I’ve been at the IHIF, in Berlin today. I am here for the duration, enjoying the buzz of The International Hotel investment Forum. Lots of suits, lots of stands and lots and lots of serious people. Our company, has a brilliant Hotels and Hospitality business which we are all rightly very proud of. They are […]
As part of the Foodservice Consultant team you may be aware that we travel a lot. When on ‘tour’, our team always looks to stay in new, interesting and different hotels. As the point of contact with our JLL Hotels & Hospitality colleagues I always push for us to visit the newest concepts in hotel […]
JLL asked 400 national and international retail representatives a series of questions to find out where the future of the German fashion industry lies, including; what are your expansion goals? Which criteria are relevant to you when choosing your location? What effects does online retail have on your business? Some of the results were surprising. […]
Jeremy Eddy, European Retail Capital Markets, JLL, talks transaction volumes, trophy deals and retail trends after a successful first half of 2015, which puts the firm on track for a record-breaking year in European retail.
Fresh from two days of innovation and insight at ICSC European Conference in London, Shelley Matthews, European Retail Capital Markets, JLL, explains why the future of retail is all about ‘place making’. In the UK, there are more farmers’ markets opening than branches of Tesco, it’s indicative of the multi-sensory shopping phenomenon that is currently […]
Affluent Nordic cities are attracting international retailers as they broaden EU expansion plans, Jonathan Bayfield explains why. Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Boggi and Superdry: these are just a few of the international brands that have expanded across the Nordics in recent years with JLL’s guidance. As economic conditions improve across the Eurozone, retailers are entering these […]
I love living and working in London and truly believe that it is the world’s ultimate retail destination. In fact, London’s attractiveness to the world’s top international retailers has been well documented in Destination Europe 2015. It is therefore, no surprise that the ICSC has chosen London to host it’s 40th European Conference here this […]
Extract from JLL’s Redefining Retail Places In our blog, ‘Urbanisation: 6.3 billion living in cities by 2050 – implications for Retail’, we discuss the impact of the powerful demographic forces that are at work on a global level, and how urbanisation and population growth are reshaping the Global Retail landscape, and leading to exponential growth […]
Luxury retailing has weathered the recession particularly well; and luxury retailing within Central London’s real estate doubly so. At the forefront of this outperformance is The London Luxury Quarter, which is a magnet for international luxury brands, with more than two thirds of the world’s Top 100 Luxury Brands located within the 57 streets and […]
I am thrilled to see that, in the last week, eBay and Argos have announced that they have entered an agreement to extend eBay’s offering of click-and-collect services via Argos’s store portfolio. This extension will enable shoppers like me to choose a much wider range of products from many more eBay sellers for collection at […]
This week we launched our new report, ‘Hospitality and Service: Driving business investments through a thriving luxury destination’, which focuses on the importance of the ‘beyond retail’ offering in The London Luxury Quarter. The launch took place in the grand surroundings of the Ritz, the symbol of British grandeur. Walking into the foyer I was […]
It is very easy to be glib about the healthy state of the West End retail market; ‘it’s booming’, ‘just walk down Oxford Street on a Saturday afternoon’. But where is the evidence? It can be found in JLL UK Retail’s report ‘London’s West End: Review and Outlook’. The report explores in detail the current […]
Much negative press has been made this week over Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) release of their full year results. The retailer announced their profits dipped 3.9% in the year, but looking into their figures, there are clear signals of hope for the retailer and I am optimistic about their performance going into the future. This […]
As the annual International Council for Shopping Centres (ICSC) European conference takes place this week in Istanbul, it is worth reflecting on one of the world’s newest global cities. Often portrayed as being located at a key crossroads between the east and west, Istanbul is a fascinating mix of two vastly differing cultures. This divergence […]
The globalised nature of the world in which we live is visible in many aspects of our lives. Take a quick scan on Facebook to see how far and wide your friends and family are dispersed across the world, or alternatively just take a stroll down London’s prime retailing high streets, Oxford Street, Regent Street […]
Russian money is something that I have been very well aware of for some years now, having followed my father’s football team, Chelsea FC. Roman Abramovich has believe it or not been involved with Chelsea FC for ten years, as the British press widely reported earlier this year. Russian money and the increased spending power […]
