Physical retail took center stage at Chain Store Age's X/SPECS 2017 executive conference, which put a spotlight on the evolution of brick-and-mortar stores from a design, build and facilities perspective.
People in rural counties like yoga and gourmet burgers, too, but towns like Quincy, Illinois, don’t show up on the population density charts of many hot new franchising companies.
Retail and industrial space occupied by brewing operations in Texas has nearly tripled since 2005 to 4.8 million sq. ft. due to the meteoric rise of craft beers in what once was the Lone Star (Beer) state.
People who still think of Fort Worth as the poor, cow-town stepchild of Dallas make a big mistake, according to the Simon Property Group executive who led the development of The Shops at Clearfork, the mall giant’s new center there.
