Mid-Year Consumer Compass: Navigating 2025's Shifting Retail Landscape
Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 1:00 pm ET
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET - DISCUSSION
Mid-Year Consumer Compass: Navigating 2025's Shifting Retail Landscape
Join us for a data-driven exploration of the key consumer trends and insights that have shaped the first half of 2025. This session will dive into critical topics, including the evolving impact of return-to-office trends on retail, how migration patterns are influencing local markets, and an overview of shopping and dining behavior nationwide. Get ready to uncover the forces at play and prepare for what's ahead.Join us to learn:
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How return-to-office trends are changing consumer behavior.
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How migration patterns are impacting local retail markets.
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Shifts in shopping and dining habits across the country.
Featured Speaker
Ben Witten
Head of Real Estate Strategy
Placer.ai
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Prior to joining Placer.ai, Ben spent 7 years at Trademark Property Company as Vice President of Finance & Asset Management where he was responsible for coordinating strategy, finance and asset management functions within Trademark’s $3B portfolio including the redevelopment of several market-dominant lifestyle and mixed-use assets.
Prior to joining Trademark, Ben was directly involved in the national underwriting and successful disposition of non-performing CMBS loans and REO assets at C-III Capital Partners with a combined market value exceeding $350M.
Ben is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Urban Land Institute (ULI). Ben earned his BBA and MBA with Real Estate Finance concentration from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University.
