The Amazon “Effect” on…Everything
Amazon, according to Merriam-Webster, is defined as “a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology” and “a tall strong often masculine woman”. The word has come to be associated with large...
View Article2021 Colliers Retail Outlook
2020 Review As the coronavirus pandemic heavily impacted commerce, we witnessed retailers and consumers quickly shift their habits and strategies to conform to a new world of shopping in 2020. At the...
View ArticlePodcast | Retail: Recorded, Episode 7 – Diversifying the Crowd: The Next...
February was a short month with long project and to-do lists, but we’re thrilled to bring to you this next episode to kick-off the month of March. For this month’s episode, we stole some time on Jazmen...
View ArticleThe Serendipity of Retail: Pop-Ups and The Emerging Designer
Northern California native Busayo Olupona moved to New York to become a lawyer and found her true calling as a fashion designer instead. “I was looking for the kind of work clothing that was at the...
View Article2021 Retail Forecast Blends Real Estate and Technology
No one knew what to expect last year when the world economy abruptly came to a halt. As brands chart a path toward the post-COVID state (predicted for later this summer), they’re sure to make good use...
View ArticleSingle Tenant Net Lease Report 2020
The Resilience of Single Tenant Net Lease Retail While single tenant net lease assets typically offer a lower average base rent and provide fewer opportunities for rent increases than traditional...
View ArticleDelivering Happiness: Direct-to-Consumer and The Retail Space
Social dining has been at the epicenter of every family gathering since Pooja Bavishi can remember. “I was always drawn to the food, and specifically the desserts. They always made people happy. I made...
View ArticleU.S. Consumers Plan an Easter Spending Spree
After spending the Easter Holiday last year quarantined amidst growing fear and uncertainty regarding the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, consumers are making big plans to celebrate the popular...
View ArticleLight It Up, Life Lessons
In the final installment of our spotlight on incredible women in retail whose tenacity and talents have impacted both their careers and their communities, I sat down with my mom and my go-to whenever...
View ArticleRetailers and the Conscious Consumer
Retail businesses are hyper-focused on delivering value to brands as people change how and where they shop in response to the pandemic’s disruption. Accenture found that since the start of the...
View ArticleRetail Report | Spring 2021
Strategies That Will Shape the Post-Pandemic World The new year for the retail industry started on a high note, with overall sales increasing by 5.8% – the best growth rate since October 2020. Every...
View ArticleLet’s Make it a Blockbuster Night
If it weren’t for the egregious corporate mismanagement of Blockbuster‘s growth strategy, it is likely that the nostalgic icon featured in the Netflix documentary “The Last Blockbuster” would be one of...
View ArticlePets! Pets! Pets! The Pandemic Sweetheart
Throughout the pandemic, pet adoption agencies and shelters saw a 34% increase in pet adoptions. The popularity of pet companionship, significantly influenced by stay-at-home practices worldwide, saw...
View ArticleTracking Retail Rent Collections
It comes as no surprise that retail rent collections were down in 2020. However, even before the start of the pandemic, rent collections were already trending downwards. While collections are...
View ArticleAmerica’s Love Affair with Costco
During the pandemic, I spent some time in Southern California with family, and fell in love with Costco, again. You know, that multi-billion-dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in...
View ArticleEpisode 8 | The Recipe for CRE Success Calls for a Dash of Innovation
As the temperatures and vaccination rates both creep up, visions of buzzing restaurants and chilled drinks are starting to approach the sphere of “normalcy” once again. With an appetite to learn more...
View ArticleRetail Begins to Rebound | U.S. Retail Q1 2021
Retail Begins to Rebound Higher-than-expected advances in employment, along with the expanding vaccine rollout, stimulus checks and robust retail sales, are helping to support tenant health and retail...
View ArticleWill the Return of Fast-Fashion Impact the Future of Sustainable Fashion
Fast fashion’s original intent was to bring runway design trends to mainstream shoppers at an affordable price point. The concept made a splash in the 90s when apparel retailer Zara referred to fast...
View ArticleCrocs, From Ugly Duckling to the “It” Shoe
Crocs, the ugly duckling of footwear, reported a record $1.4 billion in revenue sales in 2020, a significant increase from their standing in 2008 when they were close to bankruptcy. Consumers have a...
View ArticleEpisode 9 | Eatertainment
For our ninth episode, we connected with Peter DeBiase, President of Restaurant Trends, whose family has dedicated much of their careers to examining every dimension of the business of restaurants —...
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