Macy’s building shines again Department store chain cleans its soot-covered building at Lehigh Valley Mall By Tyrone Richardson/The Morning Call The facade ofMacy’sdepartment store at Lehigh Valley Mall is looking brighter. That’s because crews have been power-washing the exterior of the 212,000-square-foot building in recent days, removing caked-on soot spawned from exhaust from nearby busy […]

New Concepts are Schools of Hard Knocks By Joel Groover/Shopping Centers Today The tombstones in the graveYARD for spin-off concepts from established retailers are many. These offshoot brands, usually launched to great fanfare and backed by the deep pockets of their parent companies, occasionally flop and meet an untimely end. Thus it was for Abercrombie […]

Industry Doubts Best Buy Will Find a Buyer Elaine Misonzhnik / Retail Traffic Best Buy’s real estate portfolio doesn’t carry much appeal either. The company currently operates 1,105 big-box stores in the U.S., totaling 42.4 million sq. ft. It’s been trying to shed unprofitable locations, including plans to close 50 stores in calendar year 2012, […]

Taking Aim At Apple, First Connecticut Microsoft Store To Open Saturday Brian Dowling / The Hartford Courant Connecticut’s first Microsoft store is prepped to open Saturday at the Danbury Fair Mall. The store is wood and white, simple and bright. Blocky tables display laptops, tablets, Xboxes, smartphones and desktop computers. A band of video screens […]

Lehigh Valley Mall anchor catches more than the eye The Lehigh Valley Mall department store is a magnet for the soot and other debris from nearby Route 22 Tyrone Richardson / The Morning Call I recently walked through The Outdoor Shops at the Lehigh Valley Mall and noticed something odd. In the background of the […]

5 New Loyalty Perks for Shoppers Deal of the Day: Retailers trying to engage with smartphone-toting deal-hunters are sweetening offers Kelli B. Grant / SmartMoney Becoming a card-carrying member of your favorite business’s loyalty program is getting more rewarding — even as many stores ditch the actual cards themselves. Retailers, supermarkets and other companies are […]