What's Inside

On February 27, 2025, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, presented at the Retail Property Symposium 2025 in Bal Harbour (Miami), Florida. This exclusive event, hosted by global leadership community YPO, brought together top executives, investors and industry leaders to explore key trends shaping the retail real estate landscape.

During her presentation, Weinswig shared expertise on how data-driven strategies can enhance retail success and imagined the technology-powered mall of the future. We sought to answer three critical questions to help retail and real estate companies understand and navigate today’s landscape:

1. What’s going on in the retail market and with the consumer?
2. Is the retail landscape changing?
3. How are real estate companies implementing tech today?

This presentation also touches on tariffs, unified commerce, AI (artificial intelligence) in retail, the growth of Shein and Temu, the Ozempic economy, computer vision, blockchain, and much more!

Data in this presentation include:

• Proprietary US consumer survey findings—expectations for the economy and their household situation; generational differences in visiting malls; online shopping trends
• US retail sales and year-over-year growth, 2020–2029E
• Key indicators of US retail sales, spanning the housing market, the labor market, inflation and more
• Egg prices and food-at-home inflation
• Top 20 companies contributing to store openings and closures in the US, 2025 YTD
• Foot-traffic breakdown—year-over-year change in shopper visits for multiple retail and related sectors

Other relevant research:

• More research on real estate and the consumer
• The Coresight Research CORE Framework for AI in retail
• Visit the Coresight Research Retail Technology Hub to explore reports, data and competitive landscapes on technology.
• The US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries.