Aren’t we all a little worn down by all the bad news coming out of the retail space (particularly as it relates to brick-and-mortar)? The fact is: 2016 has seen a number of retailers actually buck the current trend in the industry, unexpectedly expanding while...
How might the department store business be fixed? By closing hundreds of its businesses. That’s essentially the finding of a new study by real estate research firm Green Street Advisors. As The Wall Street Journal shares, Green Street estimates that, for U.S. department stores to...
Online commerce has made it a heck of a lot harder than it once was for brick-and-mortar retailers to compete on pricing for brand-name sales. That’s why more and more of them are shifting to private label, which allows for greater profit. Is that the...
Recent remarks that the CEO of Sears made in defense of his company’s poor performance may appear to highlight an issue of physical vs. digital retail, but Sears’ problems — and those of similar chains — really come down to “old guard” vs. “new guard.”...
April 26, 2016
How might the department store business be fixed? By closing hundreds of its businesses. That’s essentially the finding of a new study by real estate research firm Green Street Advisors. As The Wall Street Journal shares, Green Street estimates that, for U.S. department stores to return to their productivity of a decade ago, approximately 800 […]