Retail news: mall and brand expansion

The Al Futtaim Group is one of the largest conglomerates in the UAE. 

Hercules Unit Trust (HUT), a specialist retail park fund, managed by Schroder’s and advised by British Land, has stated that construction has begun on four schemes in its portfolio.

<p class="p1">Twitter and Amazon have joined forces to make buying products easier. </p>

Emaar Properties PJSC plans to list 25% of its retail division on the Dubai Financial Market.

The first quarter of 2014 has resulted in good figures for Foot Locker.

The fashion brand, Guess, is looking to expand substantially in the European market by opening an additional 50 stores, mostly under direct management.

Anyone who does not see the problems that retailers are facing with reduced store traffic, should listen to what the Chief Executive of Macy’s, Terry Lundgren, has to say

The physical build of consumers has prompted the introduction of new Belgian clothing brand sizes.

Supermarket giants, Coles and Woolworths, have asked federal government to deregulate retail trading hours, stating bizarre rules which dictate the trading hours of stores.

Recovering retailers are searching for prime shopping space which prompted debt and equity providers to come out at the RECon conference, causing sold out financial and property services pavilions.

Online B2C (business to consumer) retail sales are set to increase by almost 75% by 2018. B2B (business to business) sales are double the amount of B2C and growing.

Retail development is gaining strength globally, but there is no need for the US to add to its stock.