| Dubai Mall achieves remarkable growth in footfall for the First Half of 2024 [TravelDailyNews] Dubai Mall has achieved further growth in 2024, recording 57 million visitors during the first half of the year, in comparison to 52 million visitors for the same period in 2023. Performance of various categories have witnessed similar growth, recording growth in retail sales ranging from 8% to 15% over the same period last year.
How Retail Property Managers Can Maximize Back-To-School Shopping [Forbes] As students wrap up their summer activities and prepare to hit the books again, parents across the country are gearing up for the annual back-to-school shopping spree. This year, retail property managers have a golden opportunity to capitalize on this seasonal surge by understanding key shopping trends and leveraging them with their retail tenants.
Why outlets are lagging behind other mall categories in the U.S. [CNBC] Indoor malls and open-air shopping centers have done a better job of recovering than outlet malls have as they try to get back to pre-pandemic levels, according to data from Placer.ai, an analytics firm that uses anonymized data from mobile devices to estimate overall visits to locations. |
