Microsoft sets up shop today The software giant is opening its Galleria store today, offering high-tech experiences as it builds its brand David Kaplan / Houston Chronicle On Wednesday, a Microsoft Store employee stood in front of a 103-inch screen while co-workers watched. He was trying out the video game Michael Jackson Experience for Kinect. […]

Grandview Gets Pro-Active on the Future of Truman Corners Seann McAnally / Jackson County Advocate Is a new lease on life in store for Truman Corners? Grandview officials are getting aggressive about changing the city’s image and drawing new business to town. Specifically, officials are meeting with developers and retailers about breathing new life into […]

“Lifestyle” shopping: more on the way Courtenay Edelhart / Bakersfield Californian Construction of outdoor malls, or lifestyle centers, is outpacing construction of enclosed malls both nationally and in Bakersfield, but while the centers are popular with developers and consumers, it’s not entirely clear whether the region can sustain everything that’s been proposed. If all the […]

Shopping “Centertainment” Shopping centers are incorporating more leisure elements to engage their audiences Jeff Green William Shakespeare once famously wrote that “All the world’s a stage.” While the accuracy of that memorable line can be debated, there is no doubt that in recent years, some of the best developers and retailers have taken a page […]

Return of the Mall Elaine Misonzhnik / Retail Traffic The enclosed regional mall—the uniquely American retail property that sprang to life in the 1950s and 1960s—has been declared dead (or dying) for years… …But a funny thing happened over the past three years. As the Great Recession unfolded, regional malls—rather than being pushed to the […]

Horizon plans new outlet shops Lisa R. Schoolcraft / Atlanta Business Chronicle An Illinois development company is planning its first outlet center project in metro Atlanta. Horizon Group Properties Inc. (OTC: HGPI.PK) of Rosemont, Ill., plans to open The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, a 435,000-square-foot shopping center for 80 to 100 factory outlet stores in […]