French SIIC Klépierre saw retail sales increase by 1.2% during the first three quarters of the year as the retail market continues to improve across Europe. Retailers' appetite to is also starting to increase again, with Klepierre recently signing a number of new leases, including three rental agreements with H&M in its Hungarian shopping centres and a 12,000-m[sup]2[/sup] lease to Saturn in its Creteil Soleil mall in the Paris suburbs.