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Retail Watch
11/15/2018

MAGAZINE Outlets make space to fight e-commerce

Despite threats from the value sector and e-commerce, European outlet centres have continued to perform well in the last decade, bucking the negative trend.

Retail Watch
11/10/2018

MAGAZINE UK retail distress ripples out to rest of Europe

Retail landlords across Europe are struggling as e-commerce eats into physical store sales and underperforming mature retail assets pressure profits. After the UK, where the market has weakened considerably, the Netherlands and Germany could be next, writes Isobel Lee.

Retail Watch
11/8/2018

Mapic launches new focus on leisure and wellness

The role of leisure, culture and education in shopping centres will come under the spotlight at this year's Mapic retail trade show which has as its 2018 theme: Physical in the Age of Digital.

Retail Watch
6/8/2018

UK retailers squeezed more than continental peers

UK retailers are squeezed more than their peers in continental Europe, according to Rogier Quirijns, portfolio manager of the European Real Estate Securities Fund at Cohen & Steers.

Retail Watch
4/26/2018

Bright outlook for European outlet centre industry - ICSC

The European outlet centre industry is still set to outpace traditional retail in terms of growth, but operators and retailers will need solid business plans to differentiate in the future, delegates heard at the ICSC European Outlet Conference which was held on Thursday during the ICSC European Conference in Barcelona.

Retail Watch
4/25/2018

Barcelona proves that crisis means opportunity - ICSC

The City of Barcelona’s recent crisis point has proved a catalyst for positive change, according to keynote speaker Greg Clark, global advisor on cities, speaking at ICSC’s annual European event in the Catalan capital.

Retail Watch
4/25/2018

ICSC European Conference takes inspiration from Spain

The Spanish retail market’s stellar fundamentals and the dynamic backdrop of Barcelona provide the perfect platform this week for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)’s annual European conference, delegates heard on the opening day of the event.

Retail Watch
4/24/2018

MAGAZINE Extensions dominate in Western Europe, new schemes lead in CEE

The opening in March of a 69,000 m2 extension to Westfield London in the UK capital exemplifies the trend in shopping centre development that has been evident across EMEA for some time. Extensions to, and redevelopments of, existing shopping centres are the big story in western Europe, while new developments are more likely to be found in the east.

Retail Watch
4/24/2018

MAGAZINE Today’s malls are all about the experience

The growing amount of space being allocated to F&B and leisure in shopping centres ties in with a structural shift which sees consumers increasingly valuing ‘experience’ over ‘stuff’.