Big box companies shrinking to survive

Retail roundup: Teen spending, Wal-Mart contest, Spanish e-books Los Angeles Times By Shan Li Just in time for prom season, American teenagers reported double-digit increases in how much they're shelling out on fashion, beauty and entertainment, some of the sharpest jumps since 2004, according to a semiannual survey from Piper ... See all stories on this topic »

Court scales back Greenvale retail building plan Newsday (blog) Click here Court scales back Greenvale retail building plan Friday April 6, 2012 10:43 AM By Emi Endo Developers who took the Town of North Hempstead to court over a proposed retail building in Greenvale have received approval to move ahead with a ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday (blog)

350Green Announces First Public Retail Fast Charging Station in California REVE 350Green, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging station networks, announced today the first public retail fast charging station in the State of California. The fast charger is located at the Stanford Shopping Center, part of Simon Property ... See all stories on this topic »

Business brightens for shops at The District Las Vegas Review - Journal Buy this photo Whitney LePore, co-owner of Fleabag's Barkery & Bow-tique, arranges items Thursday at her store in The District, a Henderson retail complex. She said her customer traffic has increased recently, helped by efforts from District owner ... See all stories on this topic »

Big box companies shrinking to survive Shreveport Times Big box retail buildings are generally defined as single-story, freestanding properties of at least 50000 square feet. They usually specialize in one type of merchandise, like electronics, or are discounters with a broad range of goods, such as Walmart ... See all stories on this topic »

The dark face of online shopping Stuff.co.nz But is there a dark side to buying from foreign retailers online? Who pays the hidden price for this cornucopia of cheap stuff, being dispatched with an urgency once reserved for wartime cables? Journalist Mac McClelland recently got a job at a huge ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz