All articles by Mark Faithfull – Page 3
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AnalysisAnalysis: Small shops best-in-class interiors
Forget flagship budgets and global branding. Faced with small formats, it is still possible to create memorable interiors with a distinctive edge.
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OpinionBlog: How digital and physical worlds have collided in 2013
Convergence has been the watchword of 2013. In the past 12 months that has manifested itself in how the digital and physical retail worlds have collided as technology is embraced within shopping centres and stores.
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OpinionBlog: How landlords fit into the need for delivery speed
When eBay snapped up speedy delivery specialist Shutl it was the final confirmation of the latest online battleground.
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OpinionBlog: What did we learn from Mapic?
Every year the European – and increasingly global – retail real estate industry gets together in Cannes on the French Mediterranean for two and a half days of frantic networking.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Shopping centre investors turn attention to European expansion
An influx of overseas money is targeting the continent, improving prospects in many markets. Mark Faithfull investigates returning investor confidence in European shopping centre development.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will 2014 be the year of the mega-mall?
With much of Western Europe more focused on asset management than new mall openings, Mark Faithfull looks to the East at those markets bucking the trend.
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OpinionBlog: Wembley's new centre mixes designer outlet ethos with convenience retail
After a particularly rainy start to official British winter time, there was relief all round that the sun shone unseasonably warmly on London Designer Outlet when the new venue became the last of the three major UK openings to be unveiled in 2013.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is better parking the answer for high street retailers?
The latest initiative to help high streets is designed to make parking easier. But the Government’s promise to make town centres more car-friendly has been met with scepticism.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Prime and secondary rents are transforming retail parks
Polarisation remains the theme for retail parks, as prime rents hold up and secondary rents are on a downward trajectory, finds Mark Faithfull.
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OpinionBlog: Retail property industry must find ways to embrace change
It’s those in the retail property industry who find a way to embrace change and evolve who are most likely to win out.
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OpinionBlog: New money revitalises neglected shopping centres
New buyers are coming to the UK with money to slosh around doing up neglected schemes, reigniting the tenant mix and generally improving some very tired shopping centres.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Enhancing the in-store consumer experience
How stores balance the need for effective navigation while encouraging dwell time and maintaining merchandise integrity.
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OpinionBlog: Technological shift brings theatre to shopping centres
Ever since the shift towards mobile devices as online portals made location important again, the potential to leverage real estate has been handed back to landlords.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Breathing new life into secondary malls
While prime and super-regional shopping centres are grabbing the headlines, investors are starting to circle secondary malls again. Mark Faithfull looks at what new owners could mean for the market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Grocery space race - is it really over?
Food groups are squaring up with their next generation of stores and, despite protestations that the space race is over, some retailers’ plans suggest there is little let up.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using in-store displays to maximise sales performance
Pressure on stores to deliver strong sales means fixtures are becoming an increasingly important component of the brand offer. Mark Faithfull looks at some innovations.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: How have UK retailers fared abroad?
The rise of global consumerism encouraged UK retailers to expand internationally from east to west. Mark Faithfull looks at how they fared.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Supermarket giant Tesco turns town centre investor
Tesco is developing New Square - an inner-city regeneration in West Bromwich that promises to act as a catalyst to rejuvenate the whole area.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers can be in the right place at the right time
The explosion of multichannel is making retailers reconsider everything, from where they want their stores to be, to the kind of shops they should be.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trinity Leeds brings new retail to Yorkshire
As the only major shopping centre to open in Europe this year, all eyes are on Land Securities’ Trinity Leeds.