Glossary & framework library

Dwell time

Retail

Reference

The average length of time a visitor spends at a retail or leisure destination.

Related terms

  • Experiential retail

    Store and centre formats built around experiences (dining, entertainment, events, leisure) rather than pure transactions, used to defend footfall against onlin…

  • F&B

    Food and beverage - an increasingly important driver of retail footfall and dwell time.

  • Footfall

    The number of visitors passing through or entering a retail location.

  • GAFO

    General merchandise, Apparel, Furniture, and Other — a US Census grouping of the discretionary shopping-goods categories that typically anchor a shopping mall'…

  • Gross leasable area (GLA)

    The total floor area available for retail leasing in a centre.

  • High street

    A traditional retail location along a main road, as opposed to a mall.

  • Occupancy cost ratio (OCR)

    A retail tenant's total occupancy cost (rent plus service charge) as a percentage of its sales; landlords watch it to judge whether a rent is affordable and su…

  • Omnichannel

    A retail model integrating physical stores, e-commerce, app, and click-and-collect into one seamless customer journey; increasingly central to mall leasing pit…