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Corporate Governance

  • Build-A-Bear Workshop going out to sea

    Build-A-Bear Workshop is teaming up with one of the world’s leading cruse lines.   The retailer has entered into a partnership with Carnival Cruise Line to bring its retail-entertainment experience to the line's fleet.    The first Build-A-Bear Workshop At Sea will debut aboard Carnival Dream, and is expected to be in place aboard all 25 Carnival ships by summer 2017.    

  • Mandese named to direct Gainesville redevelopment

    Central Florida developer Butler Enterprises named Joey Mandese its director of development. He will oversee all elements — from design through construction--of the redevelopment of Butler Town Center, a Main Street-style, mixed-use complex going up in Gainesville.   Formerly the owner of a construction business in Gainesville, Mandese studied architecture for two years before earning a degree in building construction and the University of Florida.   

  • Passing of the baton at J.C. Penney

    Some three years after he returned to save J.C. Penney, industry veteran Myron E. (Mike) Ullman will retire from the company on Aug. 1.    Ullman is passing the reins of chairman of Penney’s board of directors to current CEO Marvin R. Ellison. The succession is in accordance with a transition plan the company outlined in 2014.  

  • Canadian Outerwear Brand Spreads its Wings

    Photo: Adam Ketcheson, VP marketing and business-to-consumer   A company named after the first reptile to develop the feather for flight is expanding its store portfolio.    Arc’teryx Equipment, a manufacturer and retailer of high-performance outdoor apparel and equipment, has opened a 2,300-sq.-ft. flagship in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. It is the company’s seventh fully-owned retail store in North America, with two more locations to open by yearend. 

  • Home remodeling boom is good news for retailers

    With home prices on the rise, consumers are once again investing in remodeling and repair projects.

  • Report: Centers must consider new dining formats and leasing deals

    Restaurants now dominate retail for 15% of all sales, a point ahead of grocery for the top area of expenditure. Now it’s time for the special conditions of retail leasing to dominate the minds of shopping centers owners and managers, according to CBRE experts.  

  • Target powers up with wind energy partnership

    Target Corp. has expanded its commitment to renewable energy.    The discounter kicked off its first wind power partnership, buying a portion of the energy produced by a Starwood Energy Group wind farm to offset 100% of the energy used at 60 Target stores throughout Texas.   

  • The ‘Whole Foods Effect’ shines on

    The surge in health-conscious retailers is evident wherever one shops. In the space of a few years, the likes of Lululemon, Fresh Market, and Orangetheory Fitness have proliferated in shopping centers. But Whole Foods, arguably a chief driver of the trend, has transformed its own business as well as that of centers.  
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