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Weekly signals on how retail scales, adapts, and makes money - across markets and formats.

Covering Asia, the Middle East, and Europe - across malls, platforms, and flagship retail.

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Retail is expanding again, but only in places that still make strategic sense

Dec 16, 2025

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4 min read

Retail is expanding again, but only in places that still make strategic sense

Over the past week, three very different signals emerged from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Nigeria.

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Mall

Retail isn't expanding everywhere. It's concentrating where context holds

Jan 26, 2026

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4 min read

Retail isn't expanding everywhere. It's concentrating where context holds

Primark enters Asia. Westfield San Francisco steps back. Same market logic, different outcomes.

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Retail

AI shopping is becoming the front door, flagships keep raising the bar

Jan 19, 2026

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5 min read

AI shopping is becoming the front door, flagships keep raising the bar

Agentic commerce after NRF, a new Ginza flagship, and the store openings worth watching.

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Retail

Jan 12, 2026

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4 min read

Retail’s new physical playbook: three signals you can use this week

Fast-growing brands, flagship economics, and why DTC is moving back to streets and malls.

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Retail

Dec 23, 2025

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3 min read

What we track. What we ignore. And why retail growth looks different now

Retail is not slowing down.But it is no longer growing where most people are looking.

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Retail

Asia Is Not Catching Up. It’s Setting the Pace

Dec 21, 2025

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5 min read

Asia Is Not Catching Up. It’s Setting the Pace

For years, global retail narratives were written with a familiar hierarchy in mind. The West innovates. Asia scales. China imitates, then optimizes.That hierarchy no longer holds.

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Outlet

Dec 16, 2025

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4 min read

Retail is expanding again, but only in places that still make strategic sense

Over the past week, three very different signals emerged from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Nigeria.

Mati Malls.com

Malls Money

Featured

Retail is expanding again, but only in places that still make strategic sense

Articles

Retail isn't expanding everywhere. It's concentrating where context holds

AI shopping is becoming the front door, flagships keep raising the bar

Retail’s new physical playbook: three signals you can use this week

What we track. What we ignore. And why retail growth looks different now

Asia Is Not Catching Up. It’s Setting the Pace

Retail is expanding again, but only in places that still make strategic sense

Malls.com Money