Analytics

Angela Goodings, Director of Research, explains why she believes outlet malls will continue to grow in popularity with investors as the sector is underpinned by constrained supply and growing demand, offering some of the most attractive risk-adjusted returns in the real estate market. In its latest research, TH Real Estate revealed its outlook on outlet […]

Cushman & Wakefield provides an overview of shopping centre stock levels and development activity across the UK.  In total, 1.3 million sq ft (120,773 sq m) of additional shopping centre floorspace was delivered in 2017. Whilst this remains below the long-term average annual trend rate, and indeed represents a slowdown when compared to previous years, […]

UK Shopping Centres: Dead or Alive?

Retailers are opening more stores in 2017, debunking the retail apocalypse.

The Apparel category in the US boasts some of the most recognizable shopping brands in America.

Food and beverage retailers have become an increasingly core part of the modern shopping center.

A current retail storyline is that the days of regional malls are numbered. The assumptions underlying this narrative are that all purchases are moving online, retailers are going bankrupt, and millennials have rejected the suburban mall and the lifestyle it represents. While there is some truth to each of these assumptions, statistics on malls tell […]

CBRE has once again measured the level of shopping centre development in major cities across the world. The survey was based on 168 cities globally and focused on centres of over 20,000 sq. m. and excludes retail warehousing and factory outlet centres. The definition used in this analysis is set out in full in the […]

The Precise Definition of eight shopper types and the basis for personal services at centers, targeted marketing, and strategic resolutions.

Approximately 1.3 million sq.m of new shopping centre space was delivered across Europe in the first half of 2016, which was 7% less than in H1 2015. This took existing shopping centre floorspace to 156.3 million sq.m as of 1st July 2016. Turkey and Russia were, once again, the most active countries in terms of development, accounting for more […]

95% of European retail sales in 2015 were carried out either in-store or online via a brick-and-mortar retailer Pure play online sales accounted for only 3.6% of total retail sales in Europe in 2015 The impact of online retailing on retail real estate is often grossly overstated as a result of an incongruous narrative that […]

Deloitte Consulting has released its annual report entitled “The New Digital Divide: The future of digital influence in retail,” in which it explores the differences between what brick-and-mortar retailers are providing to consumers in terms of digital experiences, and what today’s consumers are actually on the lookout for. There’s a couple of key takeaways from […]