ATLANTA—Retailers are now battling e-commerce and the Internet in a variety of ways, including investing more money in websites and BOPUS—buy online and pick up at the store— technology. It's rapidly becoming a click-and-collect world.
In fact, last December more than one-third of holiday shoppers used BOPUS services. Consumers like it because there are no shipping costs and the instant gratification. From a product perspective, BOPUS is enabling brick-and-mortar stores to better compete against online retailers. BOPUS technology also allows retailers to have visibility of their inventory at a store level, which was not possible before.
While this is good news for brick-and-mortar stores, landlords and tenants should be aware of the issues created by retailers who offer these services. GlobeSt.com caught up with Jeremy Cohen, an attorney at commercial real estate firm Hartman Simons, to discuss this trend in this exclusive interview.
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
*May exclude premium content© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
