Mark Cohen, director of retail studies at Columbia Business School and former Sears Canada CEO, discusses Macy's decision on buying Story,
a retail entertainment concept, to implement in their stores as well as Amazon and Walmart in the race to acquire India's Flipkart.
Not exact matches
W Hotels offers a holistic lifestyle experience that is integrated into the brand's sensibility through contemporary restaurant
concepts, glamorous
entertainment experiences, stylish
retail concepts and signature spas.
The success of West Edmonton Mall's combined
retail, amusement and
entertainment concepts led Triple Five to partner with Melvin Simon Associates Inc. in 1985 to build Mall of America.
The Mills «shoppertainment» common area amusements, Eichenbaum explains, are a companion to the
retail and
entertainment concepts supplied by mall tenants.
«Hi - style» combines the hybrid mall and lifestyle center
concepts to create a shopping center that takes one - stop shopping seriously, with traditional mall
retailers such as department stores and specialty shops alongside a lifestyle component with
entertainment and restaurant venues.
The next occupiers of the vacated spaces run the gamut, sources say, from specialty
retailers to service providers to
entertainment concepts to industrial and office tenants.
The result is a true hybrid of the best
retail and
entertainment concepts in the business.»
Instead of forcing department store and specialty
retailers to compete with newer
retail concepts at nearby centers, Coral Ridge brings together department stores, big - box
retailers,
entertainment features, a modern cinema and specialty
retail - all working together under the same roof.
Over the long term, the report adds, «
Entertainment could turn out to be the festival
retailing of the 1990s; a hot
concept in the right location, but not a «one - size - fits - all» solution.»
It boasts more than 200
retailers, including big - box category - killers, manufacturer outlets, off - price
concepts, traditional
retailers,
entertainment and food, all contained within 1.7 million - enclosed sq. ft., earning it the label «New Jersey's Largest Outlet Mall.»
The 161,000 sq. ft. urban
entertainment and
retail project includes Nike; Planet Hollywood; Levi's; ObaChine, a new restaurant
concept from Wolfgang Puck; SEGA (TM) GameWorks; and a 16 - screen Cineplex Odeon theater.