Jeff Shaw/Western Real Estate Business – When Gene Munster, managing partner of Minneapolis-based venture capital firm Loup Ventures, predicted that e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) would buy department store chain Target (NYSE: TGT) this year, he knew such a declaration would make waves. In a New Year’s Day post on the Loup Ventures website titled “8 […]
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Now Trending: The Replacements
There has been a great deal of discussion and analysis in recent years regarding the ongoing struggles of many traditional department store giants. Brands like Sears, J.C. Penney and Macy’s are scratching and clawing to continue to stay afloat, together with a number of big-box retailers that are also struggling to remain competitive in an […]
Ollie’s Sets Up Secondary Offering
Chris Lange/YAHOO! Finance – Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. (OLLI) has filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a secondary offering that it is now commencing. The company is not offering any shares, but the selling stock holders are putting up 6.5 million, with an overallotment option for an additional […]
Competition is putting owners & retailers under pressure to make shopping even quicker & easier
Joel Groover/Shopping Centers Today – If the global real estate industry were to hold its own Top Buzzwords contest, the term “experiential” would surely be in the running. After all, landlords and retailers worldwide are keen on exploring new ways to create the kinds of brick-and-mortar destinations shoppers love to visit. Often the goal is to […]
2015 Holiday Season Retail Storecast
Jeff Green/Chain Store Age- With (believe it or not) the holiday season almost upon us, it is time once again to take part in the annual ritual of crystal ball gazing and seasonal sales forecasts. That is by no means intended to be dismissive of such predictions, as a great deal of very intelligent retail professionals […]
