Posts Tagged ‘Shopping malls’
Food and drink could save retail
Westfield Stratford shopping centre officially opens on September 13 in what is just as tough an environment as when its sister site Westfield London opened its doors in 2008. We’re almost there with another shopping mecca. But what Westfield has sussed-out better than most landlords is the benefit of leisure tenants. That’s why it has one of the…
Read MoreShopping centres thrive while high streets dive
“Sometimes I wonder if the world’s so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl. Living in the sprawl, the dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains and there’s no end in sight.” In the same week that Mary Portas was tasked by the government to save the ailing high street, it was announced…
Read MoreClone Towns part 2 – the least boring shopping areas outside London
Shopping malls are largely given a bad mainstream press because the perception is that they all house the same old stores and besides providing a place to shelter from the rain are believed to offer little else to the shopper. We may have to think again if the research from retail location specialists CACI is…
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