Retail news: mall and brand expansion

The Dubai Mall now has an official Emirates Airline merchandise store, including a public flight simulator for the A380.

The shares of teen retailers have not been performing well enough for the previous twelve months.

To provide the stores in their actual shopping centres additional sale opportunities, Immochan, the real estate branch of Auchan, is planning to develop a virtual shopping centre.

Prada’s hopes for a good 2013 were dashed.

Whiteley shopping centre has won the crown as one of the best centres in Europe.

Abu Dhabi is planning to construct 778,000m² of retail space.

Ukraine sanction fears have prompted real estate investors to put their deals on hold.  This has opened an opportunity for domestic investors.

Hamleys first contracted wdl to do a complete remodelling of their world-renowned toy store during 2000. 

Westfield Garden State Plaza, New Jersey, has made the decision to install "digital storefronts" to promote a new section of the centre

<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Britain's economy is being bolstered by consumers due to a strengthening in the housing market, pay increases & bonuses, subsiding inflation, and the low interest rates. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Alibaba, a well known Chinese internet mogul has invested through shares and bonds 5.6bn Hong Kong dollars, equaling $692m and £415m into the Chinese mall operator, InTime.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Kingsgate shopping mall in Huddersfield is utilizing a new technology for tracking it's patrons.</span>