John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions… Read More
The inauguration of a new store rarely receives much attention in the world’s top cities.
And yet, in 2023 San Francisco, where empty storefronts, declining foot traffic, and safety… Read More
The mayor of San Francisco on Thursday suggested reshaping the city’s struggling downtown by demolishing vacant retail property, including the Westfield mall, and erecting new building… Read More
The world-famous Texas Roadhouse is known for its mouthwatering hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made-from-scratch sides, and freshly baked bread. They spare no effort in ensuring th… Read More
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When MosaicML, a generative AI platform company, decided to upgrade its office space, its CEO and co-founder, Naveen Rao, was set on San Franci… Read More
On Thursday San Francisco's mayor London Breed "proposed remaking the city's struggling downtown by tearing down abandoned retail space..." reports CNN, "and building new structures to resha… Read More
The dipping consumer demand owing to persistently high inflation is whittling away at the US retail sales expectations this year. In the latest torpedo in the retail landscape of San Francis… Read More
David Sing, Pexels
The development of mixed-use complexes has become popular in the United States in recent years.
As traditional shopping malls and retail centers have struggled with d… Read More
Since 2015, there have been at least 57 major retail bankruptcies. And after more than 5,000 store closures in 2017, we are on track to surpass that number in 2018. A com… Read More
Uncertain times can cause fear for investors, but it also presents opportunities for those willing to dive into the niches. In this episode, Logan Freeman, the Co-Founder of FT… Read More
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Retail is big… Read More
Kristina Blackadar is a fan of the shopping experience at Nordstrom and is still sad that the Anchorage store closed. Photographed Friday, October 28, 2022 with her 13 year old dog Tia. S… Read More
America has always been a nation segregated into haves and have-nots with rampant inequity a seemingly natural aspect of our social order — the motif impacting towns and cities just as… Read More
When mall owner Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) reports third quarter results in a few weeks, it will be perhaps the most important earnings report in its history. Brick-and-mortar retail h… Read More
According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon will soon open its own department stores, with a focus on apparel, electronics and household goods. The Seattle Times reports: The first stores a… Read More
Update: This article was initially written about road tripping during the pandemic and was updated May 2021 to reflect conditions for taking a US summer road trip in 2021 amidst lingering pa… Read More
On Friday just past midnight, I stumbled across a Clubhouse room hosted by a well-known figure in the Chinese startup community, Feng Dahui. At half-past midnight, the room still had nearly… Read More
Amazon is planning to buy up space in malls as fulfillment centers. It is in talks with Simon Property Group, a large mall owner, about turning some of its J.C. Penney and Sears stores into… Read More
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Montgomery Advertiser
The Capri Theatre shut down a month ago. And the Cloverdale movie house… Read More
From the Oregonian – Gordon Friedman, January 27, 2019
Early one Monday last November, police arrested Kobe Yandell for napping in the lobby of a downtown Portland skyscraper. Officers… Read More
In the year 1707, a store call Fortnum and Mason opened in London. It sold food, luggage, housewares, and clothes. To date, it is the official grocer to The Queen of England and is adorned b… Read More
Southwest Florida bird photography is nothing short of amazing. Birds that are difficult to get close to further north, are generally in abundance and tolerant of close-range photographs. It… Read More