Management: Editor's Letter
Looking Back, Looking Forward (12/30)
Dec 30, 2008
The final numbers aren’t yet in, but there’s little doubt that 2008 was the worst holiday shopping season in a generation, marking an ignoble finish to a dismal year for retail. ...
Editor's Letter: Looking for a Retail Hero
Dec 1, 2008, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief
It seems like not a day goes by without one retailer or another announcing that it is closing stores, declaring bankruptcy or opting to liquidate. In...
Editor's Letter: Retail REITs Deserve Another Look
Nov 1, 2008, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
For the past month or so from the day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy retail REITs have been under seige. The bad news has continued to pile...
Editor's Letter: When the Wall (Street) Comes Down
Oct 1, 2008, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief
It's gut-check time. It's time to admit that this financial crisis has now exceeded anything we've seen since the Great Depression. This is worse than...
Editor's Letter: A Helping Hand
Sep 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
In today's tough environment, perhaps the single most important thing an owner or manager can do is maintain occupancy levels. It's obviously critical...
Back to the Drawing Board
Sep 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
It has been a tumultuous 12 months in retail real estate. The housing bust and the credit crunch have taken their toll and massively slowed the pace of...
Editor's Letter: Seeking the Truth
Aug 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
As business journalists covering retail real estate, one of the toughest tasks we have is attempting to accurately gauge the mood of the industry. Retail...
Editor's Letter: Inflated Expectations
Jul 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
Our cover story this month (p. 20) looks at how rising grain prices have provided an unexpected boost in sales and profits to grocers, wholesale clubs...
What Happened in Vegas
Jun 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
If ICSC's RECon in Las Vegas was an accurate indication of the health of the retail real estate industry, then industry pros should feel quite pleased....
Lessons from the List
Apr 1, 2008, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
Our annual list of the Top Owners and Managers of retail real estate is a labor of love. It's far from a perfect process (as those of you who filled out...
