Is It the ‘Busiest Summer Ever’ For Retailers in the Hamptons? Blahnik and Louboutin Fuel Luxury Buzz + This Sneaker Brand Is Everywhere

The pandemic-fueled Hamptons market has been a sure bet for retailers this summer, especially as traffic and sales in other major markets continue to be challenged due to the rise of the Delta variant. “This is the busiest summer retailers in the Hamptons have ever seen, said Hal Zwick, a real estate broker at Compass, who noted that retail rents across the Hamptons enclaves range from $150 to $200 per square foot. He joked: “Once you got to May, you couldn’t drive out here.” But unlike past years, the momentum had been building long before the summer kicked off — many well-heeled New Yorkers have resided in the Hamptons full time since the pandemic upended life and business in March 2020. Top luxury shoe labels such as Manolo Blahnik, which set up shop on Main Street in East Hampton, and Christian Louboutin, which opened Southampton’s Job Lane, invested in new stores and also splashy events to drive buzz and sales. For Blahnik, the Hamptons opening coupled with its June flagship debut on Madison Avenue, marked a homecoming of sorts for the brand, said U.S. president Andrew Wright. “Business across both locations has been very positive. The multiple moments we created to celebrate the new store

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