Retailers Taking Their Medicine and Turning Cautious Over Growth – CoStar Group
When asked if this phase possibly creates an opportunity for those smaller local or regional retailers who had a tougher time getting great real estate when the big chains were expanding, Kampler said, “I think this is an opportunity for the ones that would typically have had trouble getting a landlord’s attention. The consumer is bored and does not want to see the same collection of stores in every shopping center from coast to coast. Malls should have more flavor, and stores should reflect the specifics of the geography and natural setting. There’s a small handful of malls around the country that have gone out of their way to have interesting tenant mixes and maybe we’re going to get back to some of that.”
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I have commented over and over again about the sameness. I travel all over the country and the drive from the airport into town is amazingly and depressingly the same wherever you go. Identical malls with the same tenanats. Kohl’s, JCPenny, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Old Navy etc, and all the restaurants are the same as well Chili’s, Applebee’s, etc.
I agree with fallenmonk. I get so tired of the same things over and over. Most of the increased shopping in our area has been the Kohl’s, JCPenny etc. Same with Chili’s and Applebee’s. And what they sell is so different from what their competitors off that you couldn’t tell the difference in a blind test. If we get variety made by local firms employing local people we will be better off in the long run.