In a surprising move, Ritz Camera emerged from bankruptcy and is now trying to reinvent itself. The retailer, which pretty much exclusively sold camera equipment in its past, will now offer laptops, flat-screen televisions and DVD players. The chain, which was once 800 stores strong, is now at around...

NEW YORK CITY-The REIT market, which seemed dead in 2008, bounced back this year, but 2010 could turn out differently, says a <i>Wall Street Journal</i> report.

NEW YORK CITY-The REIT market, which seemed dead in 2008, bounced back this year, but 2010 could turn out differently, says a <i>Wall Street Journal</i> report.

We're sure that all sorts of information like is going to come out over the next few days. But an early report has holiday sales, from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, rising by 3.6%. The data, provided by a MasterCard division, is an improvement over the 2.3% drop tracked a year ago. And these better-than-expected...

When Vornado Realty Trust and two other investors bought Toys"R"Us a few years back, many of us thought that the deal was simply a real estate play to get the retailer's many prime real estate locations. But the chain is another category killer that Walmart hasn't brought down. This Star Tribune article...

So as the holiday season enters its last few shopping days, it looks as if retailers aren't going the Black Friday route and offering deep discounts to draw in throngs of shoppers. "It's a much more controlled environment," Saks CEO Stephen Sadove was quoted saying in the Wall Street Journal. Much of...

This item we came across this morning was just too morbid to pass up. Apparently big-box stores from Walmart to Costco are selling coffins. Walmart is selling them online on a trial basis right now. Coffins range from $895 to just under $3,000. A quick Google search informed us that there are some independent...

NEW YORK CITY-Paul Bubny takes a tour of prebuilt spaces at 1095 Avenue of the Americas with designer Michael Kleinberg of MKDA.