Retail marks milestone: Storefronts peddling services overtake those selling clothes and other goods
March 11, 2020 at 07:01 AM EDT
The number of service-based retailers — such as a Dave & Buster's entertainment venue, a local spa operator or Cheesecake Factory restaurant — surged 20.5% from 2002 to 2017, totaling 1.2 million spaces, a new report from commercial real estate services firm JLL found.