Category Archives: Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional

This sub-category encompasses retail institutions by ownership type, retail institutions by store-based strategy mix, and Web, nonstore-based, and other nontraditional forms of retailing.

Making Shopping Malls More Experiential

Shopping center developers have been experimenting with a lot of new tactics to attract more customers — and to get them to stay longer. As Stephanie Clifford writes in the New York Times: “Glimcher Realty Trust, which owns and manages … Continue reading

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It’s Not Just an Airport Anymore: How About Yoga?

Check out this video clip from the Wall Street Journal: “Frazzled Travelers Get Yoga Rooms, Walking Paths, and Health Food, While Airports Get More Revenue.”

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Will More Online Retailers Have to Charge Sales Tax?

According to Monica Langley, writing in the Wall Street Journal, more states seem to be moving toward collecting sales tax on online puchases, regardless of whether the online firms have a physical presence in those states. This has been a … Continue reading

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