CHICAGO, LAS VEGAS—ICSC's RECon event began yesterday in Las Vegas, and even though the challenge presented by internet sales is on the minds of many, there is also a lot of confidence.
“I think the mood here is upbeat,” Marc Blum, president of Skokie, IL-based Next Realty, LLC, tells GlobeSt.com. “It's very similar to last year. People are not talking doom and gloom at all.”
One of the methods that Next uses to insulate itself against the internet challenge is a focus on neighborhood malls. These smaller properties typically rent out spaces to service providers that don't have to worry about internet competition.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
