8 Quotes by Malachy Kavanagh

I think that the retailers recognize that it's going to be a pretty good season.

Retailers (now) want to be very visible from the roads they don't want (their customers) to have to traverse the mall to get there.

You can have all the intentions in the world, but do you actually follow through?

What are the retailers going to do? If they keep their inventory counts low, they will be able to ride out the season. It's going to be one of flat-to-moderate increase. But it's not going to be a disaster.

The season followed some patterns that are typical. We're seeing the week after Christmas playing a much larger role in the overall holiday shopping season.

Now (older, indoor malls) compete with power centers, strip centers, lifestyle centers, big boxes, Internet shopping, catalog shopping, home shopping.

They're finding themselves in competition on all fronts.

They have to be very chameleon-like and have to adapt to their environment.