Retail Focus 6/14/21 – Availability of Wholesale Space; RH Continues Search for Greater Margins

Our interview guest is Justin Smith, a senior vice president with Lee & Associates and the author of the recently released book “Industrial Intelligence: The Executive’s Guide for Making Informed Commercial Real Estate Decisions.” He discusses the current landscape of industrial real estate as it pertains to retail and the process retailers follow as they develop and onboard distribution and fulfillment centers to their pipeline. In news, we look at RH’s continued search for expanded margins in luxury and Home Depot making a move to further vertically integrate their supply chain.