An Internet Reality Check
Ask any consumer or industry professional to estimate the impact of the Internet on retail, and you will get wildly…
Will the Brexit Vote Affect Global Retail?
A few days after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the British pound fell to a 30-year low,…
2016 – The Year Of Emerging Commercial Real Estate Trends
With many investors, analysts and stakeholders worrying about the possible end of the bull market (see Miami slowdown), 2016 still…
Turning Shopping Centers Into Coveted Consumer Brands: How Experiential Marketing Is Transforming The Traditional Mall
For the last decade, mall marketers have directed their fundamental strategies into building consumer awareness about the shopping centers’ retailers…
Replacing the Traditional Department Store
Movie Theaters and the Rise of the Experiential Anchor Report after report has shown that the modern consumer, especially millennials,…
Same Day Delivery, Multi-Platform Access and the Mobile Consumer
How Retailers are Shifting to Omni channel and Instant Delivery Over 90% of the time, the average individual researches a…
The Decline of the Traditional Mall and the Evolution of Experiential Shopping
Major shifts in the demographics and socio-economic composite of consumers have rapidly transformed the definition of traditional shopping and retail…
The Impact of Lowering Energy Prices on Commercial Real Estate
With a dramatic decrease in oil prices in 2015 and continuing into this year, commercial real estate (CRE) in the…
The Food Fusion: Authentic, Local and Classic D.C. Food Culture
You won’t find any national chains at D.C.’s premier southwest waterfront development, and that’s good news for future residential and…
Cybersecurity: Retailers’ New Frontier
In a speech given to technology industry leaders in 2015, Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill stated, “Privacy and data…
