Retail news & events

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

The mass housing developer, 8990 Holdings, is set to move into the shopping center development sector.

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.

Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG) is set to relaunch and market its brand in a bid to secure its customer relationships.

Budapest and Hungary’s biggest shopping mall, Arena Plaza, which is managed by Cushman & Wakefield and owned by Lanebridge Investment Management Limited, is currently being transformed.