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The Counselors of Real Estate: Top Ten Issues Affecting the Real Estate Industry By The Registry.com  (CHICAGO) – July 10, 2012 – As the condition of the global economy continues […]

By Elaine Misonzhnik, Senior Associate Editor National Real Estate Investor Retail property owners in the Northeast seem to have fared better in the eye of the storm than their counterparts […]

By Katherine Field Boccaccio RetailingToday.com November 13, 2012 Chicago — ShopperTrak released a forecast on Tuesday that indicates certain days during the holiday shopping season will be quieter than others. […]

By Craig Shearman, VP, Government Affairs PR | After $6 billion in campaign spending and a barrage of political ads in an election that hinged largely on jobs and the […]

by David Orgel Viewpoints for Supermarket News Katrina. Ike. Irene. Now we can add Sandy to the list of recent storms that have devastated sections of the U.S. Each one […]

Health insurers adding ‘pop-up’ stores to malls, shopping centers By Christopher Snobeck Pioneer Press / Twincities.com The mall is becoming a hangout for insurance agents. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Bloomington-based […]

Retailers Appear Optimistic About Christmas Sales Henry Schlesinger for Vending Times October 18, 2012 WASHINGTON — Some recent predictions for Christmas sales this year say there will be a modest […]

By Karl Greenberg for Marketing Daily Retail is going postmodern. No, you won’t be seeing installation art at Walmart any time soon. In fact, you won’t be seeing Walmart itself […]

By Carrie Rossenfeld for Globe St. WALNUT CREEK, CA-It used to be that department-store and big-box retailers ruled the shopping-center arena, but these days retailers of much smaller size are calling […]

By Joe Keenan In his opening keynote presentation at the Shop.org Annual Summit in Denver, Jerry Storch , chairman and CEO of Toys”R”Us, stated his case why brick-and-mortar stores still play […]

By Tara Irwin –   MarketingDaily Sales of prepared foods and ready-to-eat foods at retail will reach $32.45 billion in 2012, up 7.5% from 2011, according to Packaged Facts. The prepared […]

Food markets are warmly received by shopping centers eager to fill vacancies, add foot traffic in the aftermath of the recession By Tanya Mannes, The San Diego Union-Tribune For many […]

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SANTA CLARA, Calif. Nola Donato has seen the future of retail, and it is in a Magic Mirror. The Intel scientist has designed a high-tech […]

By Jack Loechner, Research Brief According to a new Whitepaper from Nielsen, What’ In Store, In-Store For U.S. Retail In 2016, presented by Todd Hale, Senior Vice President, Consumer & Shopper […]