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Livingston Designer Outlet is strengthening its food and beverage lineup with a pipeline of new openings set to arrive over the coming months, reinforcing the centre’s evolution into a multi-purpose destination across retail, dining and leisure.

Deutsche Fachmarkt AG has signed purchase agreements for three additional retail properties located in Hersbruck and Adelsdorf in Bavaria, as well as Freiberg in Saxony with a total lettable area of 3,400 sqm.

Scotland’s major premium retail and leisure destination, Braehead Shopping Centre announced that the British kitchenware retailer ProCook is set to arrive soon, strengthening the Centre’s homeware and lifestyle offering.

Imre-Gustav Vellamaa, Co-founder of R8 Technologies, discusses the matter of launching a new technology into a business practices and lists bottlenecks that should be considered even before the implementation phase begins.

ECE Marketplaces has finalized the concept for a large-scale mixed-use development in Akyazı, Trabzon, Turkey, developed under the leadership of Trabzonspor. The project combines retail, hospitality, sport, and cultural uses and is set to play a key role in the area’s urban and economic development.

Werre-Park in Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is taking a major step toward sustainability with the installation of Germany’s largest photovoltaic (PV) system on a shopping center roof. Once completed, the solar array will have a total capacity of over 3,800 kWp and generate approximately 3.8 million kWh of green electricity annually.

Since its launch in 1969, Primark has expanded across Europe and beyond without the usual industry tools of advertising campaigns, influencer partnerships, or e-commerce dominance. Instead, the brand’s rise has been driven by scale, pricing power, and a steady focus on physical retail.

Victoria Centre is set to strengthen its food and beverage line-up with the arrival of Chaiiwala, the UK’s leading Indian street food and café brand, which will open its latest UK location in the first quarter of 2026.

MEC, one of Germany’s leading retail real estate managers, has taken over site management for Römerpassage in Mainz. The Düsseldorf-based company was recently appointed by asset manager UBS Real Estate.

Effective 1 April, Dr. Philipp Andrée, previously CCO of the Douglas Group, will become a new member of the Otto Group’s Executive Board. He succeeds Sergio Bucher who is retiring from the Executive Board, but who will continue to contribute his expertise as a member of the Otto Group’s Supervisory Board.

Hilee GmbH and INTERRA Immobilien AG have acquired the inner-city shopping center Palais Vest in Recklinghausen. Opened in 2014, the center is one of the leading retail locations in the northern Ruhr region and plays a defining, center-forming role within Recklinghausen’s city center.