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SPREE 2010 Offers Exciting Social Events and Discount Theater Tickets for Attendees

Hanover, Mass. – The 2010 Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference (SPREE) announces a full slate of social events for show attendees. SPREE will be hosting two evenings of free festivities and has secured discounted tickets to the popular Broadway show, Disney’s The Lion King playing at the Mandalay Bay Theater. Read more...

SPREE 2010 boosts registrations by offering incentives on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn

Hanover, Mass. – The Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference (SPREE) is taking advantage of social media networks like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to not only boost registration numbers for its conference, but also increase show interest, awareness and reward its fans and followers with prizes. Read more...

Billabong and Sugar Factory to Open This February at Miracle Mile Shops

Las Vegas – Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino welcomes surfing lifestyle retailer Billabong and couture candy store Sugar Factory this February. Read more...

High Real Estate Group announces that construction of Mill Creek Square in Lancaster (East Lampeter Township), PA is underway

Mill Creek Square, an approximately $40-million, 285,000-square-foot community shopping center, is being developed on a 35-acre site situated along the established commercial corridor of Lincoln Highway East (US Route 30-ADT-41,000) in Lancaster (East Lampeter Township), Pa. Read more...

Specialty Retail Report announces exciting new award Specialty Retail Hall of Fame to be presented at SPREE Conference

Hanover, Mass. – The Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference (SPREE) is excited to announce the launch of its Specialty Retail Hall of Fame, a new award program to recognize outstanding specialty retailers and retail leasing managers. The awards will be handed out at the annual SPREE show at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, April 13-15, 2010. Read more...

SPREE 2010 is on its way to being the biggest show to date!

Hanover, MA - “We knew that SPREE was already the World’s largest event for the cart & kiosk industry”, says SPREE Trade Show Director, Debbie Lahti, “but, we are incredibly excited to see the growth the show is already beginning to see in pre-registrations”. Read more...

DownEast Basics Modest Clothes Retailer Grows, Opens New Store in Grand Teton Idaho Mall

Idaho Falls, ID -- DownEast Basics, a high-style, low-price fashion retailer that specializes in trendy fashions as well as modest clothing, recently celebrated another successful grand opening. The new store is located in the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Read more...

Carriage Works, Inc. Reports Booming in Vending Cart Business

Klamath Falls, OR - Over the past several years the Carriage Works has experienced steady growth in both the quantity and quality of business in the realm of cart, kiosk and RMU manufacturing.

The Carriage Works has been in the business of manufacturing carts and kiosks since the mid-70s, but saw its largest growth in 2001 when it purchased a new manufacturing plant on 4 acres in south-central Oregon. Following that purchase the business continued its rapid growth, and in early 2006 the company again found itself running out of operating and storage room. The decision was made to purchase additional adjoining acreage for both the construction of additional buildings, and to provide a larger parking area for transport and delivery trucks. Read more...

City of Atlanta and General Growth Properties Kick off the New Atlanta Street Vending Program

Atlanta - The City of Atlanta and General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP) have launched the first phase of an innovative partnership under which GGP will manage the Atlanta on-street vending program. It is one of the most comprehensive public-private partnerships of its kind in the country. Read more...

MagiQuest Opens at Mall of America

Bloomington, Minn. — MagiQuest®, the world's largest live action fantasy game that bridges the gap between physical play and computer play, is now open on the third level of Mall of America outside Sears.

The 12,000 square-foot adventure complex allows guests to step into a world of mystery, magic and adventure where they can fight goblins, slay dragons and interact with magical creatures including pixies, princesses and more. Read more...