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The Multibillion-Dollar Retail Logistics Challenge: Handling Online Returns

by Adam Mullen | Feb 22, 2019 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

This past holiday season, as with many other times of the year, the difference between making or losing money online came down to one thing for many retailers: How effectively and efficiently they handle returns of merchandise. Returns are as old as the retail...

The Wall of Equity ‘WACCs’ Cap Rates

by Spencer Levy | Aug 16, 2018 | Head Of Research

Higher Interest Rates + Late Cycle = Lower Cap Rates. Huh? For the 22+ years I’ve been in this business, investors have relied on the relationship between cap rates and interest rates. But perhaps it’s time for us to stop relying on conventional wisdom. The general...

The sad story of global inflation

by Richard Barkham | Jun 1, 2018 | The Economist

Whatever the popular story of the time, the reason that cycles come to an end is that central banks raise interest rates to suppress inflation. Initially, business and consumer confidence prevents interest rates from having an immediate effect. Later, leverage and...

Does the increase in European warehouse completions have the potential to cause oversupply?

by Jack Cox and Mark Cartlich | Apr 7, 2018 | The Analyst

New warehouse supply has reacted robustly to the current strength of demand in Europe. As a result, completions have recently reached nearly double the levels at the height of the last cycle. We address here whether there is a risk that future supply could produce a...

Lending Smart In 2018

by Richard Dakin and Dominic Smith | Mar 28, 2018 | Investor's Notebook

Comparing returns, and risk, for debt markets across Europe has historically been nigh-on impossible due to a lack of data. But new research from CBRE will help existing and new lenders determine strategy from a position of greater understanding. The data show that...