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Retail space: Strategies that drive retail performance

Today’s retail real estate market is more challenging and complex than ever before. You need to understand and respond to ever-changing consumer and retail real estate market trends, continuously identify opportunities or potential reuse of existing facilities, and make investment decisions quickly and confidently. Our Retail Property Services team focus on delivering strategies that drive your retail performance and growth, for today and in the future.

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Our team of seasoned retail experts provide deep collective intelligence on trends and opportunities to drive retailers, landlords and customers to your retail destinations. Whether you are expanding into new markets or growing your presence in an existing one, we partner with you to create flexible solutions that will drive your strategic multi-market growth. Our collaborative, integrated service structure helps ensure consistency and efficiency across your entire portfolio.

Our extensive knowledge, expertise, and track record include all forms of retail. Should your transaction requirements or management needs include multiple locations, Avison Young’s collaborative, integrated service structure helps ensure consistency and efficiency across your entire portfolio.

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Unwrapping retail: 2025 holiday retail trends

Explore the four key trends shaping this year's holiday shopping season.

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As this year’s holiday season approaches, we anticipate four important trends that will guide the retail industry into a festive and productive shopping season. In this holiday guide, we explore how AI drives smarter sales, Q5 unlocks hidden growth, and agile logistics boosts resilience.

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Box office hits bounce back in North America but could see a dramatic intermission from current strikes

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Predictions vs. reality: Where 2025 U.S. retail trends align and diverge

AI-driven personalization and wellness-focused shopping are fueling 2025 retail growth, while electronics and hobby sector physical stores struggle to keep pace with online retail trends.

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graph of Q1 2025 U.S. retail sales year-over-year growth and change by store category

From clicks to bricks: The rise of phygital retail in the U.S.

Several e-commerce-first brands have leveraged physical storefronts to refine operations, grow strategically, and enhance customer acquisition over the past 10 years—here are insights on the top five.

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