Monthly Archives: February 2020

A Better Understanding of the Customer Courtesy of Big Data

ACROSS: Please give us a brief overview of HyperIn. MARKUS PORVARI: HyperIn was founded in Finland in 2008 and is a Red Herring Top 100 Winner, recognized as one of the leading private technology and innovation enterprises. The company provides … Continue reading

METRO AG reaches commercial agreement with SCP Group and x+bricks regarding the sale of Real

The agreed concept provides the sale of Real as a whole without reverse holdings for METRO at a company value of approximately 1 billion euros. Due to this commercial agreement METRO expects a net inflow of approximately 0.3 billion euros. … Continue reading

Tommy Hilfiger signs to open its first kids outlet in the UK at London Designer Outlet

This is the latest in a string of ‘firsts’ for London Designer Outlet with the destination home to the UK’s first Champion outlet,  stand-alone Converse store and London’s first H&M and Lee Wrangler outlets. It is also the only UK … Continue reading

Boostcom Group Celebrates 1000th Shopping Centre Customer Milestone, Continuing Global Expansion

Ipswich Riverlink, a sub-regional shopping centre in South East Queensland, Australia is the 1000th shopping centre to sign on with the Boostcom Group. Ipswich Riverlink will use Boostcom’s proprietary data management platform, the Mall Performance Cloud (MPC). Built specifically for … Continue reading

Harald Stieber Joins the Top Management Team of ATP Frankfurt

Harald Stieber has taken over the role of Managing Director/Architecture from the Offenbach architect Ulf Bambach, who has gone freelance after ten years as ATP’s partner in Frankfurt. The cooperative integrated design culture that is practiced by all of ATP’s … Continue reading

New flagship Brown Thomas store to open at Dundrum Town Centre

This signing marks the latest stage of Hammerson’s strategy to proactively step-up the brand mix at its flagship destinations to introduce the world’s leading brands and offer customers an engaging experience every time they visit one of its venues. Brown … Continue reading

Cathryn Vanderspar has been appointed as non-executive director of Supermarket Income REIT plc

Cathryn has more than 20 years’ experience as a real estate lawyer and is Head of Real Estate Tax at Travers Smith LLP. Cathryn specialises in direct and indirect real estate with experience in unauthorised, authorised and listed funds, across … Continue reading

Citycon to acquire a portfolio of three shopping centres in Norway

The transaction consists of three assets, Stovner Senter, Torvbyen and Markedet. Citycon has managed the shopping centres since 2015 and also owned 20% of the portfolio. The transaction cost amounts approximately to EUR 145 million, of which Citycon assumes existing debt of … Continue reading

Leasing running smoothly at MEC

MEC METRO-ECE Centermanagement GmbH & Co. KG looks back on a successful leasing year 2019. In total, new and follow-up leases with a total area of 71,000m² were concluded in the past year. These included contracts with well-known retailers such … Continue reading

Lifestyle Outlets reports another year of growth

Lifestyle Outlets figures at the end of the 2019 calendar year revealed a 5.7% year-on-year (YOY) increase, boosted by a successful Christmas trading period. Both outlets announced a number of new tenant signings throughout the year, with Lowry Outlet unveiling … Continue reading

Redevco Appoints Andrew Foulds as Managing Director UK

Andrew Vaughan, Redevco CEO, said: “We are pleased to announce Andrew’s new appointment which will ensure the continued success of our UK team. This will also allow Adam to dedicate his time exclusively to transactions, which is in line with … Continue reading

“ACROSS Retail Talks” will continue in 2020

The ACROSS Retail Talk premiered on September 18, 2019. Reinhard Winiwarter, the Publisher of ACROSS, and Klaus Striebich, Managing Director of RaRE Advise and member of the ACROSS Advisory Board, invited their guests to join their discussion named “Cooperative or … Continue reading

Eurovea’s new food hall serves platter of gastronomic delights

Expansion heralds new opportunities In its ten years, Eurovea has become a well-established and dependable retail centre with high footfall and strong market position. Its popularity is largely based on an exceptional location and unique mix of relaxation, entertainment, culture, shopping … Continue reading

NEINVER strengthens Amsterdam The Style Outlets team with two new appointments

NEINVER is growing the Amsterdam The Style Outlets team with two new members. With the autumn opening getting closer, NEINVER has named Darrell Dundas as the centre’s Retail Manager and Tessa Morsink as Marketing Manager. Darrell Dundas has over 10 … Continue reading

Silvio Kirchmair joins Across Advisory Board

Silvio Kirchmair, born in 1961, studied business administration and economics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz after graduating from technical college. After the completion of his studies he held several management positions at nationally and internationally operating companies, including … Continue reading

Sonja Naber joins redos Group as Senior Transaction Manager

With effect from the start of February, Dr. Sonja Naber (38, née Bocek) has joined redos institutional GmbH, a subsidiary of redos, as Senior Transaction Manager. In her new role, she will assume a range of responsibilities within the area … Continue reading

VIA Outlets accelerates growth as 2019 proves another successful year

Reinforced strategy delivering strong results The increase in brand sales meant an uplift to €1.16 billion in 2019, whilst the footfall increase saw VIA Outlets welcome a record 32.2 million guests over the year. The company’s 3 R’s strategy, which focusses … Continue reading

Global Retail Attractiveness Index Fourth Quarter 2019

European retail markets resilient in face of global economic downturn European retail markets are still doing well despite declining economic momentum. The Global Retail Attractiveness Index (GRAI) for the 15 biggest retail markets, which is compiled jointly by Union Investment … Continue reading

SIGNA and Central Group acquire GLOBUS

SIGNA and Central jointly own Germany’s KaDeWe Group with upcoming projects in Dusseldorf and Vienna, Austria, while Central Group currently owns 9 Rinascente stores in Italy and Denmark’s Illum. With GLOBUS, the combined presence of SIGNA and Central will span … Continue reading

SIGNA and Central Group acquire GLOBUS

SIGNA and Central jointly own Germany’s KaDeWe Group with upcoming projects in Dusseldorf and Vienna, Austria, while Central Group currently owns 9 Rinascente stores in Italy and Denmark’s Illum. With GLOBUS, the combined presence of SIGNA and Central will span … Continue reading