At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from August 2023.
Vox
Remember when going to the mall was an activity, something that you did for fun? For the sake of retail, we need to get back to that time. Retail theft is a driving culprit for what angers shoppers, especially if they need to find someone to unlock a cabinet to get things like formula or razor blades. Vox has some steps to make shopping fun again, and a lot of it has to do with staffing.
Shopping in stores like Target, Macy’s has become a miserable experience – Vox
Census Bureau
New data from the Census Bureau reveals that nearly 1/5 opposite sex households contained at least one partner with children from adifferent partner, showing that stepparent relationships are on the rise.
Multiple Partners, Multiple Kids (census.gov)
SiteSeer
If you have vacancies, SiteSeer has their best tips to find a tenant. Consumer spending is steady even with inflation, showing that retail remains strong.
Shopping Center Vacancies to Fill? How to Find the Best Retail Tenants (siteseer.com)
Fox Business
Rural areas are seeing hospitals closures all across the country, and the latest closure in North Carolina is just one example. As population changes, the services in any given area need to access what is needed.
Rural North Carolina hospital 11th forced to shut down, change services this year | Fox Business
Fortune
Yes, even Zoom is now requiring their employees to return to work. More than 3 years after the start of the pandemic, return to work is in full swing.
Zoom asks employees to return to office twice a week | Fortune
Bloomberg
WeWork, once a tech darling, has a very unstable future. What will become of the company, and does our current society need rental office space like what WeWork offers?
WeWork Raises ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Staying in Business – Bloomberg
PBS
With Americans working from home, office building are going unused. What do you do with them? In some places, they are becoming homes.
How some U.S. cities are converting vacant office spaces into housing | PBS NewsHour
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