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The French footwear label Bobbies continues its European expansion and opens its first store in the Netherlands

The second store outside France, after London, has now opened in one of Amsterdam’s oldest districts in Wolvenstraat 21. This neighborhood is part of the hip “Nine Streets” shopping area, where more and more international brands are opening stores.

baumhouse: The mission is to combine retail locations with affordable and quality living space

With their baumhouse projects, Dietmar Reindl and Alexander Rössler want to combine retail locations and housing sustainably and affordably. They define affordable with rents 20% below the market level. They are planning high-quality, sustainably designed residential complexes above retail buildings. Furthermore, they explain to ACROSS what their motivation is, what social change they would like to help shape, and, above all, where the added value for investors lies.

ACROSS Retail Talk: The Winning Formats — “Key Is Optimism and a Proactive, Forward-Thinking Approach”

This time, our recurring online event, ACROSS Retail Talk, examined 2023´s winning formats, and closed with some new insights into why these formats were so successful.

MAPIC Awards 2023 finalists announced

Created in 1996, the MAPIC Awards reward excellence, innovation and creativity in the retail real estate industry, celebrating the industry’s most useful, sustainable and visionary projects.

René Benko hands over the chairmanship of the SIGNA Holding Advisory Board to Arndt Geiwitz

René Benko has handed over the chairmanship of the Advisory Board of SIGNA Holding to Arndt Geiwitz. Geiwitz additionally will take over the chairmanship of the Shareholders’ Committee of SIGNA Holding. The Benko family private foundation will continue to be the Holding company’s largest shareholder.

Women’s fashion retailer Madeleine is still looking for investors

To date, no one has been found. The first steps have already been taken: Most of the current 200 employees have already been made redundant, but a small team is still processing orders received.

The Traditional Home of Retail – ACROSS Study Tour to Istanbul 2024 /// April 17th to 19th

The Traditional Home of Retail: exciting shopping-places with unique stories and forward-looking ideas. The third ACROSS Study Tour takes us to the Anatolian Peninsula.

People On The Move

Recruitments, promotions and appointments.

The KaDeWe Group has expanded its management to a trio

Following André Maeder’s move to Selfridges in London, three new members were appointed to the Management Board: Michael Peterseim (CEO), Timo Weber as Chief Retail Officer (CRO) and Simone Heift Chief as Merchandising Officer (CMO).

Woolworth expands in Austria and opens first location in Eisenstadt

After more than a decade, Woolworth is returning to the Austrian market with its new successful concept. In addition to the store in Eisenstadt, more than 30 new openings are planned by the end of 2024.

New openings at La Torre Outlet Zaragoza

Following its latest recognitions such as ‘Great Retail Company’ and ‘TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice 2023’, La Torre Outlet Zaragoza continues to build on the momentum of its latest achievements.

Portland Design is Creating the Mall of the Future for Cenomi Centers

Portland is working with Saudi Arabia real estate developer Cenomi Centers on its “Mall of
The Future” strategy. At the heart of the project is a fundamental shift in perspective,
where the conventional role of the mall will be re-thought and transformed into a multipurpose, experience-driven lifestyle destination.

Jack & Jones opens omnichannel store in QUARREE Wandsbek in Hamburg

The 170 sq m store offers cool and uncomplicated looks for trend-conscious men. As an additional service for goods that are not currently in stock, customers are offered delivery by post within three days.

Advantail Continues Its Expansion with 2 New Mandates and Evolves Its Organization

Advantail is expanding its operations and will take over the management of two new centers on behalf of its client AEW: La Visitation Shopping Center in Rennes and Les Grandes Terres Shopping Center in Marly le Roi starting from January 1, 2024.

VIA Outlets’ €30m Remodeling and Expansion of Sevilla Fashion Outlet Opens with Debuts by Karl Lagerfeld, Under Armour, G-Star Raw and many more

VIA Outlets officially opened the 4,000 sq m extension to its Sevilla Fashion Outlet yesterday, culminating a 30-million-euro project to modernize and evolve the center since its acquisition in 2016. With the recent extension, a 17-million-euro investment that includes a spectacular glass-covered gallery, Sevilla Fashion Outlet now offers 20,000 sq m of prime commercial space.

Dutch discounter Action starts in Switzerland

Following the establishment of a branch in Basel, plans for a market entry in Switzerland are intensifying, for which the former Head of Real Estate at Denner, Alexandre Du Pasquier, is responsible.

Austrian startup “Damn Plastic” expands with franchise stores to Germany and Switzerland

Founder Victoria Neuhofer has been running the startup since 2019 and is constantly developing the product range. The company mainly sells goods made from garbage, which contribute to the reduction of waste.

Ingka Centres Launches Free Coworking Space in Bratislava

Ingka Centres is set to launch its newest Hej!Workstation coworking space in its Avion Shopping Park in Bratislava, a smaller version of the already successful and thriving Hej!Workshop concept. Opening its doors on November 2nd, the space in Bratislava’s Avion will open on the 1st floor, offering workplaces that can be booked for free.

Best Secret focuses on luxury market and opens offices in Milan and Paris

Best Secret employs about 1,900 people from 90 countries. More than 300,000 articles of 3,000 brands are currently available in around 27 countries.

German Sustainability Award Foundation (DNP) selects L’Oréal as winner

The winning company, will be honored for its sustainability program ‘L’Oréal For The Future’ at the German Sustainability Day on November 23, 2023 in Düsseldorf.

Uniqlo opens first store in Luxembourg

A few days ago, the sixth branch in the Benelux was opened in the heart of Luxembourg, at 22 Grand Rue.

Paunsdorf Center commissions Germany’s largest photovoltaic system on the roof of a shopping center

The cooperation between Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Stadtwerke Leipzig shows that the retail and leisure destination is positioning itself as a responsible partner to invest locally in the sustainability and attractiveness of the location. The project is an absolute pioneering achievement.

Poundland has confirmed plans to open or relocate 75 stores by end of December 2023

Poundland is part of the Pepco Group, which operates over 4,000 stores in 21 countries, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Spain and the CEE region, and employs 43,000 people.

German startup Airpaq has won the European final of the Westfield Grand Prix 2023

The winner of the European Grand Prix, a competition for international startups bringing innovative and sustainable products to market, has now been announced by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW).

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