It looks like Gap Inc. is getting ready to roll out another chain. The company is testing stores for its female athletic brand Athleta in the San Francisco area. Athleta, acquired in 2008, is currently online only. As part of Gap's direct division, sales sales of the brand are increasing rapidly, and...

LOS ANGELES-Laurie Lustig-Bower of CB Richard Ellis speaks with GlobeSt.com's Alyson Grala about the Southern California apartment market.

LOS ANGELES-Laurie Lustig-Bower of CB Richard Ellis speaks with GlobeSt.com's Alyson Grala about the Southern California apartment market.

The New York Post reports that RadioShack could put itself up for sale and one potential buyer could be Best Buy. The reason Best Buy might show interest is because it has tested smaller stores and wants to make bigger waves in the wireless and handheld business, the paper asserts. Other options for...

LOS ANGELES-John Strockis, managing director at Voit Real Estate Services, talks with GlobeSt.com's Alyson Grala at Real Estate 2010.

LOS ANGELES-John Strockis, managing director at Voit Real Estate Services, talks with GlobeSt.com's Alyson Grala at Real Estate 2010.

Starbucks is ready to start opening cafes again after a couple years of cost cutting resulted in the closure of hundreds of locations. During its fiscal year, the company plans to add 100 US stores as well as 200 internationally. Management has high expectations for improved sales growth as the economy...

Saks will close "a few stores" that are underperforming and have expiring leases, according to CEO Stephen Sadove speaking at a recent investor conference. Saks will not be breaking any leases because of the high costs that process involves, he says. Sadove didn't specifically name any stores it will...