Is Liquidation the Next Step for Lord & Taylor?
Jun 28, 2006
The official word from NRDC Equity Partners, which agreed to buy Lord & Taylor for $1.2 billion last week, is that it will give the storied chain a badly needed makeover and move it back upscale. But, the word on the street in the retail business is that the joint venture between National Realty & Development Corp. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors is sure to dismantle the 48-store chain....
Chains Gang
Jun 1, 2006, By Jennifer Popovec
Top retailers are strong arming developers and landlords...
When Sales Fall
May 1, 2006, By Jennifer Popovec
If retail sales slump, there are alternatives for filling space in shopping centers...
Twilight of the Middle Class
May 1, 2006, By Anne Field
What happens when the customers who have defined the shopping center business face a future of diminishing expectations and shrinking economic power?...
Grocery Wars
Apr 1, 2006, By Meg Richards
The supermarket shakeout is creating a strong class of new alternative grocers...
Pop-Up Shop
Feb 1, 2006, By David Koch
This past November, Wired magazine pitched a pretend tent in a vacant storefront in New York's SoHo neighborhood to promote the latest in its advertisers'...
Private Eyes on Retail
Feb 1, 2006, David Bodamer
Private equity money continues to pour into the retail sector. In January alone, Sports Authority and Burlington Coat Factory were purchased by private...
Walgreens Goes Green
Feb 1, 2006
Drugstore chain Walgreens seems to be taking its name literally. The company recently reached a deal with ImaginIt Inc. to install solar electric systems...
Hot & Not in 2005
Dec 1, 2005
It was a year of mixing things up, of internationalism and Apple's continued revival. But it also witnessed troubles for video store chains and the withdrawal...
