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Ian Ritter leads the editorial team. He most recently served asassociate editor at the International Council of Shopping Centers'monthly magazine, Shopping Centers Today, where he wasresponsible for feature stories as well as investigative reporting.He is joined by a group of veteran journalists who will offerreaders an inside look at the retail business. Jackie Day,editorial director for Real Estate Media's Online Newsletter Group,will serve as senior copy editor, and Midwest regional editor DeesStribling will be managing editor and Midwest bureau chief. BobHoward, who is the the Southern California-based West Coast bureauchief, also covers Los Angeles and Orange County commercial realestate news for GlobeSt.com. Connie Gore, the Southwest news bureauchief for GlobeSt.com since it launched in July 2000, isfunctioning in the same role for GlobeSt.com/RETAIL.GlobeSt.com's Philadelphia correspondent Marita Thomas is put inthe role of Northeast bureau chief, while Jennifer D. Duell, whoreports on the Houston and Phoenix market for GlobeSt.com, servesas Southeast bureau chief. John Salustri, GlobeSt.com's nationalonline editor, is editor at large for the new venture.

On hand to serve in an advisory capacity are a variety of bothretail and real estate industry veterans including Kenneth P.Balin, president and CEO of AMC Delaney Group Inc., Robert K.Futterman, chairman and CEO of RKF & Associates, SteveO'Connell, chief administrative officer and CFO for BearCreek/Harry & David, and David Lichtenstein, chairman andprincipal, the Lightstone Group.