Hongwei Liu

Hongwei Liu
Anchors Up: Why the Exit of Legacy Retail Tenants is Actually Good for Malls

Every month another major retailer closes stores in the shopping malls we grew up going to. The ease of digital search paired with the advantages of e-commerce (lower overhead, decreased inventory commitments) is giving retailers pause. The development of a truly omnichannel shopping experience, where the path to purchase is more fluid than linear, hammers…

Only Retailers Lose When a Customer Gets Lost

We’ve all been there. You enter a store for one thing, but on the way to finding that very item you stumble upon countless other products you didn’t know you needed. A hundred dollars later and you have the $5 socks you came for, and a new blender, some shampoo, a birthday card for your…