The document provides resources from the New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum 2012 workshop on getting retail right. It lists topics such as mixed-use development records for towns, retail incubators in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and downtown Nashville struggling to attract retailers. The resources also discuss business recruitment, local stores becoming online showrooms, changing retail space needs, and the evolution of urban retail during and after the economic recession.

1. New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum 2012
Getting Retail Right workshop resources
Mixed-use has a mixed record, but towns continue to favor it
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has a retail incubator
Downtown Nashville struggles to attract retail
Business recruitment open house is a sound idea
Local stores become showrooms for online buying
Urban Retail Blogoff (more about blogoffs): (gets updated as new posts are added)
PRESENTATION: Riding out the tough times in downtown retail (pdf)
DANTH, Inc. (some interesting reading and resources, especially on the changing nature of retail space needs)
Retail Site Selection Factors in a Post-Recession Economy
Forced to Count Every Dollar, Retailers Re-Evaluate Site Selection Practices
Urban Retail Continues Its Evolution
Retailers thinking outside the big box
Why In-Town Big-Box Might Not Be as Terrible as It Sounds
How about gardening, or golfing, at the mall?
Somerdale shopping center roars to revival
Small towns worry as Dollar Stores proliferate
Retailers pick up positive momentum (video)
Newspaper documents changes in retail corridors through photo project
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2. Advertising Age series on the state of retail:
The future of the big-box discounter
Retailers look to the department store for salvation
Convenience will be the cornerstone of online’s move to real stores
Size matters – but what size?
Timeline of big-box retail revolutions
Recession has made some boutique shops stronger