Business
Acquisitions: The Mission Viejo company will name a committee to weigh the Buena Park firm’s proposal.
Dec. 16, 1998
Outlet malls are on the rise, opening nearer to regular stores and attracting high-end labels that in turn bring in big spenders.
April 26, 2014
Santa Monica shopping center landlord Macerich Co. is under siege by rival Simon Property Group in a $15.3 billion hostile takeover attempt that could join two of the country’s largest mall owners.
March 9, 2015
The handwritten signs at Check Express, a check-cashing store near Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal, offered busy passersby an assortment of financial products.
Aug. 8, 1993
You can’t ask how much that doggy in the window costs at Petmart stores because, like a growing number of pet-supply store outlets, the San Diego-based retail chain doesn’t sell dogs--or any other live animals, for that matter.
Sept. 22, 1992
Food
The “graze craze,” which began with sampling such nibble-size foods as sushi and spread to the sale of fine wines by the glass, is beginning to uncork sales of better sparkling wines.
April 7, 1986
With luxury brands, outlet centers give malls a run for their money
Real Estate
In converting a former nursery into a home office, Marisol Nichols was driven by a specific aesthetic.
April 14, 2017
Restaurant: Partners in expanding California Pizza Kitchen chain met while working as federal prosecutors in Los Angeles.
Sept. 30, 1997
The chain is changing its menu to make it more competitive, but it says it’s content to stick to its workaday coffee niche.
Jan. 18, 2005