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Amazon-Whole Foods Already Rattling the Grocery Sector
By Wolf Richter Here are the numbers since the August 28 price cuts. When Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods Market closed on...
McNellis: Leaving Retail
By John McNellis [dropcap]I[/dropcap] received an invitation to attend a cocktail party in Los Angeles at next week’s International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC)...
Resilience Is the New Sustainability
Evan Reis, SE Executive Director, US Resiliency Council Evan.reis@usrc.org www.usrc.org Green design alone is not sustainable Ihad a discussion with a friend a...
McNellis: The Only Free Cheese is in a Mouse Trap
By John McNellis [dropcap]I[/dropcap] had the following conversation with a broker a couple days ago. While not verbatim, it is true. The phone...
McNellis: Over-Storing America
By John McNellis “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…” Julius Caesar [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s it happens, Shakespeare was writing...
On Seattle’s Construction Boom, Rents, and Crane Counting
By Liberty One Lithium There are 67,507 apartment units in various stages of the pipeline. Jun 30, 2017–It’s kind of hard to wrap...
McNellis: Is Macy’s Amazon’s Next Target?
By John McNellis “Amazon wrecked the mall. Now it’s coming for the grocery store.” Chris Isidore CNN Money “The 40,000 square foot market...
McNellis: For the Class of 2017
By John McNellis “Even if all your desires and wishes were fulfilled, you still wouldn’t be happy…” Alan Watts [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ather than focus on...
McNellis: The Death of Retail?
By John McNellis “The outlook for physical retailers is grim, the sector roiled by store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies.” San Francisco Chronicle 5...
Primer on Workplace Amenities
How to Leverage Your Competitive Edge And Meet the Needs of a Changing Workforce By Robin Weckesser [dropcap]U[/dropcap]sing the workplace as a tool...
McNellis: Oh, Lucky Man
By John McNellis [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the red-staters in Congress gather yet again this week to disembowel the Affordable Care Act, it may be worth...
Short the (Department Store) Stock
By John Cumbelich [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Department Store business model is dead. Macy’s and JC Penney are closing stores by the hundreds. Sears is on...