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The last round of customs tariffs is another blow to a group of works that are already struggling: the mall’s retail dealer.
It is not that people do not visit shopping centers. Data shows that the visits of shopping centers were a little or a little bottom, depending on the quality of the commercial center and the time of the year.
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There is no tremendous exit away from the retail brick and mortar shells, but whether people visit and whether they buy two very different things.
Traditionally, Mall stores have benefited from traffic from the presence of many stores on the same location. The problem is that in addition to the ability to buy what is in front of you in an actual store, most people can also order their phone.
So if you stand in the classic Mall store like GAP, Ann Taylor Loft, Express, or anchoring chain like JC Penny, Macey’s or Dillars, it is much easier not to buy.
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I still go to the commercial center, and you still get a salt, a cup of coffee or one of the really large cookies with frost on it, but you do not actually help traditional retailers in shopping centers.
These retailers, who sell clothes, have got an additional blow stating that most of the goods they sell will strike with tariffs. This should be terrible news for the entire industry. MACY CEO believes that his company has a way to overcome the problem.
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MAKY’s has a tariff fence
MACY’s has spent the past few years in an attempt to the size of its business and reflects its hanging sales. This included steadily closing weak stores.
However, the CEO of Tony Spring believes that the series has a hidden origin that can be used to protect its business from the impact of definitions.
“Our hacking of our stickers has now decreased at the lowest level ever, and therefore the opportunity to rebuild work is useful from the long -term perspective perspective, but I also think it is good at this specified moment of time and that it protects us or isolates us, and isolates us a little from some induction uncertainty,” participated. “
Because Messi ((M)) Her private brands have private brands, and they have flexibility in their production location and make them in America that avoid definitions.
He added: “I feel satisfied with working in some brands. As you know, you look at a brand like Style & Co or today’s condition or a brand force like the hotel. These brands have done well over time and they are a large size and represent leaders inside their families in business.”
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He pointed out that the series did not give enough attention to all its private brands.
“There are other more emerging brands or need more work and re -imagination. Thus, I was with the brand team yesterday, a kind of walking until the fall of 2025. It looks amazing.”
Messi is trying to roll with punches
In a rapidly changed retail environment under the giant giant and a possible global trade war, all of which can be really intelligent and ready for change.
“We are aware of the inflationary pressure. It is clear that there were some unexpected factors in the first part of the quarter with fires and cold weather that affected the results of the work. But for the first quarter, as you know, we expect this pressure to continue, and we really focus on what we can control.”
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The results were encouraging so far.
“The good news is that the investments we are conducting in the customer experience are working, and what we are doing now is to limit these initiatives to a larger part of our business,” he said.
Spring also added a final comment on the definitions.
“As you know, our stocks in the first quarter are in good condition. There will be no effect from the outstanding definitions. We look at the remainder of the year, we follow an approach to each case separately and try to respond in an actual time as we learn more,” he said.
