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  • June 2016 Weather Report

    Temperatures in the East will be somewhat similar to last year while the West will trend cooler than last year. Rainfall will be greater across the Northwest, meanwhile across the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast, we may begin to see the start of a long-term drying trend.

  • Innovative home retailer puts the ‘experience’ in appliance retailing

    Customers can cook a meal on a range and watch how water flows as they turn on the faucets that are on display at a new luxury home store in New York City, which takes experiential retail to a new level.

  • Home Depot builds Q1 profits, sales

    Comp-store sales for the quarter were up 6.5% - with comps for the U.S. stores up 7.4%.   Net earnings for the three months ended May 1 were $1.8 billion, up 14.2% compared with net earnings of $1.6 billion in the same quarter last year.  

  • Three ways virtual reality will transform customer experience

    Virtual reality (VR) has been gaining traction in retail recently, with major retailers turning to the bleeding-edge technology as a customer engagement tool. But how exactly is VR poised to change the ways consumers interact with and buy products from retailers? Here are three key ways. A full view

  • Retailer installing Tennessee’s largest solar array

    Ikea is going big in Memphis. The home furnishings giant plans to install the largest rooftop solar array in the state of Tennessee at its new store in Memphis. The 271,000-sq.-ft. Memphis Ikea is scheduled to open in late fall 2016, and panel installation for the solar energy system will begin this summer.

  • Big surprise from Sears—a new store format

    Sears Holdings has been making news lately mostly by closing stores. But in an unexpected move, the troubled retailer announced plans to test a freestanding appliance specialty store concept .

  • Target maximizes energy savings with new HVAC equipment

    The initiative is a three-year project that entails installing 3,600 York packaged rooftop units (Predator series) to maximize energy savings through more efficient HVAC equipment at stores eight years or older. The York rooftop units feature energy-saving technologies including variable-speed drives, California Title 24-compliant economizers and new energy recovery ventilators (ERV) specifically designed for retailers.

  • Schimenti managing open store remodel/fit out for Dick’s Sporting Goods

    Schimenti Construction has begun work on Dick's Sporting Goods' store in Melville, New York, managing an open store remodel/tenant fit-out of the approximately 95,000-sq.-ft. space.
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