Retail property is being reorganised around routines rather than shops alone. The strongest signals in recent shopping-centre and retail-property coverage point in the same direction: the assets that win will be the ones that make useful trips easier, more frequent and more stackable. The simplicity is deceptive. For decades, the easiest retail-property shorthand was size. Bigger anchors pulled more people. More specialty stores meant more choice. Longer leases meant safer in