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Landlords Who Lead: 5 Ways to Respond to Coronavirus
by Carrie Bobb 1. Acknowledge there is a problem. It effects large and small businesses. In McKinsey & Company’s report on Leadership in a Crisis, it said “Early in a crisis, if leaders display...

5 Retail Centers to Follow on Instagram
by Carrie Bobb We are always looking for leasing inspiration through social media. We look for things like merchandising, pop ups, content to events. Here are some of our favorite retail center...

3 Retail Subscriptions I Can’t Live Without
by Claire Plecha Billie Billie razor subscription | Photo: Techcrunch.com Are you tired of paying the extra 10-15% “pink tax” on women’s razors? Enter Billie: a subscription service that offers...

In the Company of Women
by Carrie Bobb As our family waited for the killer whale show to start at Sea World, we watched a video among a few thousand other people about the ocean. Trivia questions would pop up for the...

Brick & Mortar Retail in a Digital World | Part III
by Carrie Bobb The retail game is a much different game than it was not that long ago. Landlords must learn the rules of social media and how to play the game. Retailers are consumers too. And they...

Brick & Mortar Retail in a Digital World | Part II
by Carrie Bobb 1.7 seconds is how long a marketer has to catch someone’s attention on their social media feed. So how are landlords of brick and mortar retail supposed to stay in front of their...

Brick & Mortar Retail In a Digital World | Part I
by Carrie Bobb In a world where people would rather go without sex for a year than give up their smartphone for a year, how in the world is a landlord of brick & mortar retail space supposed to...
5 Do’s & Don’ts to Client Gift Giving
by Carrie Bobb Shopping for client gifts can be stressful and often just another box that needs to be checked. Here are a few guidelines for when it comes to selecting gifts for clients. 1.Don’t go...
Hold My Beer & Watch: Retail Isn’t Dead, Just Different.
by Carrie Bobb Katie Hunt, Co-Founder of SHOWFIELDS, was on a panel this weekend at Summit LA, the world’s preeminent ideas festival. She looked around the room at innovators and entrepreneurs and...
BIG, LOUD & CONSUMING: The Ippolito Family and raising GenZ consumer-kids
by Rob Ippolito The Ippolito Family Raising a large family has always been a goal and passion for my wife and I…We both come from large families and wanted to live in a loud, crazy household....