Finance & Capital Management

Retailers across the country are looking for ways to improve their HVAC systems and internal air quality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Best Buy is committing more than $44 million to a five-year plan focused on staffing diversity and inclusion along with community efforts. 

We spent some time with Excess Space Retail Services’ president, Michael Wiener, to lay out what opportunities now present themselves to retail chains.

GameStop took a sales hit in the third quarter but expects positive comparable store sales and profitability in the fourth quarter amid demand for the highly anticipated release of new game consoles. 

Ascena Retail Group has received bankruptcy court approval to sell its Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant and other brands to Sycamore Partners.

Casey’s General Stores reported better-than-expected second-quarter sales amid strong inside-store and fuel sales.

Foot Locker Inc. has adopted a short-term shareholder rights plan after a private equity firm controlled by a Czech billionaire upped his stake.

Amazon will open a fulfillment center in Missouri City, Texas, in 2021.

Francesca’s Holdings Corp. is planning to close more stores on top of the 137 locations it closed prior to filing for bankruptcy. 

Through the pandemic and a Chapter 11 restructuring, one of the nation’s largest owners of regional malls reports that it put tenants in 1.4 million sq. ft. of newly leased space as it attempts to transform its portfolio into suburban town centers.