Forbes just put out a list of the 10 fastest-growing retailers. Most of the choices are of little surprise, like Amazon.com, Apple stores, Netflix and Urban Outfitters. There are a few listed that made us look twice though. One of them was PriceSmart, a warehouse-club chain with 26 stores in the Caribbean...
The newest stores in Microsoft's retail expansion were recently leaked, and it looks like the software company has Denver and San Diego locations in the works. They would join two current stores in Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA. Microsoft isn't releasing sales data for its new stores or an overall...
One chain that is on the watch list of many industry observers this year for mass store closings is Borders Group. It is second place to Barnes & Noble in a flailing retail sector with only two major national chains pressured by technology. Plus, it consistently reports weak earnings, at least, until...
Charming Shoppes, the owner of the plus-sized women's Lane Bryant, Fashion Buy and Catherines chains, will close between 100 and 120 underperforming stores this year, management revealed with its fourth-quarter results. The news comes as same-store sales dropped 12% during the period. In the last year,...