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Small Format, Big Payoffs: Retailers Evaluate Real Estate to Meet Consumers Where They Are — at Home

Retail TouchPoints

The store must also be adaptable enough to always give the consumer a reason to want to come back, time and again, as commodity alone is no longer enough. A downtown location in a major city might stock a larger apparel section, while a store on a college campus might carry quick-and-easy meals or dorm room necessities.

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Activist Investor Arkhouse Nominates Slate of Retail Heavyweights in Bid to Take Over Macy’s Board

Retail TouchPoints

Real estate investment firm Arkhouse Management has put forward a slate of nine nominees in an attempt to take control of the Macy’s, Inc. and L Brands ; Nadir Settles, Global Head of Impact Investing at Nuveen Real Estate; and Isaac Zion, Managing Principal at Acram Group. Target , Victoria’s Secret and Vitamin Shoppe.

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Analysis: Should Macy’s accept its $8.8 billion acquisition offer

Inside Retail

“An investor group that sells off real estate and perhaps takes other actions such as spinning off the e-commerce business, would certainly make some short-term gains. Arkhouse Management is a real estate-focused investing firm, and Brigade Capital is a global asset manager. But it’s notably less than the estimated $9.1

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Shoppers and Operators want Malls to Change, Creating Opportunities for Emerging Brands

Retail TouchPoints

For their part, more mall operators are looking to diversify their tenant mix and incorporate additional brands that resonate with younger audiences. As a result, emerging brands, especially those operating primarily online, have a unique opportunity to break into brick-and-mortar by leveraging prime real estate.

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Torrid Continues Building Out Executive Team With New COO/CFO and CTO Hires

Retail TouchPoints

Martin brings 25 years of retail experience, most recently as EVP and CFO of Guitar Center , where he was responsible for accounting and finance, real estate, sourcing, distribution and logistics. He also spent time with Lands’ End , Gap , Disney , Coldwater Creek and Amgen.

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Reports: Sears to Sell or Redevelop Headquarters in the Chicago Suburbs

Retail TouchPoints

Sears is planning for the sale or redevelopment of its Hoffman Estates, Ill. million square feet of office space and 100 acres of undeveloped land, would be just the latest development in the steady downsizing of Sears’ real estate holdings. corporate headquarters, according to The Chicago Tribune and CNBC.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Plans to Open 12 New Stores, 15 Gas Stations by Q1 2025

Retail TouchPoints

Our real estate pipeline is the strongest it’s been in 20 years, and we look forward to helping even more families save up to 25% off grocery store prices as we add clubs to both new and existing markets.”

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