Staples: Closing Some & Buyout Interest

Staples closing 45 stores in Europe and 15 in the Unted States.  Private equity firms have also expressed interest in purchasing the company. 

Business Week Article

JC Penney: 2 New Stores

Both with PREIT...One in Willow Grove at the Willow Grove Park Mall (125,000 SF, Willow Grove, PA) and one in North Hanover Mall (83,000 SF, Hanover, PA).  Willow Grove is a new location.  Hanover is a relocation and expansion of an existing store on the site.  

Daily Finance Article

One View of the Future Box World

Will the 'please everyone' box still be needed in the future?  In this particular article, the author states that "smaller stores focused on specific consumers and their needs" will be the wave of the future.  

Marketing Daily Article

Big Boxes Shrinking

See how a handful of boxes are shrinking.  This article talks about specific retailers, their strategies, and what they are trying to achieve.  Ace, Best Buy, Cabela's, JCPenney, Office Depot, Target, and Walmart are discussed.


Time Moneyland Article

Staples Today

This article is a very good accounting of Staples today and how they stack up to the competition.  Topics covered include the following:


 * Revenue generation from different segments of business
 * Average store revenue for Staples and its competitors
 * Store design
 * Direction of future business
 * Staples branded products


Seeking Alpha Article

Toys R Us: 21 New or Remodeled Stores

By the end of 2012, Toys R Us will have opened 8 new locations and remodeled 13 stores to the side-by-side Toys R Us/Babies R Us format as reported in Chain Store Age.  These additions will bring the side-by-side total to 204 by the end of the year.


Chain Store Age Article

Shore Mall Searches for a Future

Egg Harbor Township,  NJ - 200,000 SF of the circa 1968 mall will be demolished and advertised as vacant commercial land.  The Shore Mall has been left in the wake of a changing economy and ever evolving competition. 


Press of Atlantic City Article