Long before Amazon and big box retailers, the general store was key to commerce and community. Here's how it left its mark on American retail.

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When you're looking to buy a new appliance, whether large or small, you might head to a big-box store. However, Consumer ...

Some cities buy such properties and turn them into affordable housing or other assets. Charlotte transformed old K-mart into ...

While many retail companies are closing stores or closing up shop altogether, some big-box retailers are boosting business by opening new, smaller stores in strategic locations. Target in particular ...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years, you've probably noticed the often-fierce battles that are being waged between big-box retailers and local communities—from small ...

How to reuse big-box-store infrastructure has become an issue for municipalities. As the country’s largest retailers either tumble or pull back from their brick-and-mortar strategies, there’s a belief ...

Over the past 30 years, abandoned big-box stores have become the retail blight of middle and suburban America: In 2005, there were 70 empty big-box stores in Columbus, Ohio alone. From the late 1980s ...

Most Big Box retailers are seeing sales growth on a per-square-metre basis lag increases in operating costs Smaller retailers emphasising service are performing better than the bigger players Online ...

Big box stores are increasingly turning to license plate reader technology to fight organized retail theft, and for car ...

Solar panels cover the roof of a Sam's Club store on April 22, 2009, in Glendora, California. Solar energy offers a cheap, renewable source of electricity that could reduce and, eventually, eliminate ...

Americans are learning to adapt to change quicker than ever. Fashion trends change daily, and the weather in Nebraska changes every minute, but one thing stays constant: the security of real estate ...