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Executive Summary Growth Driver: Post-recession growth in the restaurant category is driven by a fundamental and cross-generational shift in consumer dining habits. Who’s Spending? Millennials dine out more frequently than their older counterparts, but Generation Xers and baby boomers contribute most to restaurant sales. Millennials likely will spend more as they advance in career and […]

Understanding how retailers meet the levels of human need reveals how the industry will evolve. Retail is dead. That’s what they’re telling us. They say that humans will have no need for physical stores when anything and everything can be delivered to our doorsteps. Shopping malls might as well close their doors. Doesn’t everyone buy […]

Marc Heller, president of leading commercial lending and leasing services provider CIT Commercial Services, has shared numerous insights on the state of the retail industry in “E-commerce Drives Retail Revolution,” the latest piece of market intelligence from CIT Group. He touches on numerous topics in the report, including one of the most sought-after demographics in […]

€15.5 billion was invested in shopping centres in H2 2015, representing a 16.6% year-on-year growth. The second half of 2015 saw 3.3 million sq.m of new shopping centre space open its doors, bringing the European total stock to 156 million sq.m by the end of 2015. Overall, 4.6 million sq.m of shopping centre space was opened […]

Lowest Vacancy in Six Years Despite Cloudier Outlook As the fourth quarter of 2015 (Q4 2015) came to a close, U.S. shopping center vacancy was 8.0%, unchanged from the third quarter of the year and marking the 15th consecutive quarter of steady or declining vacancy in the marketplace. Cushman & Wakefield is currently tracking over […]

Investor appetite for urban product remains undiminished, boosting pricing year-over-year Boosted by recent mall acquisitions and increased urban retail investment, retail transaction volumes in the third quarter of 2015 totaled $18.4 billion—a 10.7 percent jump from the second quarter and a 4.6 percent increase year-over-year. Year-to-date volumes are also on the rise, increasing 10.1 percent […]

The messages emerging from the retail sector are very mixed. GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index soared in June to its highest level since the late 1990s, with consumers increasingly bullish about both their own financial prospects and the health of the economy overall. This optimism has partially filtered through to retail sales. In the 3 […]

Total shopping centre floorspace in Europe increased by 3.3% over the twelve months to the end of 2014 totalling 152.3 million sq.m. Although Western Europe currently accounts for 69% of total built GLA, development activity in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) surged ahead in H2 2014, with 2.2 million sq.m of space delivered to the […]

Eastern European markets continue to lead shopping center development with 60% of space under construction located in Russia and Turkey, reports CBRE.  During H1 2015, the total amount of new shopping centre space completed across Europe stands at 1.36 million sq m and just under 12 million sq m under construction, with Russia responsible for […]

As online shopping continues to grow at the expense of store visits, the premium in the future will be on creating unique, brand-defining experiences that keep customers coming back – whatever the channel. The physical store remains the primary retail touch point for consumers Retailers and the Age of Disruption In last year’s Total Retail report, […]

The traditional shopping centre market in Poland appears to be becoming saturated and investors are now seeking other “niche” retail formats. CBRE presents the “Outlet Shopping Centres” report, in which it discusses the current situation and reviews future opportunities for growth in this sector of the market. A typical outlet centre has at its disposal […]

US retailers dominated in cross–border expansion and accounted for 26% of expansion into new global markets.