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Malls : Simon Property accelerates data monetisation with Humana, URW continues arbitrage
As more Americans visited shopping centres in H1 2025, the sector’s leader Simon Property Group is expanding both data and community engagement with a new partnership with Humana. This gives a new...
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20 August 2025
Al-Futtaim acquires a 49.95% stake in Cenomi Retail for US$667 millions
On July 20, Saudi operator Cenomi Retail (2024 revenue: 635 million dollars, up by 4% year-on-year) announced an agreement to sell 49.95% of capital to the Emirati group Al-Futtaim (revenue...
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24 July 2025
Central Retail invests US$1.4 billion in omnichannel strategy in Thailand and Vietnam
On June 24, the subsidiary of Thai conglomerate Central Group, Central Retail Corporation (revenue for the year ended March 2025: US$7.3 billion, up 5.7% year-on-year) unveiled a major US$1.4...
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1 July 2025
China’s Wanda sells 48 malls in mega deal
In China, real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group (513 Wanda Plaza malls covering 70.9 million sq.m) is selling 48 shopping centres in a US$6.94 billion deal. The buyer is a joint venture led by...
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5 June 2025
Rodrigo Clare (Altarea): “We have entered into exclusive negotiations to manage stores in 83 Milan metro stations”
After winning, with RATP Travel Retail, the tender for the stations in the greater Paris area, the property company Altarea is also preparing to expand in Italy, mind Retail learned. We review the...
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28 March 2025
APAC: occupancy rates rise, retail investment up 27% in 2024
In Japan, the Tokyu Plaza Ginza mall in Tokyo has been acquired in early February for US$1 billion by Gaw Capital and Patience Capital. Meanwhile, JLL reports that commercial property investment...
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25 February 2025
Driven by property development, Emaar boosted revenue by a third in 2024
On February 14, 2025, Dubai-based property developer Emaar Properties (owner of office assets such as the Burj Khalifa, shopping malls, luxury hotels, etc.) announced a 33% increase in turnover in...
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21 February 2025
Klepierre expands through acquisitions, while Unibail safeguards margins with retail media
Just a day apart, URW and Klepierre, Europe’s two leading shopping centre operators, released robust annual results. For URW, the advertising business accounted for more than 50% of net margin in...
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17 February 2025
Unibail Rodamco Westfield is increasing disposals, but wants to turn malls into media assets
While speeding up debt reduction, the property company sees retail media as a strategic asset. Two years after the creation of a dedicated advertising network called Westfield Rise, due to...
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8 January 2025
Philippines’ SM Prime announces the opening of 5 new malls
SM Prime Holdings, the Philippine commercial property giant, is continuing to expand. With 5 openings planned for 2025 – 3 in the Philippines in Laoag, La Union and Zamboanga, and 2 in China...
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11 December 2024
Commercial rents fell by 3.5% in Tokyo in the 1st half of the year
According to Savills’ October 2024 report, retail rents for ground floor stores in Tokyo fell by 3.5% in the 6 months to the end of June 2024. This fall in rental values is explained by the...
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16 October 2024
Saudi Cenomi and GIB Capital launch a €245 million retail property fund
On October 8, 2024, in Saudi Arabia, mall developer Cenomi Centres (66 million visitors in H1 2024, 92.5% occupancy rate) joined forces with investment fund GIB Capital (a branch of Gulf...
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15 October 2024
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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AI agents: the KPIs that led L’Oréal to scale up across its warehouses
After testing 7 AI agents in its warehouses, L’Oréal is scaling up. Deployed to coordinate picking waves, manage replenishment and handle stocktaking, Manhattan’s agents have helped cut several...
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20 October 2026
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How Mobilier de France reduced the share of cheque payments from 80% to 50%
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
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Danone turns to AI to personalise marketing campaigns and test advertising in ChatGPT
AI is being rolled out across some marketing activities, while others remain in a testing phase. If campaign automation and personalisation are among the most advanced applications, visibility in...
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16 October 2026
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Julien Cailleau, Oney: “With 3 retailers, we are testing the use of Valiuz data to streamline financing approvals”
Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026