whitepapers

White Papers
White papers take an in-depth look at specific topics that impact the shopping center industry. While White Papers are published throughout the year, this page provides access to the most recent white papers that include substantial content on the issue of e-commerce. Our newest White Paper takes a close look at 1999 retail sales with a special focus on the year in e-commerce.

E-Commerce
There is no denying that the Internet will help shape the future of retailing but just how much of an impact it will have on brick-and-mortar stores remains to be seen. This white paper provides an overview of the current status of the Internet and e-commerce. This white paper also includes information about related Internet alliances, an update of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the marketing of a net company, comparing annual and holiday online sales, and the percentage of retail sales which are captured by the Internet.
April 2000

1999 U.S. Retail Sales, Mall Sales, and Department Store Sales Review
This white paper is a preliminary overview of 1999 U.S. retail sales, mall sales and department store sales results. Additional data from the U.S. Census Bureau, due later this year, will enable us to draw a more definitive picture of what happened in 1999; in the meantime, the following pages provide an early summary of available data. We combine data from three sources: the Census Bureau's Monthly Retail Trade Survey, ICSC's Monthly Mall Merchandise Index and ICSC's Monthly Department Store Sales Report.

April 2000

1999 Holiday Sales Review
Each year, ICSC begins to track mall sales on a weekly basis beginning immediately after Thanksgiving and continuing through to Christmas. Although a large proportion of spending occurs between “Black Friday” and Christmas Eve, some consumers do a significant amount of holiday shopping well before Thanksgiving and others delay purchases to take advantage of post-Christmas promotions. Consequently, the definition of “holiday season” is not clear-cut. In this white paper we choose to use December sales as a proxy for “holiday” sales, partly because December contains the most number of days in anyone's definition of the holiday season.
March 2000

E-Commerce There is no denying that the Internet will help shape the future of retailing but just how much of an impact it will have on brick-and-mortar stores remains to be seen. This white paper provides an overview of the current status of the Internet and e-commerce. This white paper also includes information about related Internet alliances, an update of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the marketing of a net company, comparing annual and holiday online sales, and the percentage of retail sales which are captured by the Internet.	April 2000
1999 U.S. Retail Sales, Mall Sales, and Department Store Sales Review This white paper is a preliminary overview of 1999 U.S. retail sales, mall sales and department store sales results. Additional data from the U.S. Census Bureau, due later this year, will enable us to draw a more definitive picture of what happened in 1999; in the meantime, the following pages provide an early summary of available data. We combine data from three sources: the Census Bureau's Monthly Retail Trade Survey, ICSC's Monthly Mall Merchandise Index and ICSC's Monthly Department Store Sales Report.	April 2000
1999 Holiday Sales Review Each year, ICSC begins to track mall sales on a weekly basis beginning immediately after Thanksgiving and continuing through to Christmas. Although a large proportion of spending occurs between “Black Friday” and Christmas Eve, some consumers do a significant amount of holiday shopping well before Thanksgiving and others delay purchases to take advantage of post-Christmas promotions. Consequently, the definition of “holiday season” is not clear-cut. In this white paper we choose to use December sales as a proxy for “holiday” sales, partly because December contains the most number of days in anyone's definition of the holiday season.	March 2000