The concept of retail parks during the pandemic has become especially popular among local residents, because thanks to the large areas, good location and separate access to shops, you can safely combine pleasant and useful things – shopping, working and spending free time.

Queensberry has announced its signing of leading luxury fashion brand Flannels as the latest name set to join The Glass Works in Barnsley, ahead of its launch later this year. Construction on the final phase of The Glass Works has continued effectively in line with government guidelines and works are on track for completion in September.

The Fashion Pact is an international association of more than 70 famous companies from the fashion and textile industry. It represents over 200 of the leading global brands and one third of the fashion industry. All signatories have committed to the joint implementation of important environmental goals: the mitigation of climate change, the restoration of biodiversity and the protection of the oceans. umdasch The Store Makers has been a member of this prestigious coalition since 2021.

Hammerson has announced that Harry Badham has been appointed to the role of Chief Development and Asset Repositioning Officer. In this role, Harry will oversee the development teams working on destination repositioning across the UK, Ireland, and France.

The first test stations open at 22 MEC locations in twelve federal states, with more to follow. In addition to the luca app and hygiene measures, the greatest possible protection when shopping is possible.

Eurovea 2 has received one of the largest real estate loans in Slovakia in recent years. Funding of EUR 116 million will be used for the construction of the extension of Eurovea shopping centre and the adjacent PRIBINOVA X office building. Construction work on both buildings is fully underway.

Total sales at London Designer Outlet up +148% as guests rediscover the joy of shopping (against reopening of June ’20).

Hammerson has exchanged unconditional contracts on the portfolio sale of its seven retail park assets to Brookfield for £330m cash proceeds, representing an 8% discount to the 31 December 2020 book value of £357m. This transaction concludes Hammerson’s exit from the UK retail parks sector.

AG Real Estate is innovating by developing “Click2Shop”, the first Belgian marketplace platform shared by its shopping centres in central Brussels.

Primark’s new flagship store in Forum Rotterdam, developed and managed by Multi Corporation, has opened its doors. The store, which has created more than 300 new jobs, is Primark’s 21st store in the Netherlands and 392nd globally.

Deutsche Investment just acquired the Rödertalpark” retail warehouse park of around 15,560 sqm in Grossröhrsdorf (Saxony, Germany) for its latest separate asset pool, “Deutsche Investment – Food Retail I.”

Young female shoppers like second-hand goods because they are eco-friendly.

Florian Wieser, CFO of MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, to serve as Ceconomy Group CFO as of 1 May 2021.

Neinver, as part of its commitment with the communities, has launched an initiative at all its outlet centres in Europe to support art by promoting local talent, and to excite consumers with an explosion of optimism, colour and energy.

Hammerson is pleased to announce the appointment of Himanshu Raja as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director. He will succeed James Lenton who gave notice of his resignation to the Company in January 2021.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Central London Retail team has been appointed by The Crown Estate to lease The Quadrant Arcade, a prime retail-led mixed-use asset located between Regent Street and Air Street, London W1. The appointment is joint with CBRE.

With the goal of reaching 5,000 stores worldwide, JYSK will need a lot of new Store Managers in the coming years. A new, huge Employer Branding campaign based on the help of current Store Managers is planned to reach that goal.

Landsec has announced that Italian luxury fashion brand Armani has opened its first-ever outlet in Essex at Braintree Village, in line with non-essential retail opening across the country.

SES Spar European Shopping Centers, Austria’s market-leading shopping center developer and operator, now holds a seat on the Supervisory Board of the new European Council of Shopping Places (ECSP) and is one of its founding members.

Sainsbury’s has opened the doors to its new Wapping London Dock Local store, with the modern convenience store now open to customers from 7am through to 11pm seven days a week.

The SINSAY and HOUSE brands belonging to the LPP group will open their only stores in the city in the Retalia Retail Park. Both brands will occupy a total of over 1,300 m2 of leasable space.

In association with various local partners, Klépierre has set up several initiatives to fight Covid-19. An antigen testing point at La Romanina shopping center near Rome opened earlier in March. The shopping center can accommodate about 25 patients per day, by appointment.