroger and Safeway are expected to get tough...
SuperValu to buy Dominick's for $480 million, reports say
Jul 2, 2003, Brannon Boswell
SuperValu will soon be the owner of troubled Chicago grocery chain Dominick's, according to this weekend's Crain's Chicago Business, which cited unnamed...
BIG GROCERS THINK SMALL
Jul 1, 2003, By Curt Hazlett
Wouldn't convenience stores be even more convenient — and profitable — if they sold the same high-quality perishables found in full-size stores? And wouldn't...
LOW PRICES GET TALLER: Wal-Mart grows up(ward) in Hawaii.
Jun 1, 2003
Hawaii is no stranger to Wal-Mart: This idyll of rainforests and killer curls is already home to six of the big boxes. To break into downtown Honolulu,...
No More Regional Brands For Federated; Retailer Makes Macy's A National Chain
May 25, 2003, By Brannon Boswell
It started in the south with Rich's-Macy's. Now, Federated Department Stores is converting all of its regional brands to the Macy's moniker from coast...
