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February 2020

Special Features
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Editor’s 28 LIvING THE ISLAND LIFE
Foreword 22 Tommy Bahama gives people the chance to breathe freely,
live spontaneously and relax in style. Here, RLI speaks with

Welcome to a new decade everyone, I hope all our readers CEO Doug Wood.
EXCLUSIvE AND ATyPICAL UNIQUENESS
had a fantastic festive season and have had an excellent 30
start to 2020. Straight back to it after the holiday break, our The tradition of Giorgetti goes back more than 121 years
February issue is full of news, views, interviews and special to when it began life in Brianza and today it still forges
features covering all sorts of aspects of the retail and leisure ahead with innovation in its field.
sector. So take some time away from the emails, put the
phone on silent and catch up on everything in the industry. 42 EURoSHoP SPECIAL: GLobAL SHoPFITTING,
Best Regards. DESIGN & vM
James Quinn, Editor 24 A Unique Power Package for Retail
Beginning with a preview of the upcoming EuroShop event
in Düsseldorf from Elke Moebius, Director of EuroShop, RLI
takes a look at the world of shopfitting and store design in
Publisher’s the age of digitisation and discusses some of the emerging
Comment trends in the sector and uncovers what’s new in store.

54 voyAGER - KINGDoM oF SAUDI ARAbIA
Happy New Year, although it feels like many moons ago now! A Kingdom of Change
The RLI team have been working flat out to juggle this issue The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country in
whilst finalising nominations for this year’s Global RLI Awards. 28 the Middle East and the 13th largest nation in the world,
Brace yourself for the shortlist in next month’s issue and whilst with an area of approximately 2.15 million square metres,
you wait anxiously, enjoy reading our first issue of the year. covering 80 per cent of the Arabian Peninsula. Here, RLI
This month sees RLI in the skies again with our first visit takes a look at the key retail projects recently completed
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where I will be moderating and currently under construction across the Kingdom.
a panel at RLC MENA in Riyadh, then it’s off to EuroShop
where RLI are once again a Partner for the Design Awards. Regulars
This month will continue to be fast-paced as the team work
tirelessly on the March issue, one of our most sought after
issues as it will once again be inserted into all Delegate Bags at 04 RLI MEETS - SÉbASTIEN bISMUTH 38 RETAIL INSIGHT - GILES MEMbREy
MIPIM, as well as being distributed to Delegates at The Retail
Summit in Dubai, ensuring unrivalled coverage for those of
you wanting to promote your services or projects to a global 08 UK NEWS 40 LEISURE INSIGHT - DAvE bRITTAIN
audience and 200,000 readership for this issue alone.
RLI Connect Global, with its added focus on Placemaking is 10 INTERNATIoNAL NEWS 49 FIT-oUT WEb GALLERy
starting to gain momentum with enquiries from Developers
looking for those innovative concepts for their portfolios and 51
from brands looking to engage in international expansion. 12 AMERICAS NEWS DESIGN WEb GALLERy
Retail is continuing to go through a period of transformation,
let us help you to make the right connections, sign those 14 MIDDLE EAST NEWS 52 SPECIAL FEATURE - FESTIvE LIGHTING
deals and stay one step ahead of the competition.
RLI will once again be bringing you some exciting new 16 ASIA NEWS 58 EvENT PREvIEW - THE RETAIL SUMMIT
additions to its portfolio this year, so make sure you keep
reading to ensure you do not miss out!
Wishing you a very successful 2020 and I look forward to 34 FUTURE oF RETAIL: 2020 FoRECAST 60 EvENT PREvIEW - MIPIM
seeing you on my travels… until next month!
Jayne Rafter, Publisher 36 MARK FAITHFULL - FoLLoWING THE MoNEy 62 EvENTS PAGE

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