For Retailers: Site evaluation and modeling issues

Model Sites: E-Solutions
QSR, October 2001
Topic: The growing role of technology in enhancing the site evaluation process {pdf}

Site Selection Models for Retailers: Not Just for Site Selection Anymore
Shopping Center Business, July 1997
Topic: The multiple uses of site selection Models

Where Have all the Good Sites Gone?
QSR, January / February 1998
Topic: How site selection Models can be helpful in finding needles-in-the-haystack

Technology Edge. Out of the Car, Into the Internet: In the site-selection game, technology is key.
Shopping Center World, April 2000
Topic: The increasing role that the Internet plays in site evaluation tools

Bedtime Bonanza: Select Comfort rises from slumber, turning profit and opening stores
Shopping Centers Today, May 2004
Topic: A retailer success story

For Landlords and Municipalities:
Attracting retailers using appropriate tools

Right Location Requires Research
Albany Times Union, June 11, 2000
Topic: How a city can use data to position itself wisely for retailers


Using the Site Package as an Innovative Way to Lure a Retailer
Shopping Center Business, May 1997
Topic: How shopping center developers can demonstrate their site quality to retailers

How to use Demographics to Attract Prospects
Shopping Center Management Insider, March 2004
Topic: Innovative ways to grab a retailer’s attention {pdf}

Man recruits Starbucks to Riverdale
New York Daily News, December 11,  2007
Topic: Starbuck leads the way for more retail. {pdf}

Other key issues facing shopping centers and cities

Upscale Mall may have more Humble Neighbor
The Business Journal of Jacksonville, August 10, 2001
Topic: The need for a mall to differentiate itself


Flatiron’s First-Year Sales Trailed Cherry Creek’s, Park Meadows’
Rocky Mountain News, August 11, 2001
Topic: The importance of a mall’s marketing strategies {pdf}


We Built It. But Will They Come?
Sun Times, August 31, 2003
Topic: The importance of a city’s and mall’s image


Out of Style?
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, September 14, 2003
Topic: Difficulties facing aging malls


The Humble Strip Mall Lives On
San Antonio Express, November 7, 2003
Topic: The future of strip centers


Retail Developers Bide Time, Jockey for Sites
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, January 11, 2004
Topic: When is a city over-malled?