Influencing Retail, Real Estate – Ode to the iPod

It may seem completely counterintuitive, but the biggest influence on retail and real estate in the last 10 years is something technological—the introduction of the iPod. This small gadget has had a large and lasting effect on retailers well beyond music and electronics by redefining the way people interact with their computers. And that has affected retail—and other aspects of popular culture—tremendously.