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REITs and Replacement Cost

Unpacking a tricky metric … »

Peter Lewis June 8th, 2026

Where are the Customers' Bots?

Will AI shopping agents have to imitate humans to do anything useful? … »

Peter Lewis March 2nd, 2026

What's Driving Delivery Demand?

Underappreciated reasons for the current growth of delivery apps … »

Peter Lewis January 5th, 2026

Three Hard Lessons for Retail

What's really driving the comeback at Barnes & Noble? … »

Peter Lewis October 27th, 2025

What's Wrong with Hotel REITs?

Why has the REIT structure had such poor long-term returns in the hotel sector? … »

Peter Lewis October 23rd, 2025

REITs are not Real Estate, Part Two

Where does the REIT sector go from here? … »

Peter Lewis September 2nd, 2025

How to Think about Loyalty Marketing

Which companies are still creating value with points and rewards? … »

Peter Lewis January 30th, 2025

REITs are not Real Estate

What went wrong for the public REIT sector? … »

Peter Lewis January 28th, 2025

Five Great "Real Estate" Books

(For those of us who can't finish real estate books) … »

Peter Lewis August 29th, 2024

The Online Retail Swamp

Does the "enshittification" of online shopping even make sense from the business side? … »

Peter Lewis April 21st, 2024

What to do with AI hype

Where will AI first move the needle in the corporate world? … »

Peter Lewis July 26th, 2023

The Car Wash Bubble

How can we tell when a boom is tipping into a bubble, and it’s time to get out of the way? … »

Peter Lewis June 10th, 2023


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