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Top Stories for the Week of November 30, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Sears Makes Bid for Restoration Hardware CORTE MADERA, CA-Sears Holdings' $6.75-per-share bid tops a $6.70 offer made earlier this month by a private-equity firm. Wet Seal Slows Growth, Looks Off Mall FOOTHILL RANCH, CA-The company looks off-mall as it cuts it looks to cut its store growth next year. Dress Barn Eyes More Acquisitions SUFFERN, NY-The company wants to take advantage of a weak economy and buy out other chains. Belt-Tightening Lifts Gap Inc.’s Profits SAN FRANCISCO-Despite overall flat sales and a 5%-dip in comps, third-quarter profits rose 26% during Gap’s financial turnaround efforts. Sears Holdings Sales, Earnings Plummet HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL-The retail company’s net income falls from $196 million during last year’s Q3 to $2 million, as sales and gross margins drop. Print Top Stories

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Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Pep Boys Shutters 31 Units in 16 States • Tiffany Defies Retail Climate, Posts Strong Q3 • American Eagle To Open 1,000th Store • Falling Comps Don’t Faze Staples Execs • Forest City Breaks Ground on $600M-Plus Project • Children’s Place Shows Loss, Promises Fix • Aeropostale Boosts Dress Offerings • Bon-Ton Shifts Two Elder-Beerman Assets • Talbots to Inject Fun Into its Fashion • Levin Picks Up 1M-SF-Plus Assignment • Provident Bank Expands Into Westchester • Harleysville Gains $39M in Sale-Leaseback • REI Opens 525,000-SF Distribution Center • $35M Project Pushes Appian Out of the Gate • Savanna Pays $28M for Penn Station Site • Pantzer Buys 85,000-SF Center • Retailer Secures $14M-Plus Slice of Downtown Crossing • Revel Resorts Gets Key Approval	Southeast     Print Full Region • Metro Area Retail Investment Sales Still Strong • Woolbright Pencils Start for 230,000-SF Center • Stein Mart Sees Less Stores, Comps in Future • DLC Management Adds 68,271 SF to SE Portfolio
Midwest     Print Full Region • Loehmann’s Finances Build of Chicago Store • Famous Footwear Hurt By Economy, Weather • Bed, Bath & Beyond Signs at 500,000-SF Center	Southwest     Print Full Region • Men's Wearhouse Profit, Sales Climb • Home Depot Plans Green Store as Mueller Anchor • $60M Expansion Begins at Arlington Highlands • 241,460-SF 240 Penn Park Trades for $40M Plus • 85% Preleasing Kicks Off $30M Posh MXD Project • RLand Amasses Sites for 170,000-SF Plan • Westwood Changes Teams at Recent Buy
West     Print Full Region • Zumiez Sees Continued Store Growth • Sweden's H&M Signs at Opus West Shoppes • Neighborhood Shopping Center Commands $655/SF • Residential-Over-Retail Property Trades for $28M	Global     Print Full Region • Experts: Subprime Woes in Asia Are Minor • Tier-2 Cities Are Choice 1 as Alternate Plays • Massive MXD Complex Set for India