In his annual letter to shareholders yesterday, Sears Chairman Ed Lampert has a lot to say. In a Chicago Tribune article about it today, one reporter bothered to check the behemoth note's word count, and it clocked in at 8,500. We've looked it over with the intention of saving Counter Culture readers...

PHILADELPHIA-It's a sector that has actually benefited from the housing collapse, and in this market, there is still rent growth in the suburbs, one speaker says.

PHILADELPHIA-It's a sector that has actually benefited from the housing collapse, and in this market, there is still rent growth in the suburbs, one speaker says.

Do you ever get jealous? We did when we recently heard about Big Box Reuse, a book published late last year that was written by Julia Christensen. The author went around the country and looked a creative ways in which former big-box stores were converted into other, creative uses. Why can't we come...

PHILADELPHIA-But executives say during their fourth-quarter call that they are able to fill space left vacant by some bankrupt tenants.

PHILADELPHIA-But executives say during their fourth-quarter call that they are able to fill space left vacant by some bankrupt tenants.

One thing about this whole economic mess and its impact on retail that we haven't gotten a strong grip on is why Target is faring so poorly while other discounters are able to keep their heads above water. Well, now Target is planning to combat its rough results (Q4 net income fell 41%) "plans to place...

PHILADELPHIA-The recession here is seen as milder than other major municipalities, RealShare speakers say.