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Leasing Deals, Shopping Center Business
The opening will mark Live Nation’s entry into the Australian market.
Mirror rooms and Insta-ready themed sets have been popping up in retail centers all over North America and the phenom concept is about to make its debut Down Under. Mirvac Retail's Broadway Sydney center will have the honors of unveiling the co[...]
Development News, Shopping Center Business
This urban development’s partners claim that this project will be an example of large-scale, human-centric design.
As it enters a new decade and its 60th year of operation, Canada's Oxford Properties Group is, by its own account, thinking big. The benchmark that it's hoping to set places one of the company's most high-profile properties at the heart of an e[...]
Customer Service, Special Needs
Fashion styling is normally a grown-up service, but an Aussie retailer offers a pint-sized version for Back to School and year-round.
Gen-Z kids are different social animals from older consumers, retail marketers have come to realize. Packing their bedrooms and school lockers with stuff isn't a priority. So why would a brand dedicated to children's footwear dispatch an entire[...]
Charity Partnerships, Community Room
Time to Talk Day a choice occasion to take the stigma out of mental health distress.
The new common area seating at intu Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent, UK) is more than a place to rest between bouts of shopping. Today, officially the nation's Time to Talk Day, it's also a safe haven for visitors to start conversations about mental [...]
Shopping Center Business, What's Next Market Focus
Consumers have changed tremendously in the past two decades. Chief Outsiders’ Adrianna Lynch explains why she thinks businesses will fail if they can’t genuinely adapt.
New Year, new decade, and most of us are optimistic about our future. We do know, however, that we need to put forward our fair share of energy and work to make our optimistic thoughts come to life. While there is no silver bullet, the best pla[...]
Customer Service
The chic department store chain’s responsible fashion movement spans brack-and-mortar and online.
One of France's leading department stores, Galeries Lafayette, is sticking its neck out and singling out responsible fashion retailers. It's all part of its omnichannel "Go for Good" initiative, which gets its own prominent tab on the company's[...]
Mall Websites, Technology Lab
Apple’s Business Chat platform might still be in the beta version, but it could help David’s Bridal disrupt its retail category.
As far as shopping experiences go, few are as emotional as saying "yes" to the dress, the cake, and a whole lot more. Still, a multinational retailer believes that a very high-tech, AI-powered solution is the key to delivering high-touch servic[...]
Community Room, Special Events
This year, Melbourne University students will add a sustainability awareness initiative to the two-month event.
Murnong Street in Stockland Point Cook's dining precinct (Victoria, Australia) will soon morph into a Pop Up Park again, as the CoLocal non-profit brings its hub back to the center with the support of Wyndham City Council, area businesses, and [...]
Customer Service, Services
With malls looking for business well beyond in-store shopping, they’ve become choice partners for entertainment companies and digital platforms.
This isn't a metaphor, but a fact. Cadillac Fairview (CF) is officially an Apple Music curator, offering its shoppers the "Meet You There" playlist of its top-30 picks of the moment to enjoy.
The collaboration not only gives CF a good marke[...]
Amenities, Customer Service
In case you haven’t heard, the chore aspect of exercising is no longer a pre-requisite.
Down with the walls. The gym of the future will either be set outdoors or it will look a lot like a gaming emporium. Maybe it's time for your shopping center to make room for the retail category in which disrupters abound.
intu Lakeside (UK)[...]
