The holiday shopping season is here, and 2020 is bringing changes to the way we shop for our holiday gifts, as it has brought changes to so many of the ways we live, work, shop and play. Retail had already been undergoing a transformation before the […]
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Creativity, consumer focus and customized technology are keeping retailers strong during a pandemic that saw many people turning to e-commerce for their shopping needs. New services such as curbside concierge, where a customer can shop online at multiple stores in a shopping center and pick up […]
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Retail apocalypse? What retail apocalypse? Yes, there have been significant changes in the retail space in recent years, said Amy Sands, managing director with JLL during “The Latest Trends in Retail,” a panel discussion at CRE.Converge 2019 in Los Angeles. However, she said “apocalypse” is an […]
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Retailers and retail real estate developers are scrambling for ways to bring in more foot traffic to avoid becoming one of the 12,000 stores that are predicted to close in 2019. One of the sharpest tools they have is experiential retail, which Development magazine described in […]
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When you choose a hotel for either business or personal travel, you expect more than simply a positive check-in experience and fast Wi-Fi. In today’s extremely competitive environment, hotels are focusing on the total guest experience to set their hotel apart and drive increased revenue with […]
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Demand for retail properties has taken quite the hit in the wake of rapid e-commerce growth. Companies like Amazon continue to eat up industrial spaces, while brick-and-mortar retailers seem to lose foot traffic by the day. As that demand has washed away, however, a sturdy foundation […]
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Malls are dying (or have they officially been declared dead?). Former retail giants like Toys R Us and Sears are closing stores and filing for bankruptcy. From Mattress Firm, the largest mattress retailer in the U.S., to footwear and apparel company Nine West, the outlook for […]
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“Experience” is the hottest word in retail these days. In “The Rise of Experiential Retail,” the cover story of the summer 2016 issue of Development magazine, author Maria Sicola describes how brick-and-mortar stores, malls and shopping districts are using authentic, hands-on experiences to differentiate themselves from […]
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Commuters in the metropolitan D.C. area can now pick up a hot new book release or bottle of award-winning wine to pair with dinner on the way home at the Urban Pop retail plaza at the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station in Northern Virginia. These glass jewel […]
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