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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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NOVEMBER
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Cover
Story
Rebuilding
Consumer Confidence
Following
the tragic events of Sept. 11, a stunned retail industry searches
for answers and solutions. VRN looks at how the industry can work
to rebuild consumer confidence, plus reports on outlet retailers’
and developers’ good deeds and comments in the aftermath of
the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Features
Queenstown’s
New Sparkle
Prime
Retail re-energizes its 55-store center, which attracts shoppers
from
the Eastern Shore, Annapolis and the Baltimore/Washington metro
areas, with fresh paint, plus remodeled rest rooms, safety upgrades
and new landscaping.
Consumers Speak Out
When Outlet Bound asked visitors to its consumer Web site to offer
suggestions for better outlet shopping, the answers came strong
and fast – 16,000 responses make up a two-part story that begins
this month in VRN.
Loews Cineplex Opens
Overcoming a dark cloud that came in the form of a Chapter 11 filing,
Loews has opened an upscale, amenity-filled 26-screen cineplex at
Glimcher Realty Trust’s Jersey Gardens.
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TastyKake’s
Day-Old Success
The 87-year-old bakery has been having phenomenal success opening
outlet stores to liquidate its “day-old” pastries, but
it could use some encouragement – and perhaps some good rent
deals – to open units in outlet centers.
Let’s hear it for Marks & Spencer
Contributing a big part to a remerchandising effort by Realm, developer
of five UK outlet centers, Marks & Spencer Outlets has crowds
of shoppers cheering as the department store clearance units open.
Off-price
Preparing to be Discover-ed
Mills Corp. puts the final touches on Discover Mills, its newest
1.2 million-sf entertainment and retail complex, scheduled to open
early this month in Atlanta’s northeastern Gwinnett County
market.
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