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<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma" lang=EN-US link=blue vLink=purple>FYI - see article below on tenant incubators - an old retail recruitment technique that is getting refreshed in the slow economy (thank you to Mary Bosch for sending to me!)<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> The Site Optimizer [mailto:news@news.retailtrafficmag.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Mary Bosch<BR><B>Subject:</B> Tenant Incubators Take Off as Landlords Try to Fill Small Shop Space<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=toc1></A><A href="http://link.retailtrafficmag.com/u.d?c4GoECqAsRSpWR8NgtQA=241&s=mary@marketekinc.com&YM_2MID=1312023"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #005ab6; FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Tenant Incubators Take Off as Landlords Try to Fill Small Shop Space </SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #838383; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">By Elaine Misonzhnik, Senior Associate Editor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><v:shape style="Z-INDEX: 251659264; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 75pt; HEIGHT: 75pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; mso-wrap-distance-left: 3.75pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 3.75pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-position-horizontal: left; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" id=_x0000_s1027 type = "#_x0000_t75" coordsize = "21600,21600" alt = "" o:allowoverlap = "f"><v:imagedata src = "http://enewspro.penton.com/site-files/enewspro.penton.com/files/uploads/11d7a8abd8341138a78255d812bb9ee9-Wright-Jon.jpg"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type = "square"></w:wrap></v:shape><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The internet and mobile shopping </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">continue to <A href="http://link.retailtrafficmag.com/u.d?K4GoECqAsRSpWR8NgtTu=301">transform </A>the retail sector. Customers can comparison-shop on the fly, looking at a product in a store, but then acquire it from another retailer through their smartphone. This is leading to less loyalty from shoppers to particular retailers and channels. And there’s no sign the trend will abate. <BR><BR>To survive, retailers will have to continue to adapt. But there remain keen advantages to having brick-and-mortar locations. The savviest retailers can exploit these networks by, say, allowing shoppers to buy goods online and then pick them up in stores. That can happen more quickly than getting something delivered.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=toc3></A><A href="http://link.retailtrafficmag.com/u.d?B4GoECqAsRSpWR8NgtTY=321&s=mary@marketekinc.com&YM_2MID=1312023"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #005ab6; FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">New Flagship in Times Square </SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG>Editorial Director</STRONG><BR><A href="mailto:david.bodamer@penton.com">David Bodamer </A><BR><BR><STRONG>Managing Editor</STRONG><BR><A href="mailto:susan.piperato@penton.com">Susan Piperato </A><BR><BR><STRONG>Senior Associate Editor</STRONG><BR><A href="mailto:elaine.misonzhnik@penton.com">Elaine Misonzhnik </A><o:p></o:p></P></TD>
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