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In 2020, shopping center industry professionals sought out information and ideas to help their businesses succeed despite the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic. Stories about landlords and tenants working together to operate during a pandemic were the most popular reads of the year. Posts about government assistance programs and news about expanding tenants also drew lots of attention. Here are 2020's 20 most-read stories from ICSC Exchange based on unique clicks. They're worth revisiting.
1. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dollar General and Madison Reed are growing their store portfolios
2. Combo dog park-bar-coffee house aims to activate shopping centers’ outdoor spaces
3. California: Take action now and urge legislators to Oppose SB 939
4. A six-acre entertainment concept is shopping for sites across the South
5. Financial impact of COVID-19: What retailers and landlords can do
6. 7 ways landlords are helping small-business tenants
7. Applying lease terms during the pandemic
8. Frequently asked questions about the CARES Act
9. Activating parking lots during COVID-19 with drive-in movies
10. 34 good deeds from retailers and their landlords
11. What will retail’s normal look like after COVID-19?
12. Is it worth it for restaurants to operate just takeout and delivery?
13. Service tenants now outnumber retail tenants in the U.S.
14. Federal Realty, Kimco and Phillips Edison launch curbside pickup programs
15. Retailers’ latest moves: Curbside pickup, dark stores, shopping reservations and more
16. Bankruptcies, Nordstrom plans and a big bet on Macy’s
17. Simon’s strategy for reopening 49 malls
18. JV places major bets on malls
19. Investors gauge safety of net lease sector amid COVID-19 uncertainty
20. Japanese department store offers glimpse of post-COVID-19 shopping
By Brannon Boswell
Executive Editor, Commerce + Communities Today
