What type of real estate will the Sears-Kmart merger help most? | Power Centers | 48.3% |
| Community Centers | 32.6 |
| Regional Malls | 16.7 |
| No answer | 2.4 |
What type of real estate will it hurt the most? | Regional Malls | 55.1% |
| Community Centers | 23.5 |
| Power Centers | 15.6 |
| No answer | 5.8 |
Who is likely to be hurt most by the merger? | JCPenney | 28.2% |
| Don't know | 15.0 |
| Sears | 14.6 |
| Wal-Mart | 12.3 |
| Target | 12.3 |
| Kohl's | 5.8 |
| Kmart | 4.4 |
| Other | 3.7 |
| No Answer | 3.7 |
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: I would expect further consolidation in the department-store business. | Agree | 74.8% |
| No answer | 9.5 |
| Don't know | 8.2 |
| Disagree | 7.5 |
Retail Traffic and sister publication National Real Estate Investor surveyed readers in the days following Kmart's acquisition of Sears. About 300 people responded; 73.5 percent of were real estate executives.
