Virtual Lawyers, Faster Transactions
When you have a 90-day lag between the deal and getting something signed, there’s always the risk that transactions die. That’s where Gabriel Safar hopes LeasePilot can help.
Travel Retailer Opens First Store in Seaport
Global travel retailer Away will open its first Boston location at 50 Seaport Blvd. The brand sells luggage and travel accessories with stores in New York, London, Los Angeles and Austin.
JPMorgan Chase Planning Massive Retail Expansion in Boston Area
JPMorgan Chase has already received permission from state regulators to open six retail branches in the Greater Boston area, in Boston, Brookline, Dedham, Watertown and Newton. But a whole lot more are coming.
Refining Retail Strategies in the Age of Instagram
We’ve been hearing about this for a while now, how retail is facing an “end of days” moment.
No Shopping Bags Needed
Maybe this is the secret to develop a retail property in 2018. An unlikely success story is unfolding in Marlborough at the 500,000-square-foot Apex Center of New England.
Editorial Cartoon: Selling an Experience
Selling experiences is all the rage.
Lesson Learned from New Bedford Retail Dispute
When creditors settle their claims against debtors, guarantors should not assume that they are automatically released from their guaranty obligations.
Survey: Banks Missing Opportunity to Connect with Retail Customers
Close to 80 percent of retail bank customers want financial advice from their banks, but only 28 percent of retail bank customers say they are actually getting it, according to a new survey from J.D. Power.
Retail Brokerage Merges with The Dartmouth Co.
Lynnfield-based retail brokerage Powers & Co. has agreed to merge with The Dartmouth Co. of Boston.
Retailers Experiment with New Strategies in Holiday Season
Preliminary retail numbers for the 2017 holiday retail season are in, and retailers not only survived, they thrived. The MasterCard SpendingPulse report showed an increase in holiday sales of 4.9 percent, setting a new record for dollars spent.
A Homerun On Main Street
Downtown Hudson’s fortunes seemed to have bottomed out in 2008, with more than two dozen empty storefronts attesting to its steady decline.
Online Clothier Looking For Brick-and-Mortar ‘Showroom’ Sites
A young Vancouver company that got its start as an online alternative to bespoke men’s tailoring is charting brick-and-mortar expansion plans in Greater Boston and other metro areas.
Weighed Down By Retail
The writing may not be on the wall, but it’s sitting every afternoon on our front porch: a cardboard box waits outside almost daily.
Constantly Hitting The Refresh Button In Retail
If there is one thing that holds true for all types of retail, from fortress-style Class A malls to new open-air retail destinations to e-commerce companies, it’s the need to keep it fresh.
E-Commerce’s Challenges and Opportunities For Retail Industry
Every week brings news from the retail world, not all of it positive. Store closings, bankruptcy filings, and the decline in brick and mortar store sales − matched by Amazon’s ever-increasing market share − make headlines routinely these days.
Amid Retail Storm, New Formats Emerge
Prospects for developing brick and mortar retail are dicey as national chains shrink store footprints and shutter anchor stores amid Amazon’s ascendance.
Rebuilding Retail In Roxbury
On a long-vacant parcel with a tortured history of failed development attempts, the $500 million Tremont Crossing project is set to reshape one of Roxbury’s main boulevards.
Citizens Finances Des Moines Retail Outlets
Citizens Bank recently made a $65 million loan to NED Altoona LLC/New England Development to build a 300,000-square-foot retail outlet center near Des Moines, Iowa.
State Survey: Retail Prices In Healthy Range Of Accuracy
Massachusetts is boasting high item pricing accuracy among retailers, according to a survey taken by the state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation prior to the holiday shopping season.
Weak US Retail Sales Dim Fed September Rate Hike Prospects
U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week.
