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Target Hopes to Stand out by Blending in at New Locales

Target Corporation, our featured company in Chapter 1 of Retail Management, is always thinking ahead. And with the recent economic problems caused by the worldwide recession, the retailer is planning some big changes, such as its new City store in … Continue reading

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Technology Monitors the Pulse of Retail Real-Estate

As Connie Robbins Gentry writes in Chain Store Age: “Call it the Amazon Syndrome, but ironically the retailer that set the gold standard for building customer-centric real-estate models has no brick-and-mortar real-estate. Yet, the icon of online commerce taught the … Continue reading

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The “Community”

Chain Store Age has launched a new Web site specifically for retail real-estate executives and shopping center developers which it calls the “Community.” This micro site includes a project of the week, a mall marketing spotlight, and articles from industry experts. Click the image … Continue reading

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