March 5, 2026

MIPIM returns to Cannes from March 9-13 2026. With a new director, a Nobel Prize-winning opening keynote, and a program shaped by recalibration rather than expansion.

As cities and urban retail rethink their futures in the face of e-commerce, climate goals, and changing consumer behavior, the work of Jan Gehl offers a powerful lesson: successful retail is not created by scale or spectacle, but by streets and spaces designed for people.

From luxury boulevards to reinvented high streets: Europe’s major cities are reclaiming their role as retail’s most resilient stage.