Industry Headlines: October 27
- Mall Landlords Expected To Show Good Foot Traffic In 3Q: Everyone’s nervous, but everyone’s still shopping. Don’t expect empty halls this holiday season. (Wall Street Journal – subscription required)
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Include Customers When Pivoting Your Brand: How to make changes without leaving your shoppers behind. (Open Forum)
- NRF launches “Thank you for shopping” ad in Times Square: With retail in the targets of some “Occupy” activists this holiday season, this may be a good time to remind folks of the good side of shopping. (NRF)
- Mobile Buyers Prefer Online Sales To Retail Stores: Good news — smartphone shoppers are hitting the mall. Bad news — they aren’t making their purchases there. (MediaPost)
- Parking charges at Westfield Chermside shopping centre take toll: There will always be opponents to change, but this highlights the importance of considering all stakeholders when changing policies. (Courier Mail)
- Retail sales put economy back on growth track: Canadian retail continues with slow gains. (Montreal Gazette)
- Sharjah unveils new brand for neighbourhood shopping malls: As the mega-mall market saturates, companies look to neighborhood centers for growth. (Gulf News)
- Share buybacks indicate property trusts may soon be trusted again: Centro’s future is still uncertain, but signs are improving. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Shopping centres’ Big Brother plan to track customers: Privacy advocates are concerned, but this sounds like a great way to handle tracking and analytics. (Herald Sun)
- Changing retail will necessitate specialised staff: As technology overtakes retail, shop workers may be fewer, and more skilled. (Sydney Morning Herald)
