Value Retail News is ICSC's publication featuring extensive and complete insight into the world of outlet and off-price rettsailers shopping centers. Here's a list of this month's articles and a summary of the stories.

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South of the Border
Outlet retailing heads South of the Border as Mexicans and Puerto Ricans show their appreciation of brands and value. The Hispanic market has long held allure for outlet-center developers and retailers, and with the recent opening of the Shops at Las Americas in San Ysidro, Calif., and Belz Factory Outlet World in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, the markets have come into their own.

Features

Industry Q & A: Looking to the Future
How is the outlet industry faring in the wake of Sept. 11, as the new wartime economy takes hold? Six industry veterans – a mix of outlet tenants and outlet-center developers – talked with VRN in December about how their businesses are coping as the new year begins.

Charity Leader: Tanger’s Relay for Life in North Branch
Despite a heavy downpour that might have dampened less diligent spirits, volunteers in the fourth annual all-night walkathon at Tanger Outlet Center in North Branch, Minn., raised a record $110,700 for the area chapter of the American Cancer Society.

Consumers Have Their Say, Part 4
In the final installment of the comments made by outlet shoppers on outletbound.com, consumers make it crystal clear that they want more pricing information and coupons, but less made-for-outlet goods and non-outlet stores.

Upscale Project Opens in Belgium
Maasmechelen Village, the fifth outlet project to be developed by London-based Value Retail, opens with about 50 percent occupancy in its 108,000-sf footprint. The project is strategically located in one of the most populous and affluent regions of Europe, about one hour from Brussels, Antwerp, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Eindhoven.

European outlet dot-com grows rapidly
Outlet company Haburi is proving to be one of the more successful outlet dot-coms, considering that it’s on course to gross nearly $9 million this year through the on-line sale of some 400,000 articles of clothing and accessories.