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2016

The EHI Retail Institute recently presented the German “Shopping Center Report 2016.” It reports that only four new projects will be completed this year. Revitalizations and neighborhoods centers currently prevail.

Samsung’s store in Paris is a high-end shop for electronic products that sets standards for equipment and design. Umdasch Shopfitting is therefore proud to have been selected by the Korean company as a partner.

The seventh edition of “How Active Are Retailers Globally?” prepared by CBRE, looks at the target markets for over 150 international brands based in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.

Loyalty programs are still relatively new in shopping centers. This is primarily due to the complexities of having multiple tenants and, until recently, the lack of technology to support them.

According to Wikipedia, empathy is “the capacity and willingness to recognize and understand the thoughts, emotions, motives and personality traits of another person. Empathy also includes the reaction to the emotions of other persons […]. The basis of empathy is the sense of self, the more open one is towards one’s own feelings, the better one can interpret the emotions of others.”

When it opens its doors in autumn 2017, the Mall of Switzerland will offer a unique mix of shopping experiences, enriched by a variety of fun leisure opportunities.

Why outlet center operators are increasingly seeking to emancipate themselves from the “factory” image and why large investors now also like to “shop” there.

Zsar Outlet Village is taking shape in the Finnish city of Vaalimaa. The developer EFRE is working on the project with a holiday resort going up nearby.

iBeacon technology provides shopping center operators and retailers with useful services. First and foremost among these is to increase stores’ sales, but their potential uses extend well beyond that.

Haskoll acted as lead architects for Grand Central in Birmingham. The goal was to create a new vision for the retail environment transforming the Pallasades Shopping Center into a world-class premium shopping and dining destination integrated into a major transport hub. This scheme, which won a BCSC Gold award, now sets the benchmark for retail and transport design.

Last year, Multi Corporation opened its first shopping centers in Slovakia and Ukraine. European Leasing Director Mark Siezen explained what further projects are pending in an interview with ACROSS.

Gerard Groener, the new Managing Director of IKEA Centres, explains its future strategy and tells why the company is selling up to 25 retail parks in Europe.

“The demands for new tenants, interesting concepts, and new food types mean that progressive landlords and developers will have to engage with new operators and, fortunately, there are many of them now appearing in towns and cities across Europe.”

Digital technology, compelling customer experiences and the right leisure and dining opportunities lie at the heart of intu’s strategy to create the best and most relevant shopping destinations for retailers and consumers.