Today we posted the last episode of The Graffito Podcast season 1, which was cut short because of the rising COVID numbers in our city. While it’s deeply satisfying seeing people and having face to face conversations (albeit 15 feet part in our office/studio), we’ve decided that bringing guests into our HQ should be suspended until infection rates have been lowered.
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We’ve always taken a grassroots approach to tenant recruitment that included pop-ins and calls to our favorite local businesses. With COVID-19, that has all changed…
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We have embraced the reality that there is no singular solution or approach we can successfully deploy to rebuild our retail leasing, real estate advisory, and marketing practices.
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Amidst all the challenges in our communities, the economy, and the retail marketplace today, actively marketing space aimed at small-scale and emerging retailer entrepreneurs and artisans feels like stepping into a sliver of sunshine.
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I’ve been nerding-out this morning looking at Chipotle’s Q3 sales numbers, which came out last week. A couple major takeaways: 1) Q3 digital sales tripled year over year and 2) Digital sales currently account for 50% of Chipotle’s sales.
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“Everybody pees and poops, every day. We analyze viruses, bacteria, and chemical metabolites that are excreted in urine and stool and collected in sewers. This information is a readout of our health and wellbeing as a community. We map this data, empowering communities to tackle public health proactively.”
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I wrote about curbside management on our blog back in May, when contactless curbside pickup was comparatively new. But in hindsight this missed a critical curbside use that’s grown significantly during the past 8 months: curbside pickup for non-food retailers.
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These three projects have been years in the making for us. And despite the fact that closing are far outpacing openings these days, there are openings; and some great ones at that.
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About a week or so ago, Graffito embarked on its 9th annual food crawl. A few things to note…First, it’s the largest team for the food crawl in Graffito history, which is exciting and making us all feel very fortunate.
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Here in Boston and throughout much of the country, we have an oversupply of retail space. We therefore need to completely readjust our thinking about ground floor leasing and programming.
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