Category Archives: Part 4: Store Location Planning

This sub-category encompasses trading-area analysis and site selection.

Retail in 2019: Observations from Knowledge @ Wharton

Posted on February 11, 2019 by bermanevansretail

Despite the wave of store-based retail bankruptcies last year, 2018 was “one of the best years for the retail industry in a decade,”  according to the National Retail Federation. The booming economy and the lowest unemployment rate in a decade … Continue reading →

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Clicks to Bricks Strategy – Reaches Tipping Point in 2018

Posted on October 25, 2018 by bermanevansretail

Clicks to Bricks Strategy – Reaches Tipping Point in 2018 Continue reading →

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Retail Sales is on the Upswing, Then Why are the Malls Dying?

Posted on October 4, 2018 by bermanevansretail

Monthly statistics from the US Census show that U.S. retail sales are consistently growing at a modest rate, yet shopping mall vacancies and closures are the highest in the last seven years (WSJ 2018). Experts blame the downturn in shopping … Continue reading →

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