Retail Woes Are Not all About Amazon

There are structural issues in retail that are driving today's wave of consolidations, i.e., the US is over-retailed with the most retail space per capita, 25 square foot per person, GlobeSt.com learns in this EXCLUSIVE.

By Lisa Brown | July 11, 2018 at 04:00 AM

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Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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