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  • Retail Springs anew in The Lone Star State

    In 2000, the population of Conroe, Texas, north of Houston, was under 40,000. Today, the city named the fastest-growing in America (per U.S. Census Bureau) counts more than 80,000 citizens and newcomers are spilling over into neighboring communities.  

  • The most valuable brands in the world are...

    Technology giants, including a retailer, dominated an annual ranking of the world's most valuable brands.   

  • Former Target merchandising exec joins specialty coffee retailer

    A Target veteran has joined the leadership team of Caribou Coffee.      John Butcher, who most recently served as senior VP merchandising: beauty and DermStore, has been tapped as president of Caribou Coffee. Butcher joined Target in 1997, working his way up through the ranks serving in various operations and merchandising roles, including serving as VP and general merchandise manager, electronics.     

  • Regulatory Wrap-Up: Where state and national policy impact retail

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  • Eight new tenants destined for Easton Town Center

    More than 50,000 sq. ft. of new shopping opportunities will soon be presented to shoppers at Ohio’s most popular retail destination.   Easton Town Center, which draws 21 million customer visits a year and houses more than 200 shopping and dining options is constantly in the process of re-curating its mix, and eight new tenants will open at the Columbus venue this year.  

  • ‘Hipsterbia’ claims a piece of Williamsburg

    It had to happen sooner or later. The hipster pioneers of Brooklyn’s greatest real estate reclamation project are having kids and leaving Williamsburg behind. Many of them have landed in the quaint riverside towns of Westchester County, a swath of land the New York Times has christened “Hipsterbia.”  

  • Regulatory Wrap-Up: Where state and national policy impact retail

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    California: A state overtime pay bill that matches the salary threshold of the Obama administration’s overtime regulation at $47,476 passed the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. The federal regulation is currently on hold due to a court injunction and Labor Secretary Acosta is expected to rescind the rule. New York recently instituted an overtime rate at a similar level.

  • Westwood acquires Trader Joe’s center

    Noting that necessity-based have proven to resistant to the pressures of online retailers, Westwood Co-CEO Randy Banchik announced his company’s acquisition of The Arbors at Mallard Creek in Charlotte. Purchase price was $25.1 million.    “This asset boasts a variety of internet resistant tenants, insulating it from factors such as the rise of online shopping,” Blanchik said.  
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