The scene at RECon in 2012 |
Looking at the ISCS's news releases on RECon, this is the link I found most interesting: Retailers at RECon Are Hungry For Space to Grow. One name in this release jumped out, Sprouts Farmers Markets, based in Phoenix-based, with 172 stores and a long-term plan to expand that number to 1,200. Here is a report from Monday night with a lot of interesting information about demographics that could have a bearing on what happens here: Retail Trends 2014.
A few key points from this story:
- Total employment in the U.S. today stands just short of where it was in 2007 before the recession. Excluding government jobs, private sector jobs now exceed where they were at the beginning of this recession.
- Consumption is 70 percent of our economy. Today, retail sales in the Unites States are 14 percent higher than they were at the peak in 2007.
- The 20-to-34-year-old demographic group will account for $2.5 trillion of sales by 2015, an incredibly important driver of where we are and where we are headed.
The
20-to-34-year-old demographic group, which by 2015 will account for
$2.5 trillion of sales, is an incredibly important driver of where we
are and where we are headed. - See more at:
http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=35754#sthash.9zSP6uE5.dpuf
The
20-to-34-year-old demographic group, which by 2015 will account for
$2.5 trillion of sales, is an incredibly important driver of where we
are and where we are headed. - See more at:
http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=35754#sthash.9zSP6uE5.dpuf
The
20-to-34-year-old demographic group, which by 2015 will account for
$2.5 trillion of sales, is an incredibly important driver of where we
are and where we are headed. - See more at:
http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=35754#sthash.9zSP6uE5.dpuf
Total
employment in the U.S. today stands just short of where it was at the
prior peak in 2007 before the recession,” emphasizes Nadji. “If you were
excluding government jobs, private sector jobs now exceed where we were
at the beginning of this recession.” - See more at:
http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=35754#sthash.9zSP6uE5.dpuf
Total
employment in the U.S. today stands just short of where it was at the
prior peak in 2007 before the recession,” emphasizes Nadji. “If you were
excluding government jobs, private sector jobs now exceed where we were
at the beginning of this recession.” - See more at:
http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=35754#sthash.9zSP6uE5.dpuf