NYC’s retail renaissance in full swing for the holidays: Let luxury and high-priced indulgence flow

The Big Apple’s brick-and-mortar retail scene is — for all the undeniable impact of shop-from-home — thriving anew.

Retail brokers say the market is “on fire,” and for once their optimism is grounded in reality.

The trend isn’t trickle-down, but trickle-sideways as an investment in adjoining districts spurred improvements in neighboring ones.

Advertisement New York City has more problems than most of us can count. But we can scratch the plague of under-utilized and empty storefronts mostly off the list. It’s something to celebrate even when we’re fighting the crowds which are, after all, the best news of all..