Retail Evolves, Spinning Into Increasingly Hybrid Market
March 30, 2020
By Mark R. Smith, Contributing Writer
The lazy refrain on the street these days about retail has become familiar to the point that society is believing it.
Brick and mortar is dying. The future is about online sales and the future is now. Look at the amount of available space in the many of the malls and shopping centers, and how long it takes to backfill. And when it is backfilled, it’s often with nontraditional tenants.
It’s easy to see how people who aren’t closely analyzing the changes in the market would swear that the shopping o...
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