SAN DIEGO—Restaurants continue to express concerns over the increase in minimum wage, especially when coupled with high rents in highly sought-after locations, CBRE's VP, retail services, Carrie Bobb tells GlobeSt.com. We spoke with Bobb after the recent ICSC Western Conference here to discuss some of retailers' greatest real estate trends and concerns at this late point in the cycle.
GlobeSt.com: What do you see as the biggest emerging retail trends for 2017?
Bobb: Customers are looking for a unique, interesting shopping experience. Our lives are so packed with so many things vying for our attention that the retail experience must compete for the consumer's interest. The retail experience is their form of entertainment.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
