RetailRetail Technology: Launch of Hyper-Reality Experience
DevelopmentCityLife Shopping District: Opening in Milan on November 30
OpinionSustainability on the rise
Retail“The complexity has increased enormously”
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EHI OMNICHANNEL-DAYS 2017, JUNE 20 – 21, COLOGNE, GERMANY
Coming soon: EHI Omnichannel Days will be held in Cologne on June 20-21, 2017.
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ICSC EUROPEAN RETAIL PROPERTY ACADEMY 2017, JULY 3 – 5, BARCELONA, SPAIN
The academy’s curriculum has been re-designed with leading experts and practitioners in retail real estate, providing participants with a practical, real-life experience that will strengthen their skills.
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Hammerson sows the seeds for Irish placemaking
In a first for Ireland, Hammerson welcomed celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin’s critically-acclaimed “Garden of Pure Imagination” at Dundrum Shopping Centre on May 23, 2017.
PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN RETAIL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Recruitments, promotions and appointments in the European Retail Real Estate Industry
EHI OMNICHANNEL-DAYS 2017, JUNE 20 – 21, COLOGNE, GERMANY
Coming soon: EHI Omnichannel Days will be held in Cologne on June 20-21, 2017.
Swiss Uniqueness
The Freo Group is responsible for the Mall of Switzerland’s project development and marketing. In an interview with ACROSS, Nikolas Löhr, Director of Retail Marketing, explained what makes the shopping center special with respect to its leisure facilities.
Digital Prospects for Shopping Centers
Around 50 retail real estate industry experts met in Frankfurt for the second “innovation incubator.” The theme of the workshop hosted by the German facility services expert Wisag was “Digital prospects for shopping centers and retail properties.”
Holymesh as Winner of the “First Store by Alexa” Competition
Alexa visitors and Facebook fans, along with an expert jury in a final session, evaluated three finalists from the “Best Newcomer” category.
“The Outlet Market Quickly Identifies Weak Projects”
According to Bożena Gierszewska-Mroziewicz, Head of Neinver Poland, outlet centers are moving forward to offer a complete experience that responds to growing expectations.
Popular Stockholm
According to Savills, the Swedish capital is currently the most attractive destination in Europe for shopping center investments due to its reputation as a “safe haven” and its relatively affluent population.
It Could Be Rosier...
Experts continue to fear a drop in sales in retail stores, falling demand for retail space, and store closures. That is the essence of the “4th Shopping Center Market Report Switzerland 2017.”
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The Art of Keeping Ahead of Changing Consumer Habits
Consumers are dramatically changing their shopping habits and preferences and we, the service and product suppliers, must anticipate these changes and respect and cater to them.
Customer Satisfaction Begins with Parking
Competition from online retailers is forcing shopping centers to reassess their retail concepts.
Hyper-connected toilets are the future
Just a few years back, the idea of an IoT (Internet of Things) toilet seemed absurd, but if you think about it closely, it really does make sense.
Uncertainty Brings Opportunity — Unleash the Innovation Power
Our shopping journeys might look radically different in the foreseeable future.
The Race for Space is Over
For the last five years, we have seen that retailers and brands have slowed their expansion plans significantly as they review their portfolios in an attempt to understand their customers and their rapidly changing habits. Profitability has been hit—hard in many cases.
Uplace Brussels’s Long Road to Building Permission
Commentary by Jan Van Lancker, CEO of Uplace.
ICSC EUROPEAN RETAIL PROPERTY ACADEMY 2017, JULY 3 – 5, BARCELONA, SPAIN
The academy’s curriculum has been re-designed with leading experts and practitioners in retail real estate, providing participants with a practical, real-life experience that will strengthen their skills.
SIEC17 RETAIL & REAL ESTATE EXHIBITION 2017, JUNE 21-22, PARIS, FRANCE
Under the aegis of the Conseil National des Centres Commerciaux (French Council of Shopping Centers), Siec is an anticipated and recognized business event for all French and European industry players.
ReDi Fair 2017, June 7-8, Warsaw, Poland
On 7–8 June at National Stadium in Warsaw the 4th edition of the ReDI Fair, the largest retail real estate industry event in Central and Eastern Europe, will take place.
