Retail growth, monetization, and the future of shopping ecosystems.
Retail
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Oct 29, 2026
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Atlanta dropped the roof. Kuala Lumpur put the sky under glass. Riyadh is building both.
Oct 22, 2026
A 15,000-square-foot store at Easton, a 19,000-square-foot Oxford Street lease, and the business behind the characters.
Commercial Real Estate
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Oct 15, 2026
Oakbrook’s owners are seeking an $800 million refinancing. A Wisconsin city is weighing a mall purchase.
Oct 8, 2026
Two different winners. Google is calling stores. Westfield is sending shoppers to them.
Oct 1, 2026
Miss A, Rowan and HEYTEA are on US mall opening lists. The names are confirmed; the dates live in different places.
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Sep 24, 2026
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A doubled store in Scotland, a 2,509 sq ft lease in Pennsylvania, a second phase in Shanghai. Four days of outlet commitments.
Sep 17, 2026
One campaign for 200+ malls. New Google spaces at Best Buy. A 105-room Hilton joins one of China's strongest luxury malls.
Sep 10, 2026
Westfield Riyadh enters operation in Q4 at 94% pre-let. Monmouth Square rises on Monmouth Mall. Simon plans Sagefield on a site once slated for an outlet. Two supply cycles, one pipeline.
Sep 3, 2026
IKEA is returning to Daegu inside Shinsegae after testing the market with a pop-up. Uniqlo is putting more weight behind urban flagships. Zara says lessons from Korea travel across the group.
Aug 27, 2026
Pop Mart 70%. Coach 80%. lululemon 54%. Miniso 43%. Costco 11%. The price tag doesn't predict the economics, and the accounting tells part of the rent story.
Aug 20, 2026
lululemon grew 30% in China. Vuori plans to grow from eight to 20 stores. Premium activewear challengers are clustering in the same prime retail locations.
Aug 13, 2026
Primark sets September 3 at Mall of America. NEPI Rockcastle pays €252 million for a Bilbao destination, its first move beyond CEE. Simon turns $18 million of returned rent into $44 million. Growth is running through space that already exists.
Mall
Aug 6, 2026
Olive Young has opened two Southern California stores and is partnering with Sephora. POP MART is coming to King of Prussia. Bluebell built a shared market-entry format for multiple brands. The platform is becoming the format.
Jul 30, 2026
Next tripled its Bluewater store. SKIMS moved into Ted Baker's Regent Street flagship. Lefties is preparing three UK mall openings. Large-format space is moving to new operators.
Jul 23, 2026
A fan quoted $6,200 for the cheapest final seat. Hundreds watched at the mall next door. Adidas ran the tournament across 90 Simon centers. An events operator signed for 30 years. Events are moving from campaign space into the tenant mix.
Jul 16, 2026
One film sold out select IMAX 70mm shows a year early. Three release dates create three scheduled traffic events. A 300 million euro project puts cinema in the anchor line-up. The screen is the scarce asset.
Jul 9, 2026
The new Atlanta store has a café, books, games and magazines. Disney is running weekly drops in Brisbane. Retailers are building reasons to stay and reasons to return.
Jul 2, 2026
North America led global luxury store openings in 2025. The 2026 pipeline shows brands going bigger in New York and reaching into new wealth markets at the same time.
Jun 25, 2026
UK retail parks have less than one year of supply. Aldi opened below street level in Midtown Manhattan. T&T and Primark are taking former department-store space. Suitable space is becoming the constraint.
Jun 18, 2026
OLIVE YOUNG proved US demand online. Zara tested the format before Huaihai Road. Article chose its strongest e-commerce markets. The store is arriving after the data.
Jun 11, 2026
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CR7, Moncler, Rivian and CardVault are signed at American Dream. The World Cup final is at MetLife Stadium on July 19. The mall is about one kilometer away.
Jun 2, 2026
Bandai Namco toured four malls at once. Alo opened permanent in Sydney and temporary in Cannes. Pop-ups are becoming audience inventory.
May 26, 2026
T&T is entering California through a San Jose mall. Alshaya signed 20 brands at a Kuwait mall in a single agreement. Oakridge opens May 28 with 6,000 residents above the retail floor.
May 20, 2026
Bed Bath & Beyond just reopened in Fort Worth without owning a store. Ariat is opening its largest store ever in a Minnesota mall. Macerich paid for a pipeline.
May 12, 2026
Plus Battersea, Primaris, Oakridge, and Macerich. One word. Five different products.
