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 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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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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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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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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After an investment in some fancy equipment, a crash course in live recording, and many Youtube tutorials on editing podcasts, we are ready to rock…The Graffito Podcast is finally here!
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I just finished reading The Biggest Bluff by Psychologist (and poker player) Maria Konnikova, which explores the relationship between skill and luck in poker; but really is about decision making and human behavior generally.
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Every call or video chat we have these days, regardless of agenda, starts with a question directed at us that is something similar to: “So, before we jump in, what are you all seeing out there?” While the conversations that follow are never identical, our response these days typically convey the following…
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On June 23rd, Massachusetts Restaurants United hosted a Town Hall topic: How to Talk to your Landlord, featuring Graffito’s Jesse Baerkahn. This post includes the entire video presentation.
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I invite you to provide feedback to us on what more we can do to reinvent Graffito as a more actively anti-racist organization, where we are missing the mark, if you want to join us in any of this, how we can share best practices, and how we can hold each other accountable in our respective pursuits to make better, more inclusive, more diverse, more equitable, and more valuable urban places.
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