Flon Art 2017, June 9-10, Quartier du Flon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Arty Quartier du Flon: Quartier du Flon is a private district owned by Mobimo, one of the leading real estate companies in Switzerland.
SHOPTALK EUROPE RELEASES PRELIMINARY AGENDA AND INITIAL SPEAKER LINEUP
Shoptalk Europe, the new pan-European event that is leading the development of a modern retail and ecommerce conversation and community of innovators, released its preliminary agenda with an initial lineup of speakers that already includes 70+ C-level executives.
MAPIC ITALY 2017, MAY 16 – 17, MILAN, ITALY
Mapic Italy is complementary to the main annual event held in Cannes each November. Its goal is to focus on all the business opportunities in Italy’s retail real estate market.
Driving an Urban Renaissance
A city center location is always more complicated, expensive, and time-consuming for new retail projects than an alternative on the periphery. Despite these hurdles, investors and developers have created projects across Europe that not only serve existing markets but are also catalysts for growing demand and transforming cities.
Projects & Openings Europe
FRANCE Créteil Soleil | GERMANY Löhr-Center and PEP | ITALY Adigeo | POLAND Forum Gdańsk and Janki | RUSSIA Riviera | SERBIA Ada Mall | UNITED KINGDOM Eden Walk and The Glass Works
“Still space for unique projects”
According to Marcin Materny, member of the management board and managing director of the retail department at Echo Investment, there is no potential for traditional shopping centers in Poland. The reason is that the time has come for focusing on spectacular projects like the company’s “Towarowa 22.”
“A Huge Amount of Pressure on Physical Retail”
The architecture firm Gensler approaches its work from the assumption that consumers go to physical stores for the experience — and want a seamless brand experience too.
Quartier du Flon – A Unique Kind of Neighborhood Development
Quartier du Flon in Lausanne is a modern and innovative city quarter that buzzes with energy day and night—and is in the portfolio of the Swiss real estate company Mobimo.
Projects & Openings International
Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong | Outlet Collection Winnipeg, Canada | Rize Shopping Center, Turkey | Miami Worldcenter, USA
The new power couple
How to build a stronger relationship between developers and retailers.
Circling the square
Are you sitting comfortably? Are you relaxed, open to ideas? Willing to disconnect and get some “you time”? Let theleisureway (TLW) take you away.
Retail is leisure and leisure is retail
I’m with my theleisureway colleagues, Pablo and Carlos, in a place in the old center of Zaragoza. It’s a tapas bar, I confess, but I might justify it by saying that it would tick a lot of boxes as one of Ray Oldenburg’s “Great Good Places.”
IT IS ALL ABOUT STOMACHS…
So, we have arrived in 2017, the world is changing again and this year promises to be one of the most “interesting” for a long, long time.
TAKING HOME MORE THAN YOU BOUGHT
So, here we are at the pre-Mapic breakfast. There’s the chat, the stronger-than normal-coffee, and most have ordered an omelet with the inevitable comparison between French and Spanish recipes. But there’s technology on the table and the conversation turns to client appointments and strategy. Then: A last-minute panic fumbling with ID badges and we are inside Mapic.
Paradigm Shift in City Centers
Online retail is increasingly shaking up tenant mixes in Europe’s cities. The bricks-and-mortar trade is desperately seeking innovative concepts.
Security monitoring included
Hardware, software, analysis—the holistic “smart tracking” solutions developed by the Digital Retail experts at Umdasch Shopfitting provide extensive information about customer behavior in shopping malls and stores.
Interactive, Individual, Impressive
An international jury of experts commissioned by EHI and Messe Dusseldorf bestowed the most convincing store concepts with the EuroShop Retail Design Award again this year.
Retail Technology: From ESL to viPOS
Umdasch Shopfitting had a booth at EuroShop, the leading retail trade show in Dusseldorf, once again this year. The topic of digital retail was omnipresent.
