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May 15, 2012
Macy’s to anchor new full-price wing at Gurnee Mills

Construction has begun on a 140,000-sq.-ft. full-line Macy’s that will anchor a new full-price wing at Gurnee Mills, in Gurnee, Ill.

May 15, 2012
Maxima selects Galleria for merchandising solution

Galleria Retail Technology Solutions said that Lithuanian retailer Maxima Grupe will use a range of Galleria solutions to automate and optimize its merchandising strategy.

May 9, 2012
Gap’s online Piperlime unit to open its first retail store

Online retailer Piperlime, a division of Gap Inc., will open its first retail store this fall, in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

May 8, 2012
Where’s the loyalty?

Has anyone else noticed that more and more consumers seem to be “cross-shopping” than ever before? I’m talking about those people who shop both the high-end luxury retailers and the discount or even dollar stores.

May 7, 2012
Industry Trends: C-store traffic up in first quarter

The mild winter weather across much of the country helped to offset the negative impact that rising gas prices traditionally have on convenience store visits, according to The NPD Group.

May 7, 2012
The new rules of department store reinvention

By Robin Lewis, The Robin Report and Michael Dart, Kurt Salmon

May 3, 2012
Study: Academy Sports + Outdoors has highest customer satisfaction rate and higher repurchase intent

Academy Sports + Outdoors, Katy, Texas, which operates 141 stores, ranks highest in customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Sporting Goods Retailer Satisfaction Report.

May 2, 2012
Raley’s expands space optimization capabilities with Adata

Aldata announced that Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, a California-based supermarket chain, has expanded its use of Aldata Space Automation to create and maintain category- to store-specific planograms for high-volume categories, and, in turn, enable broader vendor collaboration.

May 1, 2012
Federal Realty Celebrates a Half-Century in Retail

Chain Store Age senior editor Katherine Field Boccaccio sat down with Chris Weilminster, Federal Realty’s senior VP leasing and a 22-year veteran of the company, to talk about the industry in general and about Federal Realty’s 50-year perspective on retail.

April 26, 2012
Cold Aisle Syndrome: Refrigerated Cases With Doors Offer Shoppers Comfort and Save Energy Costs

By Sam Khalilieh, WD Partners

April 26, 2012
Sawgrass Mills to break ground on expansion

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group announced that Sawgrass Mills, the largest outlet, value retail and entertainment destination in the United States with more than 350 stores, will soon break ground on its newest phase of development to increase the footprint of The Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass Mills.

April 23, 2012
Von Maur expanding Dry Goods format

Von Maur Inc. will expand its women's specialty store concept, Dry Goods, with the opening of a 4,500-sq.-ft. location this fall at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park, Ill.

April 20, 2012
Winners in the Toshiba/IBM POS Deal

IBM’s decision to sell its Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business to Toshiba TEC was the most significant announcement in the retail point-of-sale industry in the last 10 years, according to industry analyst Greg Buzek, president, IHL Group, Franklin, Tenn.

April 19, 2012
Giant Eagle rolls out Galleria end-cap planogram solution

Supermarket retailer Giant Eagle said it has completed a rollout of Galleria's Promotional Display Optimization solution that allows the grocer to generate thousands of store-specific display plans on a daily basis.

April 17, 2012
Lead with Analytics

Recovery is a relative term when applied to retail real estate. It’s taken a couple of years of determined optimism, but most in the industry have now reconciled themselves to the realities of the new world order. A world where capital is cautiously invested and most retailers, even those that are opening new stores, have flattened growth rates. Gone are the days of expansive, unrestrained development — replaced instead by measured, deliberate decisions and a renewed focus on redevelopment, relocation and re-evaluation of portfolios.

April 17, 2012
Study: Most shoppers make impulse purchases

Research results released by The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research found that, despite a shopping list being a tool to stay on budget and eliminate unnecessary purchases, nine out of 10 shoppers still buy items not on their list.

April 16, 2012
Focus on: Operations

Given the escalating cost of fuel, conventional wisdom dictates the way to save money would be to schedule fewer miles. But this is not always the case, as witnessed by specialty retailer LifeWay Christian Resources, which found that more frequent deliveries translate to less cost across its retail enterprise.

LifeWay Christian Resources, which operates 170 stores throughout the nation, reinvented its distribution model — shifting from one consolidated truckload delivery per week to its stores to multiple UPS deliveries of smaller quantities.

April 9, 2012
Authorities break up multistate crime ring that targeted Home Depot

State and federal authorities in New Jersey broke up a multistate theft ring that stole merchandise from Home Depot Inc. stores by not ringing up all items at self-checkout counters, the Associated Press reported.

April 9, 2012
Report: U.S. strip-mall vacancy rate declines

The average vacancy rate at strip malls across the United States edged down for the first time in nearly seven years in the first quarter, falling to 10.9% from 11% in the prior quarter, according to preliminary data by real-estate research company Reis Inc., Reuters reported.

April 5, 2012
Pier 1 Q4 profit jumps; three-year growth plan includes store upgrades and tech investments

Pier 1 Imports Inc. said that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on increased store traffic and a one-time tax benefit that boosted its bottom line.

April 5, 2012
Warm weather gives apparel retailers and department stores a boost in March

Many apparel retailers and department stores registered solid gains in March, as an early spring brought out shoppers looking for seasonal merchandise earlier than they typically would.

April 4, 2012
Deloitte survey finds consumers more optimistic; looking to shop more at discount stores

More than half of consumers (67%) said they plan to spend the same or more at retailers than they did last year, a nine percentage point increase from last year, according to the 2012 Spring Consumer Pulse Survey by Deloitte.

April 3, 2012
American Express stops selling gift cards in New Jersey over ZIP code requirement

American Express Co. has become the first company to pull its gift cards from being sold in New Jersey drug stores, supermarkets and convenience stores in response to a controversial new revision in the state's unclaimed property law.

April 3, 2012
Saks Off Fifth to anchor two new outlet centers

Mall owner Simon Property Group said that Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th will anchor the company’s two new centers in development in its Premium Outlets division: Phoenix Premium Outlets and St. Louis Premium Outlets.

April 2, 2012
Retail Store of the Year 2012

Chain Store Age’s 30th annual Retail Store of The Year design competition attracted entries from around the globe, with Mexican department store company Liverpool taking top honors as Store of the Year for its location in Interlomas, Mexico. All the winning stores and restaurants are featured in this exclusive report.

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