DDI's 2008/2009 State of the Industry Report

Published by: Nielsen Business Media

Published: Dec. 1, 2008 - 67 Pages

Table of Contents

Introduction

Wake up, America!

Consumer and retail trends for 2009

Pricing discontinuity

Luxury intoxication is over—time to sober up

Think local

The coming youth quake

The new YOU-niverse

Thrifty is nifty

The economy’s dramatic downshift

A look at performance and growth

The “R” word

A game of numbers

The trigger for the downturn

Weak dollar: pluses and minuses

Global expansion continues

A punch to the purse

Prices seek new ceilings

List of recent price increases

Rioting over rice

No more cheap imports

Are high prices here to stay?

From Street of Dreams to Avenue of Despair

Realestate boom ends as prices rise and foreclosures soar

Mortgage meltdown

Negative equity, dropping home values confound owners

Housing affordability

Fear of foreclosure

Housing recovery: when will it come?

Demographic and lifestyle shifts

Housing trends

Consumers: key to the economy

The boom ends

Trading down

Shoppers chasing bargains

Strapped and trapped

Rising debt

Retail expansion

Shopping center expansion slows

Village centers reaching saturation

Retail vacancies increasing

Construction and development

Trends in retail development

Rethinking the anchor

Compactability

Intensification

Storefronts

Green scene

Look global

Notable retail projects in the works

New shopping center projects 2008, 2009

Review by retail sector

Some kind of a recession

Luxury retail, losing its luster?

Discount fever

Warehouse clubs gain popularity

Wal-Mart: turning it around

Is Target off-Target?

Big-box category stores: challenging times

Department stores: competition intensifies

Specialty stores: tougher times

Grocery stores shift strategies

Top trends for grocery shopping

Convenience stores ride the gasoline boom

Drugstores: prescription for success

Restaurants and food chains: customers “trade out”

Industry changes

Notable mergers and acquisitions

Notable bankruptcies, store closures

Travel: from winning streak to a bumpy ride

“Staycation” instead of a vacation

Beijing beckons

Travel trends

Hotel building boom slows

The entertainment equation

At the movies

Dinner and a movie

Serving up entertainment

Retail design review

Retail projects abroad drive growth, offer buffer

Design 10 firms and revenues

Top projects for 2008

Abstract

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