And the company has the highest
sales per square foot of any apparel retailer in the country and one of the highest profit margins in the industry.
Just building a retail center, without other uses, has limited potential for profits and limited
sales per square foot at a time when property prices are sky - high.
Recently reporting that
sales per square foot increased 5.3 % to a record $ 376, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI) could be a good starting pick.
In addition to running a website and app, Frank + Oak operates 16 bricks - and - mortar stores with in - store barbershops and cafés — brand outposts less concerned
with sales per square foot than hosting whisky tastings and promoting the Frank + Oak aesthetic.
Spend more CAPEX on Rack than Full - line because
Rack sales per square feet have historically being greater than Full - line historical sales data.
Today, Liquor Store is one of J.Crew's most successful stores
by sales per square foot, and the company has opened a dozen standalone men's shops.
With North American department -
store sales per square foot dropping to $ 165 last year, from $ 200 in 2006, it's become more clear that the U.S. and Canada would be better off with 800 fewer department stores, according to research from Green Street Advisors.
Wilson is planning a 140,000 - square - foot, open - air fringe for the Mall of Louisiana to accommodate tenants that couldn't get into the mall, which
boasts sales per square foot in the $ 435 to $ 440 range.
Honolulu's Ala Moana mall is already known as one of the most profitable shopping centers in the United States, with annual
sales per square foot exceeding $ 1,000.
Most of the regional mall REITs reported increases in
tenant sales per square foot in the third quarter compared to a year ago, ranging from 2.6 percent all the way to 13.2 percent (for Taubman).
In 2014, Simon spun off most of its so - called B - and C - malls — those with
lower sales per square foot — into a new REIT, called Washington Prime Group.
The companies or public institutions that can add to the diversification of a shopping experience measure success differently than retailers, where results are computed simply
as sales per square foot.
That's why so much of the floorplan, labor and customer interaction tended to be centered around the cash register and metrics
like sales per square foot and average transaction size were used to measure success.
Of the 22 retail REITs Moody's rates, only two, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL, Baa3 negative) and Washington Prime Group Inc. (WPG, Baa3 negative), have concentration in malls with average
sales per square foot below $ 400.
The company's ability to continue to drive higher
sales per square foot through its unique merchandising, new promotions like the rewards card, and the introduction of impulse items combined with an improving housing market should drive outperformance versus other retailers.
Weatherproofing the outdoors is a tough, but necessary, assignment because lifestyle centers, which ICSC says average $ 400 sales in
sales per square foot versus $ 330 for regional malls, are here to stay.
Its $ 900 - plus in
sales per square foot figures are second only to the $ 1,400 that Simon is pulling down a few doors away at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.
At National, lease rates average a fairly standard $ 120 per sq.
ft. Sales per square foot can run as high as $ 900 for large stores — higher than a mall average — but gross volumes in the smaller airport stores tend to mirror mall store performances.
NOI from Chicago - based General Growth's consolidated properties grew 3.3 percent during the quarter and
sales per square foot climbed 2.2 percent, to $ 458 from $ 448 in the same period last year.
He simply reminds skeptics that 25 million people pass through the Water Tower, which generates $ 700 of
retail sales per square foot, every year.
According to a January tally by Green Street Advisors, only 40 % of Macy's stores are in «strong» malls as measured
by sales per square foot; the other 60 % are in the sorts of uninviting shopping centers where foot traffic is dwindling and department stores can feel especially vacant and gloomy.
Barry Nabatian, a retail analyst and director at Shore - Tanner & Associates, says the Rideau Centre is prime real estate, generating $ 1,000 in
annual sales per square foot.
«I view the trend as moving to all leased real estate instead of owned, as it has been proven that retailers see a 25 % to 30 % increase in revenue and generating
more sales per square foot in freestanding stores as opposed to in - line.
Annual sales at the three - level, 1.4 million - square - foot mall approach $ 600 million;
sales per square foot exceed $ 620; and trade - area household income averages a jaw - dropping $ 115,000.
The Class A retail real estate market has also improved since last year as evidenced by higher
tenant sales per square foot, the increased availability of lower - cost debt, and lower cap rates for Class A mall properties.
Post seemingly constant annual revenue growth of 50 % or more, manage the same feat with your gross margins, enjoy the fourth -
highest sales per square foot of all retailers in the U.S. (behind Apple, Tiffany and Coach), exceed your own earnings estimates on a regular basis, and sooner or later someone will attempt to compete with you.
The company is coming off a banner 2014: funds from operations (FFO), a key metric in real estate, rose to a record $ 8.90 per share, while retailer
sales per square foot in the last 12 months reached $ 619 per square foot, their highest ever.