Snapshots
Mobile shopping peaked and retail chain sales saw a steady uptick during the holidays; Black Friday and CyberMonday sales soared in 2009; consumers seem to prefer coupons over budgeting; familiarity scores high with today's stressed consumers; value shoppers are evolving into value hunters; poor customer service attacks the bottom line; and 2010 has to be better than 2009, consumers say.

Prime's Luxe 2009 Fashion Event
Personalization and interactivity are the name of the game in marketing these days, and Prime Retail is playing the game bigtime with two new programs.

Analyzing girlfriend shopping
Call it anthropology, sociology, psychology, the need to hunt, gather, forage, it's still shopping - shopping with a buddy

Brobdingnagian Empire
Simon Property Group's acquisition of Prime Retail is expected to close before the end of the first quarter, and outlet industry watchers are wondering what it will mean. We have the numbers.