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The Cost of Thanksgiving 2021
The various holidays celebrated by Americans throughout the year drive a significant portion of consumer spending. Thanksgiving is no exception. Moreover, while most festive occasions include meals or...
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2021 Healthcare Retrospective
Going into 2021, it was difficult to predict how the healthcare sector would fare while in the midst of a pandemic. Some predictions, such as the continued expansion of “medtail,” proved accurate,...
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Global Retail Outlook Webinar
The New Year is coming, and with shoppers leaping over significant purchasing hurdles to celebrate the holiday season, one question arises: what changes will 2022 bring to Retail, globally? Dynamic...
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2021 Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Shopping Results
In-store foot traffic was up but sales dipped from last year over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The National Retail Federation recently released its Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Consumer Survey, which...
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The Mighty Retailer vs. The Supply Chain Giants
Economists suggest the supply chain logjam will continue to affect businesses into the first half of 2022. Speculation over lack of inventory was a hot topic during the summer months, and now that...
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What We’re Watching for in 2022
After a record-setting 2021, the capital markets are poised for another strong showing in 2022. As we wrap up the year, here are several thoughts and predictions on the year ahead. Quick Hits will...
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2021 Trends Impacting the Future of Retail
Phew! We made it through another year of retail’s unusual twists and turns. The trends that caught the most attention blend the physical space with complementary digital platforms that expedite the...
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January 2022 U.S. Retail Report | The Sixth Sense is the Retail Experience
Exploring the five senses of consumer shopping with the added sixth sense of experience in the physical retail environment. The physical retail environment plays a critical role in how consumers behave...
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Social Commerce: What’s in Your E-wallet?
Digital payment platforms provide consumers with an efficient and secure form of convenience to pay for goods and services without the hassle of carrying credit cards and cash. Software-based payment...
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Podcast | Retail: Recorded, Episode 13 – The Evolving World of Real Estate...
Property managers have always been jacks-of-all-trades. But ever since the COVID-19 pandemic sparked significant changes in commercial real estate, REMS (Real Estate Management Services) professionals...
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Retail Ends the Year on a Strong Note After a Robust Holiday Season | U.S....
A prosperous holiday shopping season led the U.S. retail market to record levels at the end of 2021. American consumers pushed holiday sales to a record $886.7 billion, jumping 14.1% during November...
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Quick Hits | RCA Q4 Update
What a difference a year makes. At this time last year, we were discussing record-shattering sales volume. However, after a roller-coaster 2022, conditions have changed. On the surface, 2022 was a...
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The New Convenience Store
The convenience store, an underdog of sorts, has emerged as one of the strongest retail categories during the pandemic with a reported increase in retail sales. With nearly 150,000 convenience stores...
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The Super Weekend for Retail
Despite concerns about supply chain disruptions, inflation at a 40-year high and the Omicron variant, the American consumer delivered retailers a record setting Christmas holiday shopping season...
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2022 Colliers Retail Outlook
2021 Year-in-Review The U.S. retail sector had a phenomenal year in 2021 as we saw a definitive correction due to the surplus of retail square footage and the considerable shift of consumer spending...
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Health, Fitness, and Retail
The at-home fitness market has been on fire, with fitness enthusiasts cobbling together at-home gyms, subscribing to online video programs and downloading fitness apps over 400 million times in 2021....
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Asking the Right Questions with Retail Expert, Anjee Solanki | Part 1 of 3
Three months into the new year, I am optimistic about what 2022 has in store for retailers and landlords. In this three-part series, I’ll share thoughts on where the industry stands, what we need to...
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Podcast | Retail: Recorded, Episode 14 | A Legal Take on Retail CRE
Retail Leases: A Lawyer’s View of 2022 The uncertainties of pandemic-related challenges have exposed startling legal ambiguities in retail leases — affecting both landlords and tenants — and lease...
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Quick Hits | February RCA Update
OfficeOffice sales were led by markets that have, until recently, been relatively quiet. A $580 million, five-building portfolio in and around Washington, D.C., is a pending sale from JBG Smith to...
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How the Inflation Rate Hits a Little Too Close for CRE
Health epidemic. Financial crisis. Civil unrest. War. It sounds like the line of a Billy Joel song, but it’s the harsh reality of 2022. The annual inflation rate has accelerated to nearly 9% for the...
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