September 2020
CONSUMER REAL ESTATE CANADA
The Takeaways & Trends - Cross-Canada Consumer Real Estate Market Conditions Conference Call
FROM MAIN STREET TO THE MAIN MALL AND ANYWHERE THAT RETAIL HAPPENS IN CANADA…KEEPING RETAILERS, FOOD SERVICE SPECIALISTS, E-COMMERCE PROFESSIONALS, RETAIL SPACE BROKERS, BUILDING OWNERS & DEVELOPERS AND INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS CONNECTED!
Hello fellow Canadian consumer real estate professionals, we hope you enjoyed the recent CREC update on Canadian consumer real estate market conditions. Here are the takeaways and trends from our call on Sept. 17, 2020, complied by the call moderator Michael L. Kehoe…
Special guest on the call was Phil Lichtsztral a partner with Richter Consulting Services based in Montreal. PLichtsztral@richter.ca.
Phil provides advise to retailers, wholesalers and distributors on corporate reorganizations, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, retail organization structure and insolvency. Phil advised the call participants that back to school sales were average at best and that does not bode well for the holiday sales season this year. Hard good and home goods sales are strong while soft goods such as fashion and footwear are down in the 20-40% range. Downtown retail is non-existent in Canada. Industry rumours about Hudson Bay and Moore’s persist. Most days at his office resemble a ‘trauma centre’.
The student question was from Landon King a recent grad in Real Estate Studies at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. “Prospecting for new business is a vital part of the industry. In a period of time when physical distancing is encouraged and people are less comfortable getting out and meeting new people, how are the participants on the call continuing to prospect and cold call while making sure everyone feels safe and comfortable?
The response to Landon’s question was from Monika Blachut at Fairfield Commercial Real Estate.
Sept 29, 2020
CONSUMER REAL ESTATE CANADA
The Takeaways & Trends - Cross-Canada Consumer Real Estate Market Conditions Conference Call
FROM MAIN STREET TO THE MAIN MALL AND ANYWHERE THAT RETAIL HAPPENS IN CANADA…KEEPING RETAILERS, FOOD SERVICE SPECIALISTS, E-COMMERCE PROFESSIONALS, RETAIL SPACE BROKERS, BUILDING OWNERS & DEVELOPERS AND INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS CONNECTED!
Hello fellow Canadian consumer real estate professionals, we hope you enjoyed the recent CREC update on Canadian consumer real estate market conditions. Here are the takeaways and trends from our call on Sept. 29, 2020, complied by the call moderator Michael L. Kehoe…
Our special guest was the President of Zenergy Communications, Linda Farha. The firm has offices in Montreal, Toronto and New York and Linda is the founder and chief connector of pop-up go a division of Zenergy. pop-up go provides turnkey solutions for brands and landlords looking to capitalize on digital and physical pop-up opportunities. Linda informed us on current trends in pop-up retail in Canada. Linda Farha linda@zenergycom.com
The call participants were advised by the Moderator that an in-person event is being planned for the industry in January 2021 in Banff, Alberta. Details will be announced later in October.