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May 18, 2012
River Drive Construction completes Sea Girt Square redevelopment

River Drive Construction Co. said it has completed the re-development of the 44,000-sq.-ft. Sea Girt Square retail center, on behalf of Gottesman Real Estate Partners.

May 17, 2012
Foot Locker names COO

Foot Locker Inc. said Thursday that current executive VP and retail group president Richard Johnson as been promoted to COO, giving the company veteran operational oversight of all the retailer’s banners. The appointment is effective immediately.

May 17, 2012
Silver Jeans Co. to expand U.S. store presence, names head of retail

Canadian denim company Silver Jeans Co. said it will expand its branded stores in the United States, and has created a new retail division to execute the strategy.

May 16, 2012
RECON 2012: An interview with DLC Management Corp.

As part of Chain Store Age’s lead-up coverage to RECon 2012, to be held May 20-23 in Las Vegas, we talked with DLC’s Daniel Taub about what his expectations are for the big real estate show. Visit DLC’s booth at RECon, Upper South Hall, S2235.

May 15, 2012
Report: April retail sales rise at slowest pace of 2012

A report by the Commerce Department showed that U.S. retail sales during the month of April edged up 0.1%, following a 0.7% gain in March and marking the smallest rise of the year so far.

May 15, 2012
The changing face of the convention

This is not your father’s (or my father’s) RECon. True, the conference wasn’t called that back then, but it is clear to me that this influential annual event is evolving.

May 14, 2012
ATCO acquires California Whole Foods outpost

Manhattan-based ATCO Properties & Management said it has acquired a Whole Foods retail location in Mill Valley, Calif., for $17.3 million.

May 14, 2012
Buxton to launch SCOUT 3.0 at ICSC RECon

Customer analytics firm Buxton announced it will officially launch the latest version of its real estate and analytics platform at the International Council of Shopping Centers RECon show in Las Vegas later this month.

May 14, 2012
Harris survey ranks Kohl’s, Nordstrom, Target and Walgreens highest in their categories

Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Target ranked first in their categories in a new survey by Harris Interactive The 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend (EQ) study surveyed Americans about brands across several retail segments, revealing which brands prompted them to open their hearts—and consequently—their pocketbooks.

May 14, 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle awarded assignments for retail centers in Florida

Jones Lang LaSalle announced that it was selected for two retail assignments in Florida: management and leasing for the Galleria at Fort Lauderdale in Ft. Lauderdale and management for Vero Beach Outlets in Vero Beach.

May 14, 2012
RECon 2012: Expectations on the rise

As retail real estate professionals from around the world prepare for the annual RECon convention in Las Vegas, it seems pretty clear to me that the anticipation for this year’s event is on the rise.

May 14, 2012
Sabre arranges 20,000 sq. ft. of retail leases

Sabre Real Estate Group said it has arranged five retail leases on Long Island totaling almost 20,000 sq. ft.

May 14, 2012
Walgreens launches retail job training program for people with disabilities

Walgreens launched its national Retail Employees with Disabilities Initiative, an in-store training program designed to help people with disabilities gain retail and customer service skills that works closely with community organizations and vocational rehabilitation agencies to train and develop candidates.

May 9, 2012
ComScore: Online spending increases 17% to $44.3 billion in Q1

Online U.S. retail spending reached $44.3 billion in first quarter 2012, up 17% versus a year ago, according to comScore’s Q1 2012 Retail survey.

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 9, 2012
Superdry USA opens 14,000-sq.-ft. store in Times Square

British lifestyle brand Superdry USA on May 9 debuted its largest North American retail destination to date, a two-story, 14,000-sq-ft. store in New York City's Times Square.

May 8, 2012
Study: Retail employee turnover increasing

Management consulting firm Hay Group reported that employee turnover levels in the retail industry are on the rise.

May 7, 2012
DEB Shops selects Cassidy Turley for project management

St. Louis Real estate services provider Cassidy Turley announced that its retail corporate services team has been awarded project management services for DEB Shops new and remodeled stores throughout the United States.

May 7, 2012
Increases in retail container traffic expected through back-to-school season

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports will be flat in May compared with the same month last year, but is expected to see solid year-over-year increases through this summer and the back-to-school season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

May 7, 2012
The new rules of department store reinvention

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

May 2, 2012
Charming Shoppes and Collective Brands are acquired

The retail industry is still assessing the impact of two major deals that occurred within 24 hours of each other.

May 2, 2012
Kroger breaks ground at Griffin Pavilion

The Kroger Co. and Collins & Arnold said they have broken ground on Phase II of Griffin Pavilion, a retail development located in Griffin, Ga., and developed by The Sofran Group.

May 2, 2012
Microsoft/Barnes & Noble Joint Venture: Winning proposition for both companies

On Monday, Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership in a new unnamed Barnes & Noble subsidiary that, for the time being, is being identified as Newco. Here some comments from retail consultant Maggie Gilliam (Gilliam Insights) on the new venture:

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.

May 1, 2012
Goodwill sector selects Epicor to support non-profit retail operations

Epicor Software Corp. said Tuesday that Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin has selected the Epicor suite of retail solutions to support its growing retail operations.

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