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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026 FROM THE ACROSS TEAM
We would like to thank you for your continued interest in ACROSS – our magazine, newsletter and other offerings. We will now take a short break until January 6th and promise to be back with exciting new content and offerings in the new year.
Will & Johnny: Veganuary, Dry January and the New Reminder on the Menu
F&B experts Will Odwarka and Jonathan Doughty explain, why January’s abstinence movements are forcing the food & beverage sector to rethink its long-term strategy.
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Retail Trade: Rising Gap Between Volume And Turnover Growth, 2026 Outlook
The latest Eurostat data confirm that while retail turnover has continued to rise, volume has followed a far more moderate path. A 2025 review and 2026 outlook.
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From Places to Shop to Places to Live Well: Fitness, Healthcare, and Wellness as Business Drivers in Shopping Malls
European shopping centers are undergoing a profound transformation. As demographic change, urban lifestyles, and the rise of preventative health converge, fitness, healthcare, and wellness uses are emerging as powerful anchors for retail destinations. A new report by CBRE shows that they are far from being niche add-ons.
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Retail Trade in EU, CEE and Non-EU Member States: Review and Outlook 2026
Retail in Europe is anything but straightforward. Highly saturated Western markets coexist with faster-growing economies in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, each following its own trajectory. Eurostat data reveal sharply diverging retail trade volume trends, suggesting significantly different growth paths across regions in 2026.
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Placed to Meet You: New Placemaking and Retail Executives for 2026
The personalities now stepping into decision-making positions and shaping the next chapter of placemaking and retail in 2026.
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Asia’s Vertical Malls: Going Up as a Strategy in Dense Urban Environments
Liliya Shaykhutdinova analyses how leading Asian vertical malls successfully drive footfall across multiple levels, and explores which of these principles can inspire European multi-storey malls.
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OUT NOW: ACROSS ONLINE SPECIAL /// THE 2025 YEAR-END UPDATE
Download our 110-page Online Special and discover the stories, trends, and data driving the next chapter of placemaking.
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CEO PERSPECTIVES 2025 – When the Tenant Thrives, the Asset Flies
What will it take in 2025 for an asset to take off? For this special, we asked leading figures in the European retail real estate sector what they see as the most significant current challenges, as well as the solutions needed, for retail assets not just to survive but to prosper.
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THE LATEST PLACEMAKING NEWS

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MAGAZINE

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DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS, TRENDS AND STRATEGIES

Dining and working in the sky? Views beyond the crisis.

In a critical period for HoReCa, office or mixed-use projects, recent investments are adding new flavors and attractive or innovative functions to revive the pulse in key submarkets of Bucharest. Can dining or working with sky views make flexible working or meetings more appealing?

Projects & Openings Europe

Westfield Mall of the Netherlands +++ McArthurGlen Designer Outlet West Midlands +++ Delta Planet Niš +++ La Couvinoise +++ Breogán Park +++ The Pyramid

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MANAGEMENT

LATEST TRENDS IN ASSET AND CENTER MANAGEMENT

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OUTLETS

DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE OUTLET INDUSTRY

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.”

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.

NEINVER enters the Czech market – Partnered with The Prague Outlet

Neinver is continuing its growth in Europe by entering the Czech market, the eighth country in which the company has a presence. The company has partnered with The Prague Outlet to forge a joint venture launching Prague The Style Outlets, the first premium outlet center in the Czech Republic.

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RETAIL

STRATEGIES OF RETAILERS

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The Opening Date Of Hamburg’s Most Awaited Shopping And Lifestyle Destination Is Rapidly Approaching

Hamburg is preparing for its new shopping highlight with the opening date of the Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier on April 8 being just around the corner. In combination with a wide range of gastronomy, entertainment and cultural offerings, the official opening of the center will establish a new shopping and lifestyle destination that is unique in northern Germany and offers exceptional experiences for both the local community and all visitors.

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NEW AGE OF INNOVATION DRIVES EUROPEAN OUTLET CENTRES

Retail outlet centres have seen a significant leap in retail and leisure brand growth in the past years with general sector growth set to continue, according to the Ken Gunn European Outlet Industry Review which ranks Europe’s top performing outlet centres and brands as well as the most improved.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE / LEISURE

LATEST TRENDS

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PROPTECH

RETAIL TECHNOLOGY

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INVESTMENT

PLANS OF INVESTORS AND OWNERS

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.

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EVENTS

WHERE THE INDUSTRY MEETS

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