You're familiar with the four Ps of the marketing mix and can even rattle them off from memory: product, price, place and promotion. Now you're not sure you heard right, but you could have sworn you ...

Buffalo Grove and Wheeling don’t have big shopping malls or quaint downtowns to draw consumers. Instead, the towns rely on a mix of restaurants, entertainment facilities and small businesses. In ...

Cities have always been a hotbed of experimentation in retail. From redevelopment of historic city centers to new shopping destinations built around sports and recreation, here are five markets making ...

In a world where every square foot matters, the retail component of a mixed-use development is much more than a revenue stream—it's the gateway to the entire experience. It’s often the first thing ...

Retailing is a major business format in which you sell goods and services directly to end consumers. While the types of retail providers are virtually limitless, several common principles of retailing ...

The word “local” has been so overused in the business of retail that it has become nearly meaningless. It refers to a method of shopping, sourcing products and food, or unique, one-of-a-kind retailers ...

Calls by politicians for retail store rent caps, rules that a new lease must be provided and other market-limiting schemes should be sent back into Pandora’s Box. Many times when new politicians or ...

Valerie Safran offers a wide grin, while a more demurely smiling Marcie Turney glances sidelong at the camera. “Over the last six years, we’ve opened five businesses in Center City, all on the same ...

The Runyon Group retail mix is very if you know, you know. They do deals with brands like Go Get Em Tiger, a coffee place that sells $7 almond macadamia lattes, accessories maker Janessa Leone for ...

You might be surprised to find fashion-forward apparel and wooden platters hand carved by artisans in the Philippines next to Yankee Candles and Christmas decorations at Cracker Barrel Old Country ...