Predictions for how retail formats will catch up with the times in 2023

Forbes contributor and RetailWire BrainTrust panelist Nikki Baird takes stock of what the pandemic has wrought (and inspired) in store design and comes up with six trends to watch for in 2023 — from greater concentration on opening stores in Tier II and III cities, to the notion of introducing the secondhand clothing movement to beleaguered mall outlet operators.