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Visual Impact: The Art of Redevelopments

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Hawthorn Mall begins its transformation by connecting to the community through art installations.

Lush gardens and beach fronts are familiar backdrops for wedding photography, but instead, one couple chose a mural at Hawthorn Mall (Vernon Hills, USA) after tying the knot earlier this summer. The 4,000sq.ft. "Love" piece that Ruben Rojas crea[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

This Is One Big Retail Mashup

Pop-Up Stores, Shopping Center Business

Cross-category retail concepts, like mixed media, will soon become the new normal.

Not so long ago, news of a food truck opening on the high street or a star recording artist headlining a mall's summer festival spread like wildfire. Nowadays, it could be met with a yawn. That's how fast a retail niche becomes a full-fledged (a[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Development Buck Stops Here

Development News, Mall Websites

As one UK regeneration project shows, CSR has to be part of the plan from the get-go.

Resilient cities and their retail destinations require much more to plan than blueprints, funding, and functional design. They also require a deep understanding of community building and consumer psychology. The sooner a redevelopment project's [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Small Shops, High Stakes

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

To get an opportunity to battle for shoppers’ attention, a group of retailers first had to fight to get into the mall.

When you're a budding brick-and-mortar retail entrepreneur, making rent is an ongoing concern. Renee Malutic won't have to worry about that for a while because she's just outsmarted her rivals to earn a six-month launch at her home state mall. [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Wayfair’s Brick-and-Mortar Plays

Pop-Up Stores, Shopping Center Business

The online retailer looks to the mall as an ideal platform to get closer to consumers.

The do-it-yourself season is now in full swing and Wayfair sees it as a major opportunity to extend its reach in the homeware and décor categories. The online retailer has plenty of merchandise on offer and just as many ideas to share with shop[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

A Sign of the Times: Entertainment Anchors

Leasing, Leasing Deals

WD is on the verge of breathing new life into an old department store unit at Kingsgate.

If there is such a thing as retail grief triggered by recent market woes, then shopping center developers should be well into the acceptance stage and revisiting their tenant mix. For WD Ltd., the owners of Kingsgate shopping center (Dunfermline[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Due South: Indochino Takes Arizona…Again

Retailer Roundup, Shopping Center Business

The fashion retailer’s desert re-launch shows that more than its suits are made to measure.

The experience begins with the morphing of shoppers into fashion designers, making every decision from fabric weight and lapel type to linings and shirt cuffs. Supported by expert style guides with iPads at the ready, the creative journey that c[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

In the Pipeline: The Next Melbourne Central

Development News, Shopping Center Business

The GPT Group has a bold new mixed-use redevelopment plan and a timber tower is just the beginning.

There will be a lot for visitors to take in when The GPT Group tackles the biggest redevelopment that its Melbourne Central property has seen in the past two decades. The spoiler alert: Those shoppers won't be stepping into a typical mixed-use c[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Queen of Shoes Effect

Retailer Roundup, Shopping Center Business

Sarah Jessica Parker’s SJP brand makes a big entrance into a new market.

If people know you just by your initials, chances are you're a big deal. That happens to be the case for actress and style guru, Sarah Jessica Parker, who has gained a massive following ever since taking her starring role in the now-defunct cult[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Shoppertainment on the Fringe in Melbourne

Development News, Shopping Center Business

The tables are now set at GPT Group’s new dining, entertainment, and art precinct.

It's not what (or who) you know, it's where you go. The GPT Group and its marketers have used the notion to position a new Melbourne CBD destination, which they promise shoppers will be worthy of their time, money, and social posts. The ELLA [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

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