Articles on
Management
Shopping Centers and the Rebirth of American Cities
Eric Hertz
March 11, 2018
Contrary to the popular storyline, shopping centers are not going away. They are transforming into an entirely new entity, and in the process rescuing and ...
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Living Space: The Final Frontier
Len Lewis
March 8, 2018
The “American Dream” may not be dead after all. It’s just getting more compact. Small living spaces, once characterized by squalid, disease-ridden inner-city tenements and ...
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The Science of Shopping
Paco Underhill
February 26, 2018
I closed the heavy curtain and was alone with the mattress in the mock bedroom. The noise of the shopping mall was muted in the ...
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International Invaders Create New Retail Opportunities
Marie Driscoll
February 22, 2018
There are so many reasons for the demise of the traditional mall, including (and first on the list) a lack of newness and excitement that ...
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The New “Third Place”
Eric Hertz
February 18, 2018
1. Trendy Food-Driven Centers Out of adversity comes opportunity. Some of the most forward-thinking developers in the beleaguered shopping center sector have hit upon an ...
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The Advantages of Disadvantages
James M. Damian
February 13, 2018
Advantage Design It was our imagination, design thinking and an innovation capability that created the technology we used to disadvantage physical retail. Now is the ...
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MIA Shoppers Located by Nomad Retailers
Kate Newlin
February 6, 2018
There are a number of trite sayings that migrate from sports into business. Fish where the fish are. Skate where the puck is going, not ...
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Open Sesame: Kroger and Alibaba
David Merrefield
February 4, 2018
It doesn’t take an enormous feat of memory to recall that quaint term “trade channels.” Yes, there was a time when apparel retailers sold apparel, ...
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