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May 7, 2013
Wrap-up coverage of Chain Store Age's 49th annual SPECS
Store Development and Facilities

Store development and facilities professionals from some of the nation's biggest retail and restaurant chains gathered in Dallas to attend Chain Store Age's 49th annual SPECS Conference, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. The event attracted professionals involved in the design, planning, and construction of stores and restaurants, along with those in facilities management.

May 2, 2013
Study: Marketing's influence in retail IT decisions growing sharply

The bond is growing stronger between retailers' marketing and IT departments, and investments and activity in marketing-related IT projects are on the rise, according to a new study from EKN.

April 25, 2013
Max-Wellness to open new Mini-Max store format

Max-Wellness will debut its new format, Mini-Max, in Moorings Park, a premier upscale retirement community in Naples, Fla.

April 2, 2013
SPECS wraps up 49th annual show; partners with RetailROI

Store development and facilities professionals from some of the nation’s biggest retail and restaurant chains gathered in Dallas, Texas, to attend Chain Store Age’s 49th annual SPECS Conference, March 17-20, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.

March 11, 2013
Don’t Miss Out! Register today for SPECS (March 17 -20, Dallas)

Network with peers from leading retail and restaurant companies at SPECS, the industry’s premier store development and facilities event.

November 29, 2012
Tanger and Peterson Companies break ground on Tanger Outlets National Harbor

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and Peterson Companies announced that construction has commenced on Tanger Outlets National Harbor, located in the National Harbor, the Washington, D.C., area's premier waterfront resort destination.

October 19, 2012
Modell’s CEO Mitchell Modell in season premier of ‘Undercover Boss’

Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell’s Sporting Goods, will be featured on the upcoming season premier of the Emmy Award-winning reality series “Undercover Boss.”

May 24, 2012
CNBC to air documentary on Mickey Drexler

J. Crew CEO Milliard “Mickey” Drexler is the subject of a CNBC documentary that will premier Thursday, May 24 at 10 p.m., ET, with a re-air at 1 a.m., ET.

May 14, 2012
Australian brand Lorna Jane set to open second U.S. Location

Lorna Jane, the premier Australian activewear brand for women, will open its second U.S. location, in Marina del Rey, Calif., this month.

May 3, 2012
Von Maur to debut redesigned lingerie department

Von Maur Department Store will premier its newly redesigned lingerie department at its soon-to-be-opened location at Atlanta's Perimeter Mall.

April 16, 2012
Canada: Open for Business

From Target Corp. and Big Lots to J. Crew and Express, the list of U.S. retailers expanding into Canada or scouting locations north of the border seems to grow longer every day. With its growing population, enthusiasm for U.S. brands, relatively underserved market and stable, resilient economy, Canada has become a land of opportunity— and a potentially important profit center — for American retailers. In fact, more U.S.

February 22, 2012
SPECS Countdown

Don’t miss out! Register now for Chain Store’s Age’s 48th annual SPECS Conference, held March 4-7, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Fla. The industry’s premier retail store development and facilities event, SPECS combines a targeted and comprehensive educational program with a dynamic exhibit floor. For more information and to register for the event, click here.

February 5, 2012
Register now for SPECS 2012

Chain Store Age’s 48th annual SPECS Conference will be held March 4-7, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Fla.

January 12, 2012
CBL and Horizon Group to develop Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL & Associates Properties and Norton Shores, Mich.-based Horizon Group Properties announced a 75/25 joint venture to develop The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta in Atlanta (Woodstock), Ga.

November 7, 2011
Coldwater Creek, Buckle open at Premier Centre

Covington, La.-based Stirling Properties said that Coldwater Creek and Buckle have opened at Premier Centre, a 295,000-sq.-ft. grocery-anchored center in Mandeville, La.

November 7, 2011
Glendale Galleria, Glendale, Calif.

When a major mall wants to create a stir, adding a premier department store retailer such as Bloomingdale’s will usually do the trick.

In early November, Chicago-based General Growth Properties announced that it will add Bloomies as an anchor to its Glendale Galleria property, in Glendale, Calif. As well, said GGP, the center will undergo an expansive renovation, incorporating aesthetic updates to both the interior and exterior of the property.

November 7, 2011
Polaris Fashion Place turns 10

Chain Store Age talked with Michael Glimcher, president and CEO of Glimcher Realty Trust, about Polaris Fashion Place and how it has stood the test of time.

October 31, 2011
Dick’s Sporting Goods announces store openings

Dick's Sporting Goods will officially mark its entry into the state of Oklahoma on Nov. 2, with the opening of two stores in Tulsa. and one store in Broken Arrow.

October 24, 2011
Ultra Diamonds Sparkles

Ultra Diamonds has unveiled a contemporary prototype that provides the ideal home for its sparkling merchandise. The design showcases the breadth and diversity of the jewelry retailer’s assortment, while putting a stylish new spin on the space.


“It also makes the environment more inviting and accessible,” said Gordon Eason, creative director, JGA, Southfield, Mich. 


July 29, 2011
Gap opening first Gap flagship in Rome

Gap said Friday that it will debut its first Gap flagship store in Rome on Via del Corso, the city’s premier shopping district, on July 30.

June 20, 2011
Hot Retailers

A women’s lifestyle apparel brand born on the Web, a fast-growing burger eatery, a discount German supermarket chain and a homegrown watchmaker are the 2011 recipients of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ Hot Retailers awards. 


May 9, 2011
American Dream will be world’s largest retail/entertainment complex

Triple Five on Monday gave more information on its plans to transform the controversial and long-delayed Xanadu project in New Jersey’s Meadowlands Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, into what it promises will be “the world's largest and premier tourism, entertainment and retail destination, eventually reaching 7.5 million sq. ft.”

March 25, 2011
SPECS 2011 puts focus on business partnering and networking

Spirits were up, and so was attendance, dramatically so, among both the show’s attendees and exhibitors.

March 7, 2011
Charmed Concept

Charming Charlie took a simple idea — arranging merchandise by color — and has parlayed it into a burgeoning fashion accessories retail empire, recognized in 2010 by the International Council of Shopping Centers as one of its premier “hot concepts.”

March 7, 2011
Real Estate’s Darling


It isn’t just the grocery-anchored centers that star in today’s retail shopping center format playbill. Sharing the spotlight — and overshadowing the struggling big-box centers — are open-air extensions to enclosed malls, hybrid outdoor centers that feature a mix of power and lifestyle tenants, and town center projects that incorporate a mix of uses from residential and office to hotel and medical.


What gives these formats their edge is the strength of the tenant lineup. And there is no denying the power that supermarkets wield.


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