- Clothing lines embrace plus-size fashions: While some clothing lines struggle, plus-size fashion heats up. (LA Times)
- Whole Foods, Target, JCP Focus On School Causes: Retailers look for causes that will resonate with parents and stand out from the crowd. (MediaPost)
- Shopping hauls: A bargain video genre on the rise: Haven’t heard much about haul videos lately? Let us assure you; they’re still huge. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- Grocery chains buy up shopping centers in a defensive play: In order to maintain control of their high-performance stores, grocery chains are buying up whole malls. (Retail Traffic)
- Delivering a ‘Zero Disappointment Experience’ in the age of innovation: Omni-channel is good, sure, but is it good enough if you don’t deliver your best across each platform? (Retailing Today)
- Planned U.S. store openings up 11 percent in July: A breath of fresh air amidst too much tense news. (Shopping Centers Today)
- Pershing Square says General Growth should consider sale: Looks like Simon may have another shot at the recovering developer. (Reuters)
- Study: Consumers Shop More, And In More Places: Specialty food retailers are edging back into big box territory. (MediaPost)
- Life after the department store: What do anchors look like once the big department stores depart? (Inside Retail)
- IKEA’s New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels: Elaborate photography sets are costly, and for IKEA, that’s the whole shoot. So the retailer is going virtual. (Wall Street Journal – subscription required)
- Mirror, Mirror: Teens style themselves: DIY fashion hits the mainstream, but that isn’t slowing down back-to-school spending. (Philly.com)
- Using foot traffic data correctly can make or break a shopping mall: A few ideas on using foot traffic tracking to make big improvements at your center. (Retail Digital)
- Leeds leads the retail way with western Europe’s biggest mall project: Trinity Leeds looks to buck the retail development lull. (The Guardian)
- No room at the mall: Too few vacancies? Sounds like a great problem to have. (The Star Press)
- These Days, It’s Back to School, Then Shopping: Kids are waiting to see what their friends are wearing while parents await the big sales. (New York Times)
- Centro to Fix Up Malls as It Puts Survival Battle in Past: There are still struggles to be had, but Centro is ready to emerge on top. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
