NEW YORK CITY—Reminding the crowd of why they're the topexecutives at their firms, a panel of industry CEOs at theInternational Council of Shopping Centers New YorkNational Deal Making Conference talked about moving beyondtraditionally defined business cycles, embracing the Internet whilestill determining its impact and what lies ahead for retail.

“Who cares how black Friday was?,” DanielHurwitz, CEO, DDR Corp. provocativelyasked. “Sales are up, profitability, rents and margins are up andthe balance sheets of our tenants have never been better so on thewhole, our business is good.

“Those days of Black Friday are gone,” he explained, “becausethe season has been extended, at both ends. We saw holiday adsstart before Halloween and the season rolls into January or beyondbecause of the gift card business. That's how we should judge theholiday season.

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.