What’s Next: Specialist Outdoor Markets

Food & Beverage, Sales Promotions & More

Plant-based food isn’t a fad, but a segment that warrants its own outlets and consumer events.

Farm-to-table fare is a good point of differentiation for a mall-based seasonal food market, but it's no longer a breakthrough concept. If you really want to attract the attention of sustainability-conscious shoppers, you might want to consider[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Food Hacker Boosts Mall Market Business

Celebrity Chefs, Food & Beverage

Bob the Chef’s unconventional style has proven to be a perfect fit for Halles d’Anjou Mall & Market’s kid-focused culinary program.

You won't hear Bob the Chef bark any orders at his brigade. The self-described culinary anarchist and TV personality is known for breaking with conventions and having some fun in the kitchen to create his tasty dishes. That approach has been ke[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Stepping Up to the Plate

Food & Beverage, Leasing Deals

Aussie marketplace dishes out its own version of surf and turf with new power partnership that favors sustainable eats.

When dealing with chefs, it's usually prudent to stay out of the kitchen. However, nobody ever said anything about trying to collaborate in the front of the house. Australia's Mirvac Retail recently played matchmaker in a bid to keep up with co[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Snack-Box Foodies

Food & Beverage, Sales Promotions & More

What is your center’s team packing for hungry guests?

Where to eat? It's the eternal question, the answer to which might get travelers to either linger at your shopping mall longer or bolt in search of better meals. A Swiss center has improved its odds of retaining visitors considerably by promoti[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Trinity Leeds Makes New Retail Plays

Entertainment, Food & Beverage

The UK destination for shopping and leisure is pushing the boundaries of retail placemaking.

From the time that Trinity Kitchen opened at Trinity Leeds (UK), perpetual revival has always been essential to its business strategy. Most notably, the center keeps patrons guessing which six new street food vans will pop up in its hub every e[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Ready to Serve a New Brand

Food & Beverage, Shopping Center Business

Local, healthy, and trendy will be marketing and leasing pillars for the new Galeries Gourmandes.

Galeries de la Capitale (Québec, Canada) calls itself a "Fashion Machine" but F&B is the retail category that is generating the most buzz these days. It might have something to do with a marketing strategy that presents the center's gourmet ga[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

This Show’s Happening in the Kitchen

Celebrity Chefs, Food & Beverage

One part tradition and two parts innovation is the best recipe for your center’s holiday gathering.

Finding the right gifts is at the top of holiday shoppers' to-do lists, but something else weighing heavy on their mind is what they'll serve their families and guests during those festive weeks. Maybe your center can help.

We know what you'[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Prim and Proper? Not This Event

Food & Beverage, Live Demonstrations

A sensory (and a little messy) experience took shoppers behind the scenes of winemaking.

To the average consumer, wine tastings can be a little intimidating. The finer details of the varietals, glasses, and vocab might all be elusive, which makes one shopping destination's recent festival that much more refreshing.

Duplin Winery[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

What’s Next: Offline/Online Retail Events

Apps, Food & Beverage

Hammerson centers stretch their food event experience through their mobile apps.

The offer to spend two days sampling tasty bites for free is enough to create a foodie frenzy, but what does a retail destination team do once all the crumbs have been swept up? Simple: Keep the buzz going online, just like some Hammerson shoppi[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Shopping for Cover

Food & Beverage

If shoppers are just entering your mall to escape extreme weather, then give them a reason to linger.

While shopping centers in Europe were hoping that customers would seek shelter from the heatwave under their roofs, one mall in the other hemisphere was helping its visitors brace themselves for the cold with an F&B event. Westfield Woden in [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...