
Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
Hosted by James Cook · Where We Buy
4.8from 89 ratings
- 405
- Episodes
- 131
- Transcribed
- 89
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
James Cook and his fellow retail researchers visit shopping destinations around the world, interview retail and real estate executives and discuss market research in a fast-paced and fun setting. James researches retail and real estate for JLL.
- Publisher
- Where We Buy
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Oct 2016
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
131 of 405 episodes have a transcript.

30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Steven Schussler: The Shock and Awe Behind Rainforest Cafe - Where We Buy #405

23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Culver's Doesn't Chase Store Counts - Where We Buy #404

16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Opposite of a Flash Mob: Inconspicuous Games - Where We Buy #403
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Steven Schussler: The Shock and Awe Behind Rainforest Cafe - Where We Buy #405
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Each concept has a theme. Yes. And a story. Just like Walt Disney and Disney World. Every theme has a story. Every concept has to start off with a story first. And then we get into the DNA. And we get into the look, the feel, the smell, the touch. I mean, it's all part of it. So T-Rex is an example. Dinosaurs. Yes. story is that these beautiful creatures lived millions of years ago and they were here where we are, which is still unbelievable. It's crazy. When you look at a T-Rex and you say, this thing roamed the earth, you basically look at yourself and go, no, you're foolish. How can that monster, which they used to call dinosaurs, how could that have lived? […]
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