Walgreens-Rite Aid Marriage Means Store Closings

We knew it would happen. A $9.4-billion acquisition by Walgreens Boots Alliance of Rite Aid is going to create a mega drugstore empire that will have nearly a combined 13,000 stores, if approved, making it larger than rival CVS, though, according to a Bloomberg...

ICSC Conference Report: Experiential Retail Now the Norm

The International Council of Shopping Centers’ Western Division Conference was recently in San Diego, and among the GRS Group professionals who attended was Kevin May, a business development director with the firm. He noted from the event that it’s not enough for...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Malls Aren’t Dead

We’ve been told for quite a while now that malls are dead, or at least about to vanish. This declaration became popular in the mass media a little over a decade ago when it figured out that people were buying goods online. And editors love to make big pronouncements...