Executives at many major retail chains across the country made it clear for months that they intend to ask their landlords for rent concessions as a way to deal with weak sales during the recession.

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To borrow from Mark Twain's famous quote, the reports of the death of retail (and the retail lease) have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, although reports of the demise of the brick-and-mortar ...