The Business of Retail
Canadian discussions - a global retail perspective. As the world entered lockdown in March 2020, a small, diverse group of Canadian thought leaders gathered virtually to speculate, collaborate and share their insights on the waves of disruption facing retailers. "The Business of Retail” podcast emerged as an unflinching strategic alternative to the conventional discourse. Listen or watch as root causes are revealed and new paths forward for the wider retail ecosystem are explored.
The Business of Retail
Retail Real Estate Transformation - Part 1: Trends through COVID (w/ Claude Sirois)
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Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson
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Episode 16
The TBOR team invited guest Claude Sirois, the forward-thinking former President of Retail at Canadian Shopping Centre giant Ivanhoe Cambridge, to a two-part discussion.
Part 1 reviews the deep, persistent shifts in the real estate landscape the past few years and the jarring impacts on landlords and tenants triggered by Covid responses.
Part 2 in two weeks will take a look at what the future of “physical” for retailers, developers, and landlords might look like.