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“Working with accurate information”

In an interview with ACROSS, Rob Clarke, Center Manager for The new Strand in Merseyside, spoke about how his team has embraced traffic- and location-based technologies to boost performance.

THE CHANGING ROLE OF ANCHOR TENANTS

Anchor tenants play a very important role in making of a retail destination. The stronger—and traditionally the bigger—the anchor store is, the better the chance that a shopping center will attract consumers.

When Online Goes Offline

More and more online retailers are entering the world of bricks-and-mortar retail. According to Kai Hudetz, Managing Director of the IFH Köln, Institute for Retail Research in Cologne, they dream of locations in high-traffic malls.

Service and Information Needs in Retail Parks

From May to June 2016, facility management employees in 11 German retail parks recorded what concerns visitors, store employees, and suppliers had for them. Here are the results and the conclusions facility service supplier Wisag draws from them.

“Happy New Business” at the next Christmasworld

Events and highlights with some top-selling ideas for business. That is what Frankfurt’s Christmasworld, the international trade fair for seasonal and festive decoration, provides. It runs from January 27 to 31, 2017.

Retailing at your leisure

We know that as consumer habits in the UK and beyond evolve, our customers no longer see leisure, shopping and dining as completely distinct activities. And they’ll also not think twice about switching back and forth between online and offline channels to explore, share ideas or buy.

“Special Skills in Demand”

In November 2008, immediately after the bankruptcy of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers, two Austrian investors, Thomas Seikmann and Manfred Schlager, opened Croatia’s first outlet center: Roses Designer Outlet in Zagreb. After years in a difficult market environment, they have managed to establish the retail property firmly in the market.

STEADY AS SHE GOES

While the threat from e-commerce is a dominant theme for retail real estate in the Nordics, the well-located retail centers in Nordic capital city regions driven by local supply offer a more positive outlook.

BREXIT

How the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union will affect the British shopping center industry.

Your opinion, please!

ACROSS asked local industry players how they assess the Brexit’s impact on the British retail real estate market. Here are their statements.

Veritable growth in Bucharest

Sonae Sierra and Caelum Development opened the ParkLake shopping center on September 1. The Romanian capital’s retail real estate market has now increased by 70,000 sq m GLA.

Projects & Openings Europe

The shopping center investor Cemagg has entrusted the real estate service provider Bilfinger Real Estate to represent it as the builder-owner and to provide consulting and project development services for Dreiländergalerie in Weil am Rhein in Baden-Württemberg.

Project & Openings International

Dubai Holding has announced updates on the development of Mall of the World, a concept for an all-season city district offering a wide range of leisure, retail, cultural, residential, wellness, commercial, hospitality, and pedestrian options.

„We keep channels of communication open“

Futureal is specialized in developing large-scale mixed-use properties in Hungary. In his interview with ACROSS, CEO Tibor Tatár tells us which challenges have to be met in this sector and talks about current projects.

Prime rental rates in Bulgaria remain steady

Colliers recently published a “Retail Market Overview” of the first half of 2016 in Bulgaria. It indicates that the market will undergo sustainable development, with decreasing levels of supply and stable demand until the end of the year.

The name of the brand

“VIVO!” is a supra-regional brand strategy Immofinanz pursues at its shopping centers. The flagship project is VIVO! Stalowa Wola in Poland, which opened almost one year ago.

How to design a good story

ACROSS takes a closer look with Toni T. Jörgens of ESP. Design Studios on how storytelling and integrated design processes can be useful to turn shopping centers into engaging customer experiences.

“The best is yet to come”

On June 30, Bill Kistler was appointed as ICSC’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA. In his interview with ACROSS, he talks about his goals, cooperating with the EU—and a positive future for the industry.