Year-to-date Retail Trends: Superstores, Dining and More
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Brick and mortar’s next chapter
RetailDive.com, Daphne Howland As the COVID-19 era has vividly demonstrated, closing stores has, at best, a chilling effect on shopping. In April — a month when, unlike March or May, most if not all nonessential retailers closed down — retail sales as measured by the...
The One Reason Walmart Has A Winning Coronavirus Strategy
Seth Cohen, Forbes.com On Tuesday, Walmart reported its first quarter financial numbers, beating analyst expectations and demonstrating that it is successfully navigating the coronavirus pandemic. But the financial numbers aren’t the real story behind Walmart’s...
Restaurants Transform Their Business Model
Restaurants Are Transforming Into Grocery Stores Because of Coronavirus Across the country, cafes and restaurants are scrambling to keep their businesses afloat. Restaurants that relied on dine-in customers are rapidly coming up with ways to hold onto customers who...Positive News (Yes, There is Some)
Stay Positive: Here Are 23 Pieces of Good News Regarding Coronavirus While most of the headlines today are distressing, there’s a handful of worldwide news doling out glimmers of hope in the midst of frightening times, and that’s important too. So,...The Retail Brokers Network…So Worth It
The Retail Brokers Network is a nationwide group of retail commercial real estate brokerage firms. My company and I have been proud members for over fifteen years. Retail Brokers Network Member: Eastern PA, Southern NJ, Northern DE Information The Retail Brokers...
Burlington Exits E-commerce to Focus on Brick and Mortar
March 6, 2020 A recent article in Retaildive.com by Ben Unglesbee points out that Burlington Stores is exiting e-commerce in favor of its brick-and-mortar stores. Burlington Stores is shutting down its e-commerce site to focus on its brick-and-mortar business, CEO...
Off-price continues to be on point
Nordstrom Rack now sells Rent the Runway apparel, a prime example of why this sector is poised to have yet another good year. RetailDive.com, Daphne Howland, Jan. 28, 2020 Apparel retail has never been for the faint-hearted, and today the segment has retailers by...
Mall Owners Are Buying Retailers
A mall owner is buying Forever 21 because it doesn’t want more vacant storefronts FastCompany, Michael Grothaus, Feb 3, 2020 If you’ve stepped into a mall recently you might find it not too surprising that malls are dying. There’s plenty of blame to go around for that...By Rob Samtmann
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