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.
However, despite dedicating less CAPEX to opening Nordstrom Rack stores, Nordstrom Rack
store sales per square foot have historically been higher than Nordstrom Full - line sales per square feet.
Not exact matches
Comparable
store sales rose 16 %, and, on a
sales -
per -
square -
foot basis, Lululemon is still the top - performing apparel retailer in North America.
Its flagship now does more
sales per square foot than the average Apple
Store, with lines out the door and a very impressive 65 percent conversion rate.
(Fun fact: the brand's flagship boasts more
sales per square foot than your average Apple
Store.)
The Apple
Store is the envy of many in the retail world, with the highest
sales per square foot in the industry.
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.
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.
This
per -
square -
foot charge or small percentage of a
store's gross
sales covers advertising and promotion costs for the shopping area and upkeep of the common areas surrounding the businesses (parking, sidewalk, walkways, sitting areas, patios, restrooms).
A company like Sears would need to close nearly half its
stores to restore its
sales per square foot to 2006 levels, according to the real estate analytics firm Green Street Advisors.
That's partly because Nordstrom has opened about 60 since 2011, but also because
sales average about US$ 550
per square foot compared to about US$ 370 at full - line
stores.
The tech giant is paying $ 60
per square foot for the 23,000 -
square -
foot store, one of its largest, and will make shopping as simple as possible for rushed commuters, allowing them to purchase the company's products without the help of a
sales assistant.
The Filing Persons look forward to working with the Issuer on operating initiatives such as increasing
sales per square foot to peer levels, improving the Issuer's operating leverage and optimizing the number of new
store openings.
A report by Green Street Advisors in 2016 found that average
sales for 220 malls with Apple
Stores came to $ 710
per square foot, compared with $ 630
per square foot for malls without Apple
Stores.
Simon's comparable
store sales were up 1.8 percent over 2002 with $ 398
per square foot.
Anchors at the malls range from JCPenney to Sears and Mervyn's and average mall
store sales range between $ 290 and $ 331
per square foot for the three malls.
The result: Retailers can generate more
sales per square foot in less space causing
store formats to shrink.
For example, a retail
store in the center in Greenwich, Conn., should expect to earn $ 600 — $ 800 in
sales per square foot, Kaplan says, but the average mall retailer does just under $ 200 a
square foot.
General Growth's same
store NOI for the first quarter of 2007 was only 0.5 percent compared to 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2006, due to lease termination fees carried over from last year, but its occupancy rate, at 92.9 percent, was 1.8 percent higher during the same period last year and its
sales per square foot increased more than 3 percent since the first quarter of 2006 to $ 458.
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.
Simon Property Group is also doing well, with a 3.7 percent increase in same
store NOI and a 5.6 percent increase in
sales per square foot to $ 487.
«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.
Its portfolio stands 92.5 percent occupied, it posted $ 437 in
sales per square foot and its same -
store sales were 3.5 percent higher than last year.
Reis attributes the higher rents and lower vacancies to the country's top - tier malls that attract the most traffic, with
stores that rack up the highest
sales per square foot.
Apple's retail
stores — which recently celebrated their tenth anniversary — have become some of the most successful retail ventures in recent history, bringing in several thousands of dollars in
sales per square foot — by far the best record in the industry.
Rolling 12 month comparable
sales per square foot for mall
stores less than 10,000
square feet in regional malls and all owned gross leasable area in Premium Outlets.
The properties are so - called Class B malls, as opposed to Class A, which differ based on the
sales per square foot the specialty
store tenants generate.