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Home » U.S. Retailers Expanded Into More Countries, Cities in 2015 Than European, Asian Counterparts

U.S. Retailers Expanded Into More Countries, Cities in 2015 Than European, Asian Counterparts

May 24, 2016
CBRE

The report tracks the cross-border expansion of 334 international retailers in 2015 and separately gauges, from a city-level perspective, the extent of international retailers entering 155 cities across the globe last year.

The survey found that retailers based in the Americas expanded into foreign countries at a 3.1 percent pace last year, operating in an average of 22.3 countries. That’s faster than the cross-border expansion rates of retailers from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (1.7 percent) and of those from Asia Pacific (1.4 percent).

Meanwhile, CBRE’s analysis of foreign retailers’ expansion into 155 cities produced a similar finding. CBRE determined that the U.S. remains the largest exporter of retailers, accounting for 21 percent of retailers entering the surveyed cities. That tally led all origin countries, with Italy second at 14 percent, the United Kingdom third at 11 percent, France fourth at 10 percent and Japan fifth at six percent.

However, according to the report, the Americas don’t import retailers at remotely the same pace that the region exports them. Of the 20 hottest cities for cross-border retail expansion last year, only two – Toronto and Mexico City – are in the Americas. Half of the top 20 are Asian markets, with Hong Kong ranking as the hottest market overall by attracting 73 international entrants last year, up from 58 in 2014. That activity vaulted Hong Kong to the top spot overall from fourth in 2014.

“American brands have lost none of their strong resonance overseas, and the densely populated cities of Asia, Europe and the Middle East represent the ripest expansion markets for American retailers,” said Brandon Famous, CBRE’s Retail Leader for the Americas. “From a different perspective, foreign retailers sometimes find the Americas, particularly the U.S., to be a challenging, diverse market already loaded with competitors. They can expand in the U.S., but the approach often must be targeted and strategic.”

That said, the ranks of foreign retailers entering North America expanded last year, albeit from a small base. Thirteen percent of foreign retailers surveyed targeted expansion into North America last year in comparison to 3 percent in 2014. Likely drawing a few more international retailers to North America is the region’s gradually improving economy amid instability elsewhere. Within North America, Canadian retailers have shown an appetite for expanding into the U.S.

Another finding of the survey: On a global basis, food and beverage sellers led the categories of foreign retailers entering cities. Specifically, coffee shops and restaurants accounted for 20 percent of foreign retailers entering cities in the CBRE survey last year, boosted by considerable demand for foreign food-and-beverage outlets in Asia. Other leading cross-border expansion categories included luxury and business (19 percent), mid-range fashion (18 percent) and specialist clothing (17 percent).

In context, the global rate of cross-border expansion amounts to a moderate pace that is, by some measures, slowing. The largest reason for the slowdown is the growth of another aspect of retailing: ecommerce.

“With investment into online platforms increasing, more attention will be focused on reviewing store portfolios and ensuring that retailers have the right mix of locations,” said Mark Burlton, Global Executive on CBRE’s Retail Occupier team for EMEA. “In this environment, shopping centers that successfully attract expanding, foreign retailers will do so at least in part by fostering a compelling mix of leisure, lifestyle and food-and-beverage concepts amid their traditional retail concepts.”

Source: CBRE

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