National Retail: East Coast Series 2018 | Bisnow | 8 May 2018 |

Retail generated a record high $5.7 trillion sales in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, making another strong year with annual sales growth of 4.4% year-over-year. However, consumers also turned their dollars towards e-commerce, spending $453.46 billion online in 2017, a 16% increase from the previous year which represents 13% of total retail sales and nearly half of its growth.

But cities still saw thousands of stores close in 2017 and plenty of brick-and-mortar business scaled back their locations. E-commerce is forcing companies to rethink their business model in order to keep up with the internet's giants and consumer demands. The industry's feelings on the future of retail is mixed, but retailers see signs for hope as they look for ways to reinvigorate their marketplaces.

2018 Speakers:

David Weinreb
CEO, The Howard Hughes Corporation

Marcie Merriman
Cultural Anthropologist & Retail Strategist, EY

Don Wood
President & CEO, Federal Realty Investment Trust

Steven Grimes
President ​& ​CEO, ​RPAI

David Jamieson
COO, Kimco Realty Corporation

Ken Bernstein
President, Acadia Realty Trust

Christopher Jaskiewicz
COO/ President, Gotham Organization, Inc./ Gotham Properties & Hospitality

Rohan Mehra
Principal, The Prusik Group

Tom Gilmore
Senior Managing Director, Real Estate Services, Madison Marquette

Michael Goldban
SVP, Brookfield

Steven Cornwell
CMO, The Howard Hughes Corporation

Fred Posniak
Senior Vice President, Empire State Realty Trust

Patrick Quinn
Vice President of Real Estate, iPic Theaters

Marc Wieder
Partner, Anchin Block & Anchin

2018 Sponsors:

• EMS Energy Made Simple
• Anchin
• BlackWell