Digitally Native Brands Want Physical Stores Again - Where We Buy #196

<div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">During the worst of the pandemic, many digitallly native brands said they might never open a physical store again. Now, many have changed their tunes. Gabrielle Licht specializes in leasing to DTC brands and emerging concepts at Macerich, owner of Class A retail and mixed-use destinations across the U.S. She now has regular conversations with digital brands with ambitious store growth plans. Rebecca Fitts, Director of Real Estate at Leap, is working with a growing roster of digital brands opening physical stores. Leap is a retail platform for brands like A Pea in the Pod, Mack Weldon and Rent the Runway. With a fresh $50 million in Series B financing, Leap plans to add 150 new stores in 2022.</div> <div> </div> <div>James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL. </div> <div> </div> <div>Subscribe: <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/where-we-buy/id1186408446?mt=2&ls=1" rev="en_rl_none">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/5foHMsABY7H5l88nIwBKuZ?si=GxFexBGJQXG4HAgyhBw27g" rev="en_rl_none">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL3doZXJld2VidXkubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev="en_rl_none">Google Podcasts</a></div> <div>Listen: <a href="http://wherewebuy.show/" rev= "en_rl_none">WhereWeBuy.show</a> </div> <div>Alexa: Say "Enable the <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BSXLMM3/" rev="en_rl_none">Where We Buy skill</a>"</div> <div> </div> <div>Email: <a href="mailto:jamesd.cook@am.jll.com" rev= "en_rl_none">jamesd.cook@am.jll.com</a> </div> <div> </div> <div>Watch our week video show, Everything We Know About Retail: <a href="http://everythingweknow.show/" rev= "en_rl_none">http://everythingweknow.show/</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call <a href="tel:%28602%29%20633-4061" rev= "en_rl_none">(602) 633-4061</a> </div> <div> </div> <div>Read more retail research here:  <a href= "http://www.us.jll.com/retail" rev=