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Winners of the reta awards 2026 | © EHI Retail Institute

EuroShop 2026 Awards: Retail Technology Meets Spatial Vision

At the opening of EuroShop in Düsseldorf, two prestigious awards set the tone for the global retail industry. The reta awards 2026 and the EuroShop RetailDesign Award 2026 highlight a sector that is simultaneously data-driven, design-oriented and increasingly human-centric.

Elisa Cecilli /// © Perkins&Will / Portland Design

Designing for Futures We Share

Strategic foresight rooted in human needs can deliver essential insights for retail and placemaking. Elisa Cecilli, Strategic Foresight Senior Associate at Portland and Perkins&Will, in conversation with ACROSS.

Photo: Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet | Portrait: Otto Ambagtsheer /// © VIA Outlets

€1.52 Billion Sales in 2025: VIA Outlets hits Record

VIA Outlets continued its strong growth trajectory in 2025, setting new records in brand sales and footfall. Previous investments in its ‘3R Strategy’ of remodeling, remarketing, and remerchandising fed through to individual center performance along with the continued outlet-retail dynamism in European tourism-driven markets.

Portrait: Rüdiger Dany | Photo: Silesia City Center, Krakow, Poland /// © NEPI Rockcastle

NEPI delivers Record 2025: NOI +11.2% to €618M

NEPI Rockcastle NV, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value (€8.2 billion), achieved its highest-ever distributable earnings of €441 million, up 6.7% on the prior year, and net operating income (NOI) of €618 million, an 11.2% increase.

The O2 welcomes the first Maki & Ramen location in London, UK /// © The O2 London

Japanese Hospitality Concept opens in The O2 London

The O2, the world’s most popular live entertainment, leisure, and retail destination, has announced the opening of Japanese hospitality concept, Maki & Ramen. This marks the operator’s first London opening amidst a growing demand for Japanese cuisine in the capital.

The new Decathlon store is set to open in IKEA in Croydon, UK /// Ingka Group

IKEA’s pilot to host other retailers: Decathlon opening in UK store

Today, in the UK, Ingka Group announced plans for a Decathlon store to open within the IKEA store in Croydon – marking the first time the retailer will host another global brand in one of its ‘blue boxes’. The Decathlon store will be a standalone unit with a dedicated customer entrance, spanning 1,188 m² of retail space inside the 25,000 m² IKEA store. Customers will not have to wait long, with the doors set to open this spring.

Reinhard Winiwarter, Publisher ACROSS

The End of the Middle: Why Price Is Beating Experience

Retail is not dying — it is polarizing. While the industry debates atmosphere and community, consumers are voting with their wallets. In uncertain times, price is the most powerful experience driver — and the middle of the market is paying the price.

Flexible shop concepts by umdasch | © umdasch The Store Makers

Intelligent and flexible Solutions

Julia Mitteregger, Director Shop Consult at umdasch The Store Makers, on new demands in shop design as tenants reduce scale and integrate hybrid and digital retail solutions.

Cliff Pfefferkorn, Managing Partner eStrategy Consulting © eStrategy Consulting

Places that AI loves

Shopping malls must engage with AI-driven commerce: Artificial Intelligence will turn the shopping behavior we know today upside down — both online and offline.

© Metrocentre

Indie Retail in Metrocentre Gateshead, UK

The Metrocentre Partnership has started construction works on a new space for independent brands at Metrocentre, transforming a key part of the destination’s Upper Green Mall and underpinning its position as the go-to place for retail in the Northeast.

Michael Hiese, Chief Real Estate Officer, Kaufland International /// © Kaufland

“Retail is returning to the cities”

Michael Hiese, Chief Real Estate Officer, Kaufland International, in an ACROSS interview on urban locations, integrated sites, and new opportunities and challenges for inner-city retail real estate operators.