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by Cristina L. Addy and Andrew T. O'ConnoronMarch 5, 2020
The current outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) will be a test of the global supply chain’s strength in the face of unintended interruptions, and can be a lesson on building-in supply-chain contingency plans. As a result of COVID-19, many factories in China, which supply the bulk or all goods...
by Cristina L. Addy and Timothy H. WatkinsonFebruary 19, 2020
Although online shopping is extremely convenient, many consumers still want to touch and test out products before they purchase them. Since 2015, Amazon, with its first brick and mortar Amazon Books store, has made its way out from behind its consumers’ smart phones and onto their street corners to give...
by Cristina L. Addy and David J. RabinowitzonDecember 19, 2019
The ICSC New York Deal Making Conference (“NYDM”) was held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from December 10-12 and had more than 9,600 registered attendees. This year, ICSC offered much more content than at prior NYDM conferences. Over the course of 3 days, there were a total of...
by Jennifer M. Rogers, Karen O'Malley and Cristina L. AddyonOctober 30, 2019
Last week, over 1,500 members of the retail law industry came together at this year’s 49 th International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC) U.S. Law Conference that was held in San Diego from October 23 through October 25, 2019. Those in attendance ranged from counsel from outside law firms...
by Cristina L. Addy and Andrew T. O'ConnoronAugust 14, 2019
Sharing limited personal information with retailers has its benefits, including targeted ads, discounts, incentives, and coupons. But at what cost? Do the risks of disclosing your personal information to retailers outweigh the benefits to which time-sensitive consumers have grown accustomed? Many retail consumers no longer have personal connections to...
by Cristina L. Addy and D. Hara PerkinsonApril 4, 2018
New York City, one of the world’s premier shopping destinations is about to get over one and a half million square feet of new retail space. Some will be delivered to Long Island City, an area that has been waiting for a retail resurgence for over 2 decades, and...
by Cristina L. Addy and D. Hara PerkinsonJanuary 24, 2018
We all know now that the federal corporate tax rate for many retailers is dropping this year from an industry effective average rate of 32.9% to 21%, as a result of changes implemented by the so-called “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” which was signed into law on December 22...
by Cristina L. Addy and Daniel E. RottenbergonSeptember 27, 2017
In addition to gigantic warehouses that e-commerce companies are constructing away from population centers where real estate is limited or too pricey, shopping malls and former shopping mall sites are well poised to be the newest e-commerce logistics and distribution hubs. With the deluge of vacant malls and vacant...
by Cristina L. Addy and Daniel E. RottenbergonJune 29, 2016
It is widely known that e-commerce sales have been growing and shifting sales from traditional brick-and-mortar establishments. As noted below, overall e-commerce sales in fact still account for a relatively modest percentage of total retail sales. That said, the percentage of e-commerce sales related to total retail sales continues...
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