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Retail
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Retail Capabilities Brochure
From urban high streets to suburban shopping destinations, and everything in between, Cushman & Wakefield’s retail property specialists leverage industry experience and global perspective to best market properties, align brands with the right opportunities, and provide clients with intelligence for smart decision making.
Explore Retail Capabilities
The best opportunities in retail require the best thinkers.
Delivering better solutions
With a robust global network of specialists and a problem-solving mentality, our retail advisors have a track record of sustained success in this ever-evolving sector. We create and execute tailored solutions that optimize operations and drive long-term growth.
Revealing better insights
Retail is dynamic. By combining advanced data with global experience and local insights, we continuously track shifts in the market to ensure our clients not only keep up with trends but set them.
Striving for better partnerships
Advisors who can think like retailers are the most valuable partners. Drawing upon their own entrepreneurial spirit and years of working with the world’s best brands, our advisors can quickly form a clear blueprint for both short- and long-term results.
RETAIL SOLUTIONS
Whether you’re an upscale brand on urban high streets, an established retailer in a suburban center, or a digitally native brand embarking on its first wave of physical stores, a highly customized, data-driven location strategy is crucial to success. Our Retail Location Analytics & Strategy consulting team leverages extensive industry knowledge, proprietary tools and technologies, and global insights to help you understand your consumer, target ideal markets, and optimize your retail portfolio. Let our insights be your guide in creating a winning growth strategy for your business.
Engage us to:
- Analyze market entry and expansion opportunities
- Uncover the best store locations
- Optimize and rationalize your retail portfolio
- Assess retail demand and development feasibility
- Conduct customized research and analytics to address unique business needs: market studies, forecasts, portfolio benchmarks, and highest and best-use studies
Contact: Jim Kierski
We collaborate with digitally native and emerging brands to bring their customer experience to life. Grounded in data and analytics, we strategically guide new brands through the process of identifying ideal markets, selecting the best locations, and building the physical experience. We work together to drive best practices across experiential, operational, and supply chain to ensure a holistic approach is taken across real estate and omni-channel strategies.
Engage us to:
- Harness online data for physical store success
- Identify priority markets and select the best locations
- Define the purpose of a new store and convey the brand effectively
- Maximize the customer experience while saving on store build-out costs
Contact: Alanna Loeffler
Nothing happens on the shop floor, whether digital or physical, that doesn’t have an impact on the supply chain. Ever-changing consumer behaviors mean real estate and supply chain professionals must make quick decisions during a time when nearly every aspect of the industry is in flux.
Engage us to:
- Expand market presence and gain a competitive edge
- Optimize logistics and supply chain operations
- Maximize operations across your entire portfolio: retail, warehouse, fulfillment, logistics and office
- Mitigate risk: speed-to-market, location, and cost
Contact: Benjamin Conwell
Cushman & Wakefield’s cross-border retail experts are strategically positioned to help international clients translate and navigate the intricacies of U.S. market entry and expansion. Using data-driven insights, we serve as a trusted advisor to help define target consumers, identify top markets, select the right store location, and build a customer experience consistent with a brand’s identity. Our teams are in all major retail markets across the U.S. and everywhere in between, ensuring brands can mitigate their risk and have the industry knowledge, market intelligence, relationships, and transparency at their fingertips to make successful decisions.
Engage us to:
- Manage the leasing, acquisition and disposition of properties toward the most favorable outcomes
- Develop a forward-thinking omnichannel solution that configures around your store and e-commerce network for faster product delivery and efficiency
- Seamlessly manage the construction of a new store location or renovation
- Apply tried-and-tested processes, store management technology and facility support to manage each location
Contact: Alanna Loeffler | Learn more about our cross-border retail expansion capabilities.
We work with a vast array of experiential brands and entertainment concepts to create immersive and engaging adventures for consumers of all ages. Our consultative, data-driven approach delivers transformational solutions that scale as you grow and enhance the lives of local communities through reduced risk, time savings, and cost savings.
Engage us to:
- Uncover the best locations for your experiential retail venture
- Identify new market entry and expansion opportunities grounded in data and analytics
- Provide project management support for buildouts
- Manage your facilities with centralized operations and innovative technologies
- Collect, analyze, and manage your leases as you expand your enterprise
Contact: Alanna Loeffler
Cushman & Wakefield uses proven data and insights to help food and beverage occupiers expand into new locations and create memorable dining experiences that keep customers coming back for more. We collaborate with owners, developers and investors to curate a winning retail, food and beverage tenant mix that engages consumers, drives foot traffic and creates meaningful community spaces.
