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On May 10, 2023, the Austrian retail and retail real estate industry came together at the 25th RegioPlan Retail Symposium. The event highlighted current and expected market conditions, trends and investments and offered a valuable platform for industry experts to connect.

Złote Tarasy shopping center has signed up a new tenant. HUGO, a brand of one of the world’s upmarket fashion companies Hugo Boss, opened its first Polish brick-and-mortar store there on Monday.

In 25 branches of the XXXLutz furniture stores in Germany, but also in the online store, the latest Home & Living collection by Tommy Hilfiger will be offered in the typical Tommy Hilfiger colors: red-blue-white.

Since the beginning of May 2023, the Zumiez subsidiary is represented with a store in the old town of Trento.

As planned, Andreas Mattner will leave ECE as Managing Director of ECE Development & Consulting on May 31, 2023, for reasons of age.

Slovenia’s first Fashion Outlet Village is scheduled to open in 2024/2025. The HG Invest investor group around the Tyrolean company Huter Invest is developing it. Nikolaus Huter, Managing Director of Huter Invest, spoke to ACROSS about the development, the advantages of locations close to the border, and why more and more offline shopping locations should be converted to outlet centers.

Grosvenor has announced that Swiss sportswear brand, On, has launched its first-ever pop-up outside of London, at Liverpool ONE. Until 4 June, ‘The Monster Den’, located in a 371 sq m space on Lower South John Street, will spotlight community, connection, and the joy of running, through both its offering of the latest On gear and via an extensive program of events.

G City Europe Limited, has completed the purchase of a remaining 25% stake in the Arkady Pankrac Shopping Center in Prague, Czech Republic for a consideration of 60.5 million Euro.

An analysis by RegioData of major European cities in terms of shopping center density yields significantly different results than the evaluations at the country level. While the highest density levels are achieved in the Scandinavian countries, the capitals in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CEE/SEE) are ahead in the evaluation by city.