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Thursday, Nov. 17: Retail

POSTED: 11:48 am EST November 10, 2005
UPDATED: 11:50 am EST November 17, 2005

The Swedes are here, the Swedes are here. Furniture retailer IKEA is open for business in Stoughton. Mary Richardson takes a drive to see what all the fuss is about.

Also tonight: when is a mall not a mall? Anthony Everett investigates the latest buzz concept in retailing: lifestyle centers.

And Ted Reinstein looks at how consumers with an appetite for more exotic tastes are changing the local grocery business.

Show Resources:

Derby Street Shoppes
94 Derby St.
Hingham, MA

Shoe Market
Derby Street Shoppes
Hingham, MA
781-749-5411
www.theshoemarket.com

IKEA
1 IKEA Way
Stoughton, MA
781-344-4532
www.ikea.com

Super 88 stores in Greater Boston area:
73 Essex St. Boston (Chinatown): 617-423-3749
50 Herald St. Boston: 617-423-1688
One Brighton Ave. Allston: 617-787-2288
South Bay Center, Dorchester: 617-541-2288
733 Hancock St. Quincy: 617-376-2388
795 Eastern Ave. Malden: 781-321-9388

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