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Sustainability – The Future of Retail 1440 428 ASG

Sustainability – The Future of Retail

The June 2021 PwC Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey of more than 8,600 consumers in 22 territories revealed that 59% are more price-oriented and 50% are more eco-friendly. Sustainability can be exemplified in many ways, but retail sits at the juxtaposition between manufacturer and consumer and has a powerful seat at the table when it…

Retail Location Strategy & Consumer Connection 1440 428 ASG

Retail Location Strategy & Consumer Connection

I have talked about the importance of retailers connecting with their customers – meeting them where they are, understanding how they’ve changed, and refining what is offered to better serve them. But this idea of connection goes further. Retailers are finding new ways to engage authentically with their customers, and there is an opportunity for…

The Golden Opportunity for Retail 1440 428 ASG

The Golden Opportunity for Retail

Over the last 10-12 years, DTC brands became a force to be reckoned with, as more customers turned to the convenience and cost-effectiveness of try-before-you-buy and automated subscription models. Traditional retailers and brands that were already shifting their retail strategies to compete with digitally native DTCs ramped it up during the pandemic. And consumers, seeking…

The Convenience Store Playbook 1440 428 ASG

The Convenience Store Playbook

Convenience stores (C-stores) have always held space in retail, but today’s convenience store is almost nothing like its predecessors. A place that was once known for questionable hot dogs, 32-ounce cups of soda, and burned coffee is now a leader in delivering the experiences sought after by today’s consumers.  How C-Stores Met Consumer Need During…

No, It’s STILL Not a Retail Apocalypse 1440 428 ASG

No, It’s STILL Not a Retail Apocalypse

I become frustrated with the persistent notion that the sky is falling and that retail has reached its endgame. Yes, the pandemic exacerbated a situation that was largely already in progress – consumer habits were changing, some brands weren’t paying attention to shifts in consumer behavior, and everyone had too little cash and too much…

Retail, One Year Later 1440 428 ASG

Retail, One Year Later

March 13; a Friday the 13th, ironically enough: That’s the day most people point to in 2020 as the moment when everything changed. Up until that day, it was business as usual, with just a few conversations surfacing from the background about a new SARS virus. And then suddenly, the pandemic enveloped us. Schools closed.…

Redefining Retail 1440 428 ASG

Redefining Retail

I’ve been spending a lot of time these days thinking about the future of retail. And what I think about most is how much opportunity there is. How much opportunity?  Well, I’m so confident in retail and what retail means to consumers, that even in the midst of a pandemic, we have acquired and merged…

The Landlord-Tenant Partnership to Save Retail 1440 428 ASG

The Landlord-Tenant Partnership to Save Retail

The loss of specialty retailers, such as Jos. A. Bank, J.Crew, Lord & Taylor, and Pier 1, didn’t just impact the companies themselves. The ripple effect ran through the malls in which they were tenants and indirectly impacted the other mall tenants that relied on their presence as a draw. Many tenants had anchor store…

A Consumer-Centric Retail Strategy 1440 428 ASG

A Consumer-Centric Retail Strategy

We’ve talked before about how the pandemic isn’t to blame for everything going on in retail. A consumer-centric retail strategy has been needed for a long while. A lot of the writing was already on the wall for those brands that were slow to embrace the ever-evolving nature of retail that is required to remain viable. The…

Reinventing Retail Post-Pandemic 1440 428 ASG

Reinventing Retail Post-Pandemic

The uncertainty of 2020 has resulted in two basic approaches to navigating the ambiguity of retail during the course of the pandemic: the “deer-in-the-headlight” approach – those retailers who panicked, froze in place, and have quietly filed for bankruptcy; and the “what if we try this” approach – those retailers who were able to nimbly…

Post Pandemic Retail Strategies 1440 428 ASG

Post Pandemic Retail Strategies

We’ve been talking recently about department stores – specifically, the incline and change in retail that occurred as a result of department stores, as well as their original purpose. Department stores were the logical evolution of brick and mortar in the late 1800s. Before department stores, there were mom-and-pop shops. Those developed into the mercantile (think…

ASG Acquires Design Agency Chute Gerdeman 1440 428 ASG

ASG Acquires Design Agency Chute Gerdeman

Columbus based Asset Strategies Group Acquires Design Agency Chute Gerdeman to expand its retail real estate solutions business. Asset Strategies Group (ASG) has cleared a path forward to strengthen its strategic real estate solutions business in the acquisition of the leading environmental design agency Chute Gerdeman. ASG has a nearly two-decade history of providing an expanding…

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