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  • New online tax legislation proposed

    Various forms of online sales tax legislation have been introduced in Congress over the past 15 years but none have won passage. And now there is a new proposal.     

  • holiday // planning

    Get ready for a very competitive holiday season.

  • Not enough of a good thing

    With few new grocery centers being built, developers are upping the ante on existing ones

    Pat Donahue, together with his late brother Dan and business partner Tom Schriber, has been in grocery-anchored shopping centers since the ’90s. That’s when Schriber calculated that the company’s long-term fortunes, which had rested on mall development up until then, would be better wagered on high-traffic “necessity-based” retail.

    “At malls you get ’em three times a month.

  • Five Below’s store count to reach big number

    Five Below continues its rapid expansion.   The extreme-value retailer will open its 500th store in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 9.  

  • Construction begins on long-awaited center in Fresno

    The cranes have arrived at the 92-acre lot along Clovis Avenue in Fresno, California, to erect the parking garage at what will be Fancher Creek Town Center, and the locals couldn’t be happier.   “I think it’s super. We need something. You have to catch the freeway and go up north to get to anything,” resident Diana Williams told KFSN news in Fresno this week.  

  • CommerceHub adds integration with Walmart Marketplace

    CommerceHub, a distributed commerce network for retailers and brands, is expanding its existing partnership with Walmart, integrating directly with Walmart’s online third-party marketplace.   Under the new agreement, CommerceHub’s network of approximately 9,500 customers, including many of the largest retailers, marketplaces and brands in North America, will be able to team up with Walmart.com.    

  • STORE BARRICADES WITH CURB AND BRAND APPEAL

    High-quality, graphically interesting store barricades can turn an unsightly construction or remodeling site into a brand-enhancing billboard for a retailer. Chain Store Age spoke with Bob Putnam, the president and founder of Boston Barricade Company, about the evolving nature of retail construction barricades.
        
    How have retail construction barricades changed over the years?

    Thirty years ago, 98% of all retail barricades were constructed using metal framing and drywall. But today, that number is down to 35%.

  • Aeropostale creditor argues for liquidation

    The battle between bankrupt Aeropostale Inc. and Sycamore Partners has grown more heated.     Aeropostale and its junior creditors have come together in an effort to save the chain, but Sycamore isn’t having any part of it. The private equity firm has filed an objection that opposes the retailer’s second amended joint plan of reorganization. Sycamore believes that liquidation is the best option.  
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