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  • Now Trending: As The Crystal Ball Drops

    “Now Trending” is an exclusive online series to chainstoreage.com, featuring trending topics that impact the retail real estate landscape.

  • Study: Omnichannel experience has a ways to go

    Retailers need to improve several aspects of their omnichannel customer engagement strategies if they want to truly satisfy customers.

  • A&P bankruptcy pushes central New Jersey retail vacancy rate up

    The demise of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. elevated the retail vacancy rate along central New Jersey’s major shopping corridors to 8.8% from 7.5% in 2014.

    That’s according to the latest study by R.J. Brunelli & Co. Despite the uptick, the region’s 2015 vacancy factor remained a healthy distance from the 10.2% recorded in 2013 and the eight-year high of 10.5% set in 2011, but was well above the period’s low point of 4.8% posted in 2008.

  • What it takes to win with mobile

    Home Depot, Amazon.com and Safeway are tops when it comes to offering the best mobile commerce experience according to a new study that benchmarks 20 top U.S. retailers against one another.

  • Costco first quarter not as weak as it seems

    Don’t be fooled by Costco’s tepid sales growth and first quarter profit decline. The company is accelerating expansion and pursuing some intriguing digital partnerships while members continue to renew at record rates.

  • Kimco Realty acquires Christown Spectrum

    Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Kimco Realty Corp. announced that it purchased Christown Spectrum power center in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona for $115.3 million. The property is an 850,000 sq. ft. center situated one mile east of Interstate 17 and lies adjacent to the second-busiest light rail station in Phoenix.

  • Retailers with the best return policies—and the worst

    When it comes to return policies, Nordstrom and Forever 21 couldn’t be further apart.

    At least that’s according to an annual survey of return policies by GOBankingRates.com. The study rated Nordstrom as offering the best return policies of 2015, with Forever 21 offering the worst.

    “Return policies should be a big consideration for holiday shoppers — two-thirds of people return at least one holiday gift,” said Elyssa Kirkham, lead reporter on the GOBankingRates study.

  • Retailers with the best--and worst--return policies

    When it comes to return policies, Nordstrom and Forever 21 couldn’t be further apart.

  • These retailers lead social holiday engagement

    When it comes to increasing brand awareness on social media for the holidays, a few chains stand out.

  • Online delivery competition heats up among big names

    More customers in more parts of the country now have access to more goods available for online order, with delivery the next or even same day.

    Google and Amazon.com are trading blows in their battle to offer online delivery of a variety of goods, for a fee.

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