August 18, 2016
Total Volume Projected to Reach Near-Record Levels for the 2016 Season The school bell is ringing in the second biggest retail spending season of the year. Retail trend watchers are predicting more-than-healthy sales with shoppers in an upbeat mood and retailers and retail real estate companies like Levin are keeping a close eye on the […]
READ STORYJuly 27, 2016
Social Media, Population Diversity and Movements Like Body Positive Are Driving Changes in Women’s Wear From the catwalk to the pages of glossy magazines to malls across America, inclusive fashion is making a statement. The 2004 Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, celebrating women of all looks and sizes, launched a trend that now includes not […]
READ STORYJuly 1, 2016
Influential Retail Real Estate Trends Include Technology and E-Commerce The results of our mid-year Retail Sentiment Survey are in and the news is good, with our tenants reporting strong year-to-date performance. They’re optimistic about the months ahead and are continuing to leverage technology to stay competitive in the e-commerce-influenced retail landscape. Retail Real Estate Tenants […]
READ STORYJune 29, 2016
But...Bricks-and-Mortar Stores Are Still Dominant by a Wide Margin Online shopping is no longer a trend. It’s now a way of life in America, with 96 percent of the respondents in a recent study saying they shop online. All demographic groups – from Millennials to Seniors – are turning to their various screens for making a […]
READ STORYJune 14, 2016
Levin Expands Its Third-Party Services to Meet Growing Demand By Joseph Lowry, SVP-Leasing and Acquisitions A paradigm shift is underway in retail and in the retail real estate industry. One result is a surge in the demand for third-party services. In the last 28 months, our investment advisory practice took on over 21 new retail […]
READ STORYMay 11, 2016
Re-inventing Retail: It’s Not Just for the Big Guys Smaller Stores are Joining the Latest Retail Real Estate Trend By Melissa Sievwright - VP, Marketing In a previous post we shared some of the latest developments in the re-invention of retail – a chapter of our industry’s history that is being written right now. But […]
READ STORYMay 5, 2016
In Retail Real Estate, Concept Stores and Non-Stores are the Next Wave By Melissa Sievwright - VP, Marketing The re-invention of retail is underway, driven by tech advances and new shopper preferences. The impact of mobile and online are obvious. Less quantifiable is the attitudinal shift from acquisition to experience among consumers. Millennials and boomers […]
READ STORYApril 27, 2016
Is the Department Store Dying or is this Evolution as Usual? Retail Real Estate Trend: Luxury Retailers Revive the Customer Experience There are some questions in retail that never seem to go away. Among the most-asked concerns is the health of the traditional department store. Is this retail concept on life support? Have department stores […]
READ STORYFebruary 24, 2016
Consumers Love Online but Still Prefer Shopping at Bricks and Mortar You know there’s a big retail real estate trend brewing when Amazon, the premier pure play online retailer, announces a plan to open 300-plus book stores. Yes, that’s stores, as in bricks-and-mortar establishments. Market tests of on-campus locations and pop-ups in major cities preceded […]
READ STORYJanuary 7, 2016
The great disruptor – maybe the greatest in our time – is now more than just an emerging trend. The sci-fi sounding Internet of Things (aka the IoT) is now a reality that is already transforming almost every aspect of daily life – from home security to healthcare. It promises to usher in a “golden […]
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