large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online assesses the Trump administration’s blunders when planning to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. I remember when a friend of mine, back in the fall of…
Inez Feltscher Stepman writes for the Federalist about the odd cast of characters engaged in the recent Capitol violence. One of the stranger elements of the current era is the…
Matthew Walther of the Washington Free Beacon delivers a firsthand account of an anti-Trump climate protest. I have no opinion about “climate change” myself. If scientists say the “earth,” whatever…
Read about it–and if you really want to get upset watch the video–at the Charlotte Observer’s website: On the second day of her dream vacation on exclusive Bald Head Island, Julie…
From the annual Charlotte Commercial Forecast, as reported by the Charlotte Observer. Two things stick out in my mind: • Mix use is growing but also more difficult to finance.…
The New York Times offers up a fascinating look at the state of the industry. The basic idea: There is too much retail space in the United States and a…
From the Wall Street Journal comes the story of competition for shoppers. As is always the case, where there is competition, consumers win. Four of the nation’s largest mall operators…
So how’s a small business to compete for important holiday shopping dollars when they’re up against big retailers with very big advertising budgets? They get creative, showing yet again the…
Lastly, Biltmore Square Mall is supposedly going to be sold for the construction of an outdoor outlet mall. The beautiful, glassy building with lovely landscaping inside and out, will therefore…
Local retail outlets are now hiring. Is it a sign of an economic turnaround? A friend informed me today that where she works, corporate headquarters will fire anybody who doesn’t…
It’s Halloween. The mall today was full of trick-or-treating kids, but the stores were empty enough to rattle and echo.
Donut fans near downtown Raleigh can’t be happy that Krispy Kreme will close its oversized kiosk on the Fayetteville Street Mall just after the hawk-ey fans depart for the NHL…