160M people visited stores over
Thanksgiving Weekend.

SCT - December 11, 2019

Digital technology is making physical retail more important than ever. “As the world becomes more digital, people are craving more physical retail,” said Showfields co-founder and CEO Tal Zvi Nathanel. “People become more thirsty for physical interaction.”

SCT - December 11, 2019

The direct-to-consumer model may allow retailers more control of touch points and a steady feedback loop of data, but acquiring customers through Google and Facebook ads is expensive, said panelists on Wednesday at the New York Deal Making session titled “The Future of DTC is Female.” DTC is heating up as a brick-and-mortar tenant category, with these retailers seeking to differentiate their brands and to bump sales up to the next level.

SCT - December 11, 2019

Developers must shape their projects to the needs of the people occupying and using them, and not the other way around, according to the Mastering Mixed-Use panel on Wednesday at ICSC New York Deal Making. “We’re leading first with the consumer,” said Jodie McLean, CEO of Edens, which has 125 mixed-use and retail properties across the U.S. Retailers must be relevant to the people occupying and using other parts of the development, she said. “The retail on its own can’t be successful without bringing in a lot of people from other parts of the mixed-use.”