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CRE Update in a New York Minute
I just returned from the ICSC National show, the 2nd largest retail show in the country. Optimism was fairly decent, but then again it’s a retail conference. A few things…
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Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
This last week, I made my annual pilgrimage to the ICSC Recon convention in Las Vegas in support of our retail group. At any convention, I have always found one…
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Leaving Las Vegas–RECON 2016
I spent this week at ICSC‘s RECON, the gold standard annual convention for the bricks and mortar component of the retail industry. This year marked the event’s 3oth anniversary in Las…
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Takeaways from the C-Suite: ICSC Open Air
“If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more,” General Eric Shinseki, former Chief of Staff of the Army. To me, this quote sums up my takeaways from…
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At ICSC, Retail Shows Signs of Recovery
It’s ICSC week, always a big indicator of what’s ahead with the retail portion of our work. As GlobeSt.com reported, research and panels throughout the RECon event see growth on the…
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International Council of Shopping Centers 2010 Roundup
This week I attended the national convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers, a member-driven organization for the retail industry. This year there were about 25,000 attendees. I felt…