Retailers Flipping “The Bird” to The Economy

Forever 21

So, Colliers International came out with a list of the retailers that are likely to expand this year. They called the list “Companies Likely to Pursue Expansion this Year”, but I would prefer to call it something like…”Retail Expansion for Smart Companies” (Not so original, check out Steve Pavlina‘s book to see where I got the idea from). So many tenants/retailers are sitting on the sidelines while landlords are giving FANTASTIC deals. Oh well, scared money “don’t make none.” Here is the list:

1. AT&T Mobility
2. Au Bon Pain
3. Best Buy
4. Costco
5. CVS
6. Dollar Tree
7. Family Dollar
8. Five Guys Burgers and Fries
9. Forever 21
10. Fresh & Easy
11. Gold’s Gym
12. Goodwill Industries International
13. Noodles & Company
14. O’Reilly Auto Parts
15. Panera Bread Company
16. Party City
17. Rainbow Shops
18. Ross Stores
19. Rue 21
20. Smart & Final
21. Sprouts Farmers Market
22. Sunflower Farmers Market
23. Urban Active Fitness

Now, that is Colliers International’s list, but I know of a few more that are making moves in this time of opportunity:

• Citi Trends
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• TJX (Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods)
• Great Harvest Bread
• Wal-Mart
• Kohl’s
• Aldi
• Food Lion (Bloom, Bottom Dollar, Food Lion)
• Advance Auto Parts
• Auto Zone

So there are definitely some trends here and we will talk about those in coming posts!