POST CONFERENCE REPORT
Key Insights from the Industry’s Biggest Event
Our team attended ICSC Las Vegas 2025 with 36 professionals, conducting over 400 meetings with retailers, developers, and industry leaders.
Here’s what we learned that matters for your community.
What’s inside this report:
- Retailer Expansion Plans
- Economic Outlook
- Financing & Development
- Market Trends
- Boots On the Ground takeaways
This report compiles three days of meetings and insights from the industry’s largest gathering.
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Why Discount Retailers Are Expanding So Fast (And What It Means for Your Community)
Discount retailers are expanding rapidly because consumers are more price-conscious and retailers are adapting with smaller formats and efficient operating models. For communities, this creates an opportunity: many discount and off-price brands are actively looking for new locations, especially in secondary markets where population growth and available space support expansion. Table of contents Why value-focused…
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Is Brick-and-Mortar Retail Still Growing? What the Data Says for 2026
Yes. Brick-and-mortar retail remains the dominant channel in the United States, accounting for the majority of consumer spending. While e-commerce continues to grow, physical stores still capture roughly 84% of retail sales, driven by grocery, restaurants, services, and experiential retail. Communities that understand how retail formats are evolving can still attract new stores and investment.…
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Retail Trends for 2026: What Communities Need to Know (and What to Do Next)
Retail in 2026 is still strong, but it’s changing shape. Communities will see more demand for value-driven retail, smaller store footprints, experiential tenants, and grocery-anchored growth—while many legacy big-box and oversized pharmacy formats continue to shrink or turn over. The communities that win will be the ones that can prove demand with credible market data,…
