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NEW TOMMY HILFIGER STORE DELIVERS THE NEINVER TAKES OVER THE
FUTURE OF TRUE BRAND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OF SILESIA OUTLET ZSAR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
Zsar Outlet Village, the first Outlet centre in
Finland, celebrated its opening late last year. It
Tommy Hilfiger has re-opened their new Premium NEINVER, the leading outlet operator in has now been announced that sales doubled or
concept store on Amsterdam’s Hoofstraat. Located in Poland and Spain and a market leader in tripled the expected, with 20,000 visitors piling
close proximity to their global headquarters, has meant Europe, has announced it has taken over into the outlet over its first weekend in operation.
a host of talented in-house designers have been able to the management of Silesia Outlet located in Some retailers who benefitted from this were
work alongside rpa:group’s Interior Architecture division, Silesia, Poland. adidas, Guess, Hugo Boss and Roberto Cavalli.
to deliver some hands-on input. The outlet centre is currently being
The premises have undergone a dramatic evolution, as developed and is scheduled to open this
part of a two-phase delivery of the progression of their spring in the city of Gliwice. The investor UNIQLO TO LAUNCH IN ITALY
Sportswear 16 concept. High-end fixtures and fittings are of the facility is 6B47, one of the leading Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo has unveiled plans
key features throughout the retail space, with hanging rails developers in the German speaking to launch into the Italian market this year. The
and shelving that are fully adaptable, to deliver flexible countries. NEINVER will be responsible for company will open its first store in the country in
retail display solutions. management, marketing and leasing. Milan in Autumn. Situated in Piazza Cordusio, the
The store is supported by a host of digital technology Ultimately, it will occupy 20,000sq m of shop will be in the heart of the city and be within
features, including numerous interactive screens and retail space, with 120 shops representing walking distance of Piazza del Duomo.
touch screens. RFID also frees up space, which would domestic and international brands. The first
otherwise be used for cash desks and helps to deliver a phase this spring will house 70 stores across
truly experiential brand environment to shoppers. 12,000sq m of retail space. ETAM OPENS AT ZŁOTE TARASY
Cushman & Wakefield represented Etam in their
180sq m retail space lease at the Złote Tarasy
FINESTRELLES SHOPPING CENTRE shopping centre in Warsaw. Etam’s store with
LAUNCHES IN BARCELONA lingerie, nightwear, sportswear, swimwear and
accessories will be located on the ground floor of
the retail complex and open this month.
Finestrelles Shopping Centre has opened “We have put much effort into achieving
with a commercial offer of 103 spaces from a varied and attractive commercial and
leading brands in the fashion and restaurant restoration offer that is comfortable for our XIAOMI EXPANDS IN EUROPE
sector, on a surface area of 39.250sq m. different customers at Finestrelles Shopping Xiaomi has opened the doors to its largest
Located in Esplugues de Llobregat, the mall Centre”, says Víctor M. Gómez, CEO of Mi Store in Europe on one of the most
will attract more than 8.5 million yearly Equilis Spain, the Belgium development attractive avenues in the world, the Champs-
visitors from Barcelona and the region of group that has invested 120 million euros Elysées. The new flagship retail offering spans
Baix Llobregat. into the building of the mall. The economical 490sq m, twice as large as its shop Forum
An Alcampo hypermarket, a gym from the impact is also important, since it will des Halles.
Duet Fit chain, Media Markt and a Decathlon generate 1150 direct jobs, majorly for the
store are the largest Finestrelles Shopping Baix Llobregat region.
Centre flagships, with various Inditex group The new Finestrelles Shopping centre is ALBERT HEIJN TO DOUBLE UP
brands such as Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear and located in a privileged area, between one Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn will not
MCARTHURGLEN, EUROPE’S LEADING OWNER, DEVELOPER AND MANAGER OF DESIGNER OUTLETS, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FOLLOWING OVER TWENTY YEARS IN THE PLANNING, THE Oysho also present. Other fashion stores of the main entrances to Barcelona and leave Belgium, but rather double its number
GROUP HAS OBTAINED FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY LUXURY DESIGNER OUTLET IN THE WESTERN PARIS AREA. SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2021, THE €150M DEVELOPMENT that have opened are H&M, Mango, Kiabi the towns of Baix Llobregat. Within a 20 of stores. After the merger with Belgian chain
IN NORMANDIE WILL BECOME MCARTHURGLEN’S FOURTH DESIGNER OUTLET IN FRANCE AND THE 27TH IN THE GROUP’S PORTFOLIO, SPANNING 20,000SQ M OF RETAIL SPACE WITH 100 and New Yorker amongst others. The offer minute radius there are 21 municipalities
STORES AND SEVEN RESTAURANTS. ONCE OPEN, DESIGNER OUTLET NORMANDIE WILL CREATE OVER 600 JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ATTRACT 2.5 MILLION CUSTOMERS A YEAR. Delhaize there was speculation that owner
for customers is completed with a large and a potential demand of more than 2.5 Ahold Delhaize would choose between its two
variety of restaurants such as McDonald’s, million people. It also includes a parking lot chains, but instead they will both expand heavily
MANGO TO ADD 60,000SQ M NEW GERMAN CENTER La Tagliatella, KFC, Blue Frog, Dunkin Coffee for visitors that can hold 1,250 cars and will in Belgium.
OF SELLING SPACE CLOSER TO COMPLETION and Starbucks. be open 365 days a year.

Spanish fashion retailer Mango is planning to open 60,000sq m of Together with Peter Harry Carstensen and approximately
selling space throughout 2019. The company said 15,000sq m will 400 guests, the topping out ceremony of Husum Center was
be allocated to 27 company owned stores and 45,000sq m to new celebrated in the old town of Husum recently.
franchise stores around the world. The structural work is largely concluded and interior
The company continues to implement its retail model based on construction has started. The new Husum Shopping Center is
opening larger stores, in parallel to the closure of smaller stores. expected to open in September. The centre will have around
Since it began the transformation of its store network in 2012, its 12,000sq m of rental space and a central inner-city car park with
network has increased by 300,000sq m and the average size of its 650 parking spaces.
stores has increased by 54 per cent. Tenants in the Husum shopping centre with approximately
At the end of 2017, Mango had 2,190 stores in 110 countries. The 650 parking spaces and around 35 shops will include H&M,
company closed the financial year with 211 megastores, 20 of which EDEKA, dm, Esprit, Vero Moda, Only, the shoe shops Ecco
opened during 2017. At the end of the period franchises represented and Schuhpark Fascies, Bijou Brigitte, Parfümerie Schubac,
55 per cent of the chain’s retail outlets. Beauty & More, Vodafone and Parkgemeinschaft Husum. The
The company has also reported that online sales growth range of culinary offerings in addition to the fashion offering
accelerated in 2018 and that it now expects the channel to account will be supplemented by TANDO, Street Kitchen, Giovanni L CONNECT...
for 20 per cent of total turnover during 2019. and Waffelgut.

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