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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
We’ve all used the internet to research a product before purchasing it. With the ease of reading online reviews written by other users beforehand, as well as using smartphones while shopping, it is now clearly essential to research products online or on your mobile before making a purchase. The growth of e-commerce and what effect […]
Extract from JLL’s Redefining Retail Places In James Brown’s recent article, ‘From zero to 3 billion – global ecommerce goes mainstream’, he discusses how Internet retailing has advanced at a global level over the last 20 years, and how the growth of ecommerce is reshaping the Global Retail landscape. As at a global level, across […]
