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Goodbye Circuit City

Glendale Circuit City closes; plenty of other retailers offering electronics are still open.

Newspapers, Blogging, and Books in Glendale: A 2008 Reflection

Prospects for print media and book publishing changed dramatically for the worse in 2008.

Toys, Digital Cameras, Food – A Parking Lot Test in Glendale

Christmas Eve retail demand in Glendale, California, gauged by the congestion in and around parking lots.

A Glendale Arts and Design District – More Retail, but Local

As more entertainment businesses locate in Glendale, their employees will shop at retail stores in Glendale. If a revitalized business district also offers storefront-lined streets full of local flavor, it would be one great step out of the big box import goods economy for Glendale. A local job and locally produced goods – these are concepts that will make Glendale, and our nation, more prosperous.

Glendale Designer Boutiques and the Downturn

Glendale, California boutiques are struggling, but their smaller size may give them flexibility to adapt and prosper with new marketing strategies.

Glendale Shoppers and Area Retail Districts

My Black Friday observation is that if the Galleria is busy, it is at the expense of other area retail districts, including Burbank’s Media Center and the storefronts of central Brand.