NEW SHOPPING HABITS REQUIRE NEW RETAIL CONCEPTS
More than half of consumers in some European countries shop both online and offline. For example, German and Dutch omni-channel shoppers are responsible for more than two-thirds of total retail turnover (source: GfK non-food consumer panel).
Balfin Group Brings Spar International to Albania
The €50 million investment was made public at the end of last year.
“Gastronomy offer is a win-or-lose issue”
What customers have long demanded of malls is now being demanded of designer outlets. They must offer customers more than shopping, says Henrik Madsen, Managing Director Northern Europe at McArthurGlen, in an interview with ACROSS.
Rioja Developments and Buckminster work together
Designer Outlet Village in Grantham planned.
Everything’s New at Fashion Outlet Parndorf
Parndorf Fashion Outlet, located between Vienna and Bratislava, is undergoing a comprehensive relaunch. A new Art Nouveau style, new roads and entrances, new retail space, and a new center management self-run by the owner should multiply customer frequency.
Designer Outlet Roermond in front
Designer Outlet Roermond, located directly on the border with Germany, won multiple prizes in this year’s “Outlet Center Performance Report Europe.”
Building permit for Barbarossa – Hesse’s first downtown outlet center
JOH will be transformed into Barbarossa. The old department store in Gelnhausen will be a modern outlet center by the spring of 2018.
Green light for Mill Green
The development of a new premium outlet shopping destination in the West Midlands moved a step closer as development partners U+I and Rioja Developments confirmed receipt of full planning permission.
Clearly weakened indicators of investment
BNP Parisbas Real Estate recently published “At a glance: UK shopping center & out of town retail market, December 2016.” One of the headlines is that investment volumes fell by around a third compared to 2015 for both the retail warehousing and shopping center markets.
Investors Increasingly Focusing on Retail Parks
Investment in German retail properties is declining. The transaction volume is increasing significantly only in retail parks. Retail parks currently offer good investment opportunities in the UK as well.
Retail Asset Management as a Holistic Approach
According to Stephan Austrup, Head of Retail in Germany at TH Real Estate, omni-channeling and digitalization are key drivers of change. In all acquisitions and in business plans for existing portfolios, he therefore considers the impact of this change on retail formats, retailers’ required floor plans, and whether the property provides the necessary layout flexibility.
“Emotions can of course arise toward a building”
TriGranit recently sold Bonarka City Center (BCC). CEO Árpád Török spoke with ACROSS, among other things, about a very eventful 2016.
Glasgow is dominated by global brands
The Scottish city has witnessed the highest number of new restaurant openings in the United Kingdom outside London. Anne Murray, Group Manager Inward Investment at InvestGlasgow, is helping retailers to use this to counter competition from the internet.
„Glasgow will be targeted“
In this interview with ACROSS, Anne Murray from InvestGlasgow and Stephen Bibby from Cushman & Wakefield explain the Scottish city’s investment opportunities.
Polish Stagnation
According to Colliers International’s “Poland Market Insights—Annual Report 2017,” only about 400,000 sq m of new retail space was created in 2016. This is one third less than in 2015. Around 400,000 sq m are expected for this year as well.
The Successful Integration of Food & Beverage into Shopping Centers
In order to provide the retail and leisure industry with guidance and insight to navigate the opportunity posed by F&B, the ICSC commissioned JLL to carry out a global study. It should provide a holistic, 360-degree view of the current landscape, challenges, risks, opportunities, and future outlook for foodservice within the shopping center space.
22 Centers Identified as Prime Examples of the Growing Trend of Retail Placemaking
Effective retail places use leisure, technology, and planning to lure shoppers, who now want shopping to be both functional and social.
eCommerce in Germany: Highly Variable Regional Potential for Product Lines
The distribution of online potential for product groups such as food, clothing, consumer electronics and DIY items differs substantially from region to region. Recently GfK published its findings in the first-ever study on regional online potential for 17 product groups in Germany.
BREXIT
How the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union will affect the British shopping center industry.
Prime rental rates in Bulgaria remain steady
Colliers recently published a “Retail Market Overview” of the first half of 2016 in Bulgaria. It indicates that the market will undergo sustainable development, with decreasing levels of supply and stable demand until the end of the year.