Hardly a day goes by without news of a major department store, big box retailer, or popular chain store scaling back or closing its doors. Based on the pace to date, in 2017, Credit Suisse estimates that U.S. retailers will close more than 8,600 locations this year, eclipsing the numbers from the 2008 recession. Where […]
Read MoreUnder the ideal setting of PHS’s Philadelphia Flower Show, Greater Philadelphia Gardens (GPG) announced on March 15, 2017 its new study on the collective economic impacts of the region’s public gardens, arboreta, and historic landscapes. The Greater Philadelphia region has long been regarded as “America’s Garden Capital”, with over 30 public gardens within a 30-mile radius […]
Read MoreESI has been working with RW Ventures in Chicago on the Transforming Retail Economics of Neighborhood Development (TREND) Project. For TREND, ESI designed a comprehensive web-based survey that collected data about Chicagoans’ shopping patterns.
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