Spotlight on Pint-Size Style

Catwalk Shows, Entertainment, Special Events, Style Lounge

Scottsdale Quarter is about to host its first annual Fashion Week 4 Kids, a multi-day event to highlight children’s clothing designers.

Children tend to get a lot of attention during mall fashion events with their spontaneous skips down the catwalk, dressed in the latest styles. Well, they’re about to steal the entire show at Scottsdale Quarter. October 19 through 24, the WP G[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Mail Champlain Cultural Weekends Celebrate Local Artists

Community Relations, Community Room

Image credits: Mail Champlain

Province-wide event inspires a series of artistic weekends.

Last month, Quebec, Canada held its annual cultural festival, Les Journées de la Culture ("Culture Days"). For three days, venues around the province held cultural events, giving locals and tourists the opportunity to meet with artists, view th[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

BOXPARK Seeks Marketing & Events Manager

Career Search, Shopping Center Business

Opened in 2011 in London’s Shoreditch district, BOXPARK is touted as the first pop-up mall made from refitted shipping containers.

BOXPARK is recruiting for a special person to join its team as Marketing and Event Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating all the Marketing and Event activity at BOXPARK Shoreditch, and potentially future London s[...] Read More...

JOSIP KARDUN TO LEAD ICSC IN EUROPE

Appointments, People on the Move, Shopping Center Business

It’s now up to the Atrium Group executive to continue to strengthen the shopping center industry’s position in the EU.

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has a new champion in Europe. It has appointed Josip Kardun, CEO of the Atrium Group, to chair its Advisory Board for the region, with the official handover taking place this week at the board[...] Read More...

JLL Crowdfunds New Dining Options

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

JLL helps crowdfunding platform for the food and beverage business go national.

EquityEats, a new crowdfunding platform for the food and beverage business, has recently joined forces with JLL. It's like Kickstarter for the restaurant investment crowd. While Kickstarter has been the launching point for documentaries, vi[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

intu Hands Out Bags for Life

Community Room, Sustainability

Image credits: intu Uxbridge

Branded canvas bags help shoppers through a controversial time.

Earlier this week, England introduced a plastic bag fee. Large shops now have to charge 5p ($0.08 USD) for every single-use plastic bag used, a measure similar to those in place in the rest of the U.K. The move has been controversial, and som[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

American Dream Announces New Brands

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

Image credits: American Dream

The center, due to open in 2017, welcomes two new brands that will delight children and the young at heart.

Xanadu is coming along. Just a few years ago, the site of the future New Jersey dream mall sat empty and undeveloped. Now dubbed American Dream, it's so close to reality that two major experiential brands have signed on—Sea Life and Legoland D[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Doe As Barras Turns Wasted Space Into Opportunity

Technology Lab, Viral Advertising

Agency puts the dreaded YouTube black bars to good use.

If you've ever uploaded anything from a phone camera onto YouTube, you've probably encountered the dreaded black bars. Filming vertically seems entirely natural on a phone, but video sites simply aren't designed for vertical videos. Black bars a[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

National Geographic Signs Online Tourism Deal

Technology Lab, Technology News

The digital marketing partnership could serve as a blueprint for retail destinations wanting to attract inbound travelers.

Avid travelers who consider NationalGeographic.com their go-to site for discovering new destinations and planning their trips might suddenly feel the urge to book their next vacation in Florida. Just five days ago, the National Geographic Societ[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

PTC Celebrates Fall Bounty

Community Relations, Community Room

While several shopping centers are dressed for Pink October, this Canadian mall is getting a jump on Halloween.

Pickering Town Centre’s (PTC) weekly Farmers’ Market is drawing to a close for the year, so the Canadian mall will celebrate another successful season tomorrow with its fifth annual Halloween Harvest Festival. Shoppers will find 26 different[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...