Issue 2018 November 20th

    Book now: Understanding retail proptech on 29 November

     Join Klepierre, CACI, IBM iX, Bill Grimsey and more Sponsored by TH Real Estate | London, 29 November 2018 You now have the opportunity to book for our final event of the year, The iGeneration: Retail Proptech. If you want to understand the implications of digital and behavioural change on the retail real industry then [...]
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    MAPIC SPECIAL: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield pushes Lab innovation

     Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is pushing ahead with plans to integrate innovation within its shopping centres through three key drivers: accelerating digital ideas, developing global retail partnerships and developing its Better Places policy, said Julie Villet, director of URLab and CSR at the real estate giant. Villet said that the wide-ranging Better Places 2030 project encompasses both the [...]
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    MAPIC SPECIAL: Istanbul scheme aims to bring culture and retail to Bosphorus location

     Retail, F&B and culture will be brought together at the Galataport project by the banks of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, in a scheme that aims to re-establish the area as the Turkish capital’s centre for fashion and design. With over 250 shops and restaurants planned, plus a 1.2km riverside promenade, two museums, a university, office [...]
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    Hong Kong’s Causeway back as world’s most expensive retail street

     For the first time in five years, Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay has replaced New York’s Upper 5th Avenue as the world’s most expensive retail street by rental value, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The annual Main Streets Across the World report, released yesterday at MAPIC, showed a significant decline in New York rents, with Upper [...]
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    MAPIC SPECIAL: UK retailers look for growth in new markets

     UK fashion retailer Fat Face is looking for further expansion opportunities internationally, after a successful trial on the East Coast of the US. The company is also hoping to open its first store in Europe next year, with Germany the most likely location. “We have around 220 stores in the UK and we are 30 years [...]
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