Engage us to:
- Identify the best markets and store locations for expansion opportunities
- Understand your portfolio to improve decision-making, mitigate risk and uncover cost savings
- Provide project management support for buildouts to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery
- Attract the right dining options to your asset, whether seasoned chains or innovative new concepts
- Consult on the development and programming for your food hall
- Assist with real estate needs for food and beverage manufacturing, processing and distributing facilities
Contact: Alanna Loeffler
Cushman & Wakefield serves as the trusted advisor for luxury retailers, offering tailored strategies to secure prime store locations that authentically reflect and enhance brand identities. Our expert brokerage teams leverage industry data, market insights, and extensive connections to navigate the dynamic retail landscape and empower brands to thrive.
Engage us to:
- Craft tailored strategies for expansion that align with business objectives and market dynamics
- Identify on-market spaces and off-market gems in gateway and emerging cities around the world
- Secure prime locations with favorable lease terms to maximize potential and mitigate risk
- Provide project management support for buildouts, ensuring seamless execution of store construction and design
Contact: Alanna Loeffler
As consumers continue to demand convenience, accessibility and value from their healthcare providers, companies are responding by adopting retail locations in urban high streets, lifestyle centers, suburban strip malls, and shopping centers. Our retail specialists help healthcare brands reach consumers and stay ahead of the competition with unique real estate solutions customized to this growing sector.
Engage us to:
- Understand community demand and need for specific healthcare services
- Uncover the best retail locations for your new practice
- Identify new market entry and expansion opportunities grounded in data and analytics
- Assist in building a scalable real estate program that will achieve your growth goals while maximizing cost savings and efficiencies
Contact: Alanna Loeffler
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The retail real estate sector is undergoing a dynamic transformation driven by evolving consumer behaviors, technological innovation, and the resurgence of experiential retail. It remains a critical component of vibrant communities and economic growth, offering unique opportunities for creativity and innovation in how brands connect with consumers.
By leveraging advanced market data and applying innovative strategies tailored to today’s retail environment, Cushman & Wakefield is well-positioned to help retailers, investors, and developers capitalize on emerging trends and identify the best locations for their businesses or investments to thrive. We believe the retail sector’s adaptability and potential for reinvention make it one of the most exciting and impactful areas in real estate today.
By leveraging advanced market data and applying innovative strategies tailored to today’s retail environment, Cushman & Wakefield is well-positioned to help retailers, investors, and developers capitalize on emerging trends and identify the best locations for their businesses or investments to thrive. We believe the retail sector’s adaptability and potential for reinvention make it one of the most exciting and impactful areas in real estate today.
Cushman & Wakefield supports retail investors, landlords, and developers with strategic guidance, market intelligence, and integrated services that reduce risk and enhance long-term value. With deep expertise in retail real estate, we help our clients identify high-potential sites, shape effective development or redevelopment strategies, and deliver projects that align with evolving consumer demands. From capital markets and leasing to property management, construction, and sustainability services, our full-service platform empowers our clients to confidently navigate complex projects and unlock the full potential of their assets.
Cushman & Wakefield supports retailers with strategic real estate solutions that drive growth, enhance customer experience, and adapt to shifting consumer behavior. Our team combines deep market knowledge with data-driven insights to guide every step of the journey—from site selection and lease negotiation to portfolio strategy and construction management.
We help retailers expand into new markets, optimize existing locations, and align their real estate footprint with their brand and business goals. Whether pursuing brick-and-mortar growth, omnichannel integration, or repositioning efforts, our platform equips retailers with the expertise and resources needed to succeed in a competitive landscape.
Brands are harnessing the power of online sales data to inform decision-making across all channels of distribution. Effectively analyzing data such as consumer profiles, demographics, and popular products by consumer type and location ensures new physical stores and their merchandising mix will best meet a brand’s target customer in the market they enter.
An intelligent approach to store expansion will identify the top markets for growth and target the highest potential submarkets for new locations.
Cushman & Wakefield supports retailers in their cross-border expansion efforts by combining deep local market expertise with a seamless global platform. Our 2,000+ retail specialists around the world provide critical insights into market dynamics, consumer
behavior, and regulatory environments, helping retailers identify the best opportunities and mitigate risks when entering new countries or regions.
By leveraging our extensive network and data-driven approach, Cushman & Wakefield enables retailers to accelerate growth, optimize their footprint, and successfully navigate the complexities of global retail markets. Check out our Main Streets Across the World report for a deep dive into how key retail corridors are evolving and driving the future of retail real estate.
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