Pop-up stores gain traction as America's retail scene convulses

New York

AS traditional retail stores close and vacancies mount, landlords across the United States appear newly receptive to leases as short as a week, eschewing the typical 10-year time frame, even in locations that once shunned limited stays.

The upswing in pop-up stores, as the short-term placements are called, is playing out in all sorts of ways, and in all sorts of places - including dark malls, former grocery stores and shuttered art galleries, according to real estate brokers, landlords and tenants.