Stores

Stores Aim To Continue Shopping Momentum After Black Friday

Posted 11.27.2011

NEW YORK (Phil Wahba and Jessica Wohl) - U.S. retailers moved from the frenzied start of the holiday shopping season to the next phase on Saturday...

I'm Trapped In A Hollister And I Can't Get Out

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 12.27.2011

If you've ever shopped at junior's clothing store Hollister, you know that part of the store's ambience is its house-like interior. After you enter th...

15 Quirky Shopping Spots in Los Angeles

Trazzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Are you broke, a big-box store refugee, a militant recycler, a connoisseur of mom and pops, or just someone looking to outfit a home with something th...

The back-to-school rush

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011

Jim Gibbons

Summer is coming to an end, and we're already talking about shopping for the new school year at my house. When you have three kids, it seems like they...

Real Estate Financing for Businesses and the New Secondary Market Will Create Jobs but the Dybbuk is in the Details

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Chautin

A new secondary market for the U.S. Small Business Administration's 504 loan program is up and running.

Bloomingdale's Outlets: First To Open This Summer, More To Come

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Fashionistas who had to cut out the trips to Bloomie's during the recession can breathe a sigh of relief. Macy's Inc. said Thursday ...

You Don't Buy Clothes When You Get Foreclosed

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Lita Smith-Mines

My foray back into stores after a long, involuntary hiatus was disturbing. The parking spaces and aisles were vacant. I guess, when you lose your house to foreclosure, your closets go too.

Blockbuster Closings: Up To 960 Stores May Be Closed

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Blockbuster Inc. may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year, shedding more dead weight as the struggling video rent...

As Retailers Cut Back CIties Confront 'Ghostboxes'

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting c...

Madison Avenue's Shopping "Gold Coast" Finally Melts

New York Times | Terry Pristin | Posted 05.25.2011

After more than 30 years on Madison Avenue, the retailer E. Braun & Company is packing up its $3,500 hand-embroidered tablecloths and $2,390 bedding s...