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How to Think about Loyalty Marketing

Nearly every consumer-facing company now has some kind of points or reward system. Some of them are creating real value and many are not, but they all use the same rhetoric and intermediate … »

Peter Lewis January 30th, 2025

REITs are not Real Estate

"Every serious subject seems to undergo a kind of inductive metamorphosis, in which what has previously been assumed without discussion turns into the central problem to be discussed." — Northrop Frye " … »

Peter Lewis January 28th, 2025

Five Great "Real Estate" Books

Five Great "Real Estate" Books

(For those of us who can't finish real estate books) … »

Peter Lewis August 29th, 2024

The Online Retail Swamp

Does the algorithmic "enshittification" of online shopping even make sense from the business side? Do brands and retailers really understand what they're going? … »

Peter Lewis April 21st, 2024

What to do with AI hype

I know I'm not the only one in the stock market who's already tired of hearing about AI this year. But apart from rolling our eyes, is there anything investors should be doing with this commentary? … »

Peter Lewis July 26th, 2023

The Car Wash Bubble

How can we tell when a boom is tipping into a bubble, and it’s time to get out of the way? … »

Peter Lewis June 10th, 2023

The B2C Premium

Why does consumer-facing real estate outperform? … »

Peter Lewis October 21st, 2022

Amazon and Industrial Real Estate

Does Amazon's post-Covid warehouse contraction mean the end of the industrial boom? … »

Peter Lewis June 15th, 2022

Office Space: The Big Lie

Office Space: The Big Lie

Why everything you're reading about office design is nonsense … »

Peter Lewis May 18th, 2022

What’s Wrong with Health Care REITs?

Three reasons the REIT structure isn't working for health care facilities … »

Peter Lewis May 2nd, 2022

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

Usually my public notes are more about tenants and operators, but this one is very REIT-centric. I think the problem I'm describing is one that every REIT-dedicated investor has some version … »

Peter Lewis March 9th, 2022

Office Space: A Brief Dose of Reality

Advice for CEOs who actually want to "lure" employees back to the office, rather than patronizing them with "amenities" … »

Peter Lewis February 21st, 2022


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