Girlshop Hunts More Stores
May 1, 2005, Peter Hochstein
Girlshop.com, the trendy Internet boutique that opened its first store a 1,200-square-foot store in New York's newly fashionable Meatpacking District...
Hungry for New Restaurants
May 1, 2005, By James Murdock
Parlez vous Franais? Oui? Good, because it could be the new language of shopping center restaurant cuisine. French bashing, so popular just a short time...
Mind the Gap
May 1, 2005
Gap Inc. revealed the name of its awaited fourth concept: Forth & Towne. The new chain, which joins Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy in Gap's family...
The Rising Dollar
May 1, 2005, By David Koch
Doron Valero, president of Equity One Inc., knew he had a problem. Two shopping centers in his portfolio were losing Kmarts while Winn-Dixie was pulling...
What's Hot in Ice Cream?
May 1, 2005, By Bob Hirschfeld
On an unusually cold spring evening, chilled customers queued up on New York's 42nd Street to pay $5 or more for a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream confection....
Branding Bigelow
Apr 1, 2005, Patricia L. Kirk
Limited Brands will decide the fate of its Bigelow beauty and personal care retail store concept this month, following two years of test driving a specialty...
Sears New Format Is Essential To Kmart Absorption
Feb 10, 2005
After months of speculation about following November's $11 billion Kmart/Sears merger, Sears on Monday launched a new format called Sears Essential, which it says will combine the best of both stores. ...
Ink Filling Station
Feb 1, 2005, Patricia Kirk
Australia-based Cartridge World, an after-market ink-jet and toner franchise, is setting up shop across the U.S., in hopes of grabbing a larger slice...
Wal-Mart Bulks Up China Expansion Strategy
Jan 20, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has teamed with CITIC Pacific Co. Ltd to ramp up its expansion plans in China. Wal-Mart will open hundreds of stores there in the next five years with backing from its Hong Kong-based partner. ...
Swoozie's Envisions a Bright Future
Dec 1, 2004, Renée DeGross
Swoozie's: Call it a Hip Hallmark. From the tangerine and fuschia dcor to the whimsical selection of cards and gifts (Hawaiian-themed party wares, for...
