FOCUS TRENDS is a monthly retail strategies article on a specific retail category highlighting growth and contraction within the market. For more information, please see our WEBINARS. Focus Trends ~ Shoes Expansion & Closures Declines and reinventions have been the story for the shoe store sector in 2017. The bankruptcy and ensuing closures for Payless […]
Success ~ Moline, IL: Future is bright
Quad City Times, by Jennifer DeWitt, published Apr 1, 2017 [link] SouthPark Mall manager: ‘Future is really bright here’ More than three years ago, the new owners of SouthPark Mall in Moline made a major commitment to reinventing the tired mall. Macerich Co. invested millions into a major remodeling, demolishing the closed Sears store and […]
Focus Trends: Sports
In the category of Sports, there have been some major changes with the players that are effecting retail real estate in a big way. Between Sports Authority’s bankruptcy and growth strategies from Dick’s Sporting Goods and Hibbett Sports, we are seeing a great deal of activity for new development and filling of second generation space. […]
