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Xanadu, the gargantuan New Jersey entertainment and retail complex, could be toast. Less than a year ago, analysts were arguing that the project was "too big to fail," but the state of New Jersey may be considering a move to seize the land as the developer struggles to find new financiers.

Your local mall may look less like a ghost town this time next year. Expect to see more stores opening in 2010 to replace those lost during the recession. And some of the shopping centers will take on an increasingly international flavor, as a variety of European chains are expanding rapidly into...

Expect a Kohl's vs. Penney's remodeling face-off next year, and new additions in their home departments. While reporting their third-quarter results this week, the department store rivals both said they're planning to focus on remodeling stores in 2010, and will pay more attention to their...

Toys R Us is going to the mall. The giant toy store chain will open a raft of temporary toy stores for the holidays, including more than 80 locations in malls nationwide. The Toys R Us Holiday Express stores will open in early October and close in mid-January. Customers will get all the same...

The phrase, "America is over stored" gets bandied about a lot. And there was a lot to indicate that was true, even before everything really hit the fan last fall. And it's all shifted into high gear now, as the Wall Street Journal so thoroughly points out. Brian Florence, co-founder of...

Can't help but window shop? Love to walk the aisles of your local Target store, looking at all the wonderful things to buy? Addicted to checking out the latest shoes and jackets at the mall? Whatever you do: Don't touch anything!A new study by researchers at Ohio State University reveals that we...

The time of year has come when shoppers spend as much time hunting for parking places as they do for presents. Unfortunately criminals see these packed parking lots as an excellent opportunity to help themselves to your presents.Despite their annual appearances in the Darwin Awards, thieves aren't...

Last weekend, I went to the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento, to check out the grand opening of its new wing of stores. I guess Westfield has a lot of confidence that Roseville is recession-proof and residents still have money to spend -- the new shops included Louis Vuitton,...

You just have to admire the British. In a classic display of; "Chin up old man," a huge new mall has opened in London's inner city. CNN.com reports that the Westfield center, now Europe's largest metro shopping complex, boasts 1.6 million square feet of retail floor space. The complex houses a...

Ever go into a store and think, "This place is terrible! The service/merchandise/smell is so bad, it should be shut down?" Well, here's my list of those mall stores that don't deserve to see the light of the next One-Day Sale: Macy's -- The service is nearly always bad, the clothes and...