Feeding Time
Despite Lower Returns, Supermarkets Add Investment Sizzle to Centers
 

Supermarkets may not offer the highest of returns. But in an economic market where traditional strong performance is no guarantee of future success, slow but steady has become more attractive. This edition of CPN and sister business Nielsen Claritas' quarterly reports offers insight into the less obvious opportunities supermarkets provide for the shopping centers that house them. For the full report, please click here.
 
Supermarkets
Biggest shortfall of potential demand compared to current sales in most affluent markets
 
Specialty Food Stores
Largest potential sales growth in most affluent markets
 
Full-Service Restaurants
Biggests sales growth potential in most affluent markets
 
Limited-Service Restaurants
Largest sales growth potential in most affluent markets
 
Additional Research: Investment Ready
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Methodology:
The opportunity and saturation quantities in the linked charts represent the largest margins between actual consumer spending and potential sales activity in select retail segments among the markets listed on Nielsen Claritas' Affluence Index. A market is considered saturated when existing sales exceed projected potential sales activity, while an underserved market and growth opportunity exist when potential sales exceed actual spending. There are, however, exceptions, as is the case with supermarkets.
 
CPN has partnered with sister business Claritas to provide the commercial real estate industry with data and analysis useful in shaping effective retail real estate strategies.
Nielsen Claritas is a marketing information resources company dedicated to helping companies engaged in consumer and business-to-business marketing. We are dedicated to maximizing our clients' profitability with targeted and measurable marketing programs and enterprise-wide technology solutions. For more information on Claritas, click here
 
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