The madness of retail rents.

This report really reconfirms my statement: Let’s move around the corners and develop retail with sense and sustainability! from: “Thomas Daily News International, issue Nov 21st, 2008: Retail: Rents in global luxury locations keep on rising Fifth Avenue in New York (€1,051/sqm/month), Causeway Bay in Hong Kong (€1,031/sqm/month) and the Champs Elysées in Paris (€644/sqm/month) [...]

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Secret LOHAS-Yeti’s.

LOHAS are Yeti’s! Everything seems to confirm that: They are addicted to nature, extremly focused on themselves. Ideally they live in LOHAS-groups but they still remain being loner, trying to be as unique as possible.

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Ninetyninecentninetynine.

A short US press-release was published in German newspapers these days: The US-store chain 99c only rises it’s prices – ending up where?…

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Shopping could be valuable.

  In some cities retail space, located in the most popular pedestrian zones or the top ‘high street’ areas, cost up to 1.000 $ rent per month … per square meter. A medium-sized fashion shop there, for example, pays 200,000 $ every thirty days just for the four surrounding walls. Electricity, heating, salary for employees, [...]

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