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Bringing successful new businesses to a community is a complex, connection and time critical, endeavor. This process requires a community to develop connections, acquire real estate tools, identify and create a strategy, and spend valuable time navigating an unfamiliar industry. Before Retail Strategies was founded in 2011, communities who desired to attract new and vibrant retailers to their market had no other choice but to take on this endeavor alone or use consultants who provided them with research reports, a list of prospects, and limited guidance on whom to contact, what to say, and what to do over the 18-36 month deal making process to secure new businesses in their communities.

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Article: Retail Turn Over in the TrustBelt States

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Retail Turn Over in the TrustBelt States

TRUSTBELT.com, by Lacy Beasley, President & COO of Retail Strategies [link]

What is the future of brick-and-mortar retail when e-commerce is so easy? What is FOMO and why should I care? Is this the end of retail or the beginning something new?

Is Retail Dying?

Retail is perhaps the most dynamic of the all commercial real estate sectors. Especially in today’s environment. We all consider ourselves experts on retail and restaurants because we shop, we eat…. we know. But what do we really know about how our shopping patterns are impacting Wall Street, therefore real estate and therefore our communities. Is McDonalds in the business of selling burgers or owning real estate?

This is not a retail Armageddon, it a mark shift shedding the dying concepts and bringing on new.

For the past few month, nearly weekly an announcement of a new store closing locations comes to our attention. All these closures might suggest an economic downtown. However, today’s environment is very different than the Great Recession. Consumer confidence is at a 16-year high.  According to U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, consumer spending accounts for approximately 70% of U.S. gross domestic product and is the primary driver of the country’s economic wellbeing. At least one major factor driving up Consumer Confidence is unemployment rates at the lowest jobless rate since May 2007.

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About the Author:

Lacy Beasley has written several articles and is a prominent speaker at Retail based conferences and economic development events. Speaking internationally she has spoken at approximately 100 events including ICSC RECon and Conway events.

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