Lichens: “It is true that consumer buying habits are changing, but these changes incorporate more than just increasing use of e-commerce.”
The Greatest Threat to Retail Real Estate
Changing consumer buying habits as part of a confluence of factors have created the perfect storm that is taking its toll on the retail industry right now, RCM’s Tina Lichens tells GlobeSt.com in this look at the firm’s recent retail sentiment study.
Lichens: “It is true that consumer buying habits are changing, but these changes incorporate more than just increasing use of e-commerce.”
Carrie Rossenfeld ›
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
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