Shelly Banjo, Columnist

Retail Outlets Are on the Outs

After years of building, margins get squeezed and developers get cautious.

August 4, 2016 at 4:09 PM UTC

Shelly Banjo leads the global business team for Bloomberg News in New York. A former New York bureau chief and senior tech writer, she’s covered business, finance and economics for two decades.

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