Mexico leads shopping centers in Latin America:

Vision 2020  Currently the global expansion of retailers comes from everywhere. Brian Dyches, President of International Retail Design Institute RDI, says that customers want brands to have more expression and not just take into account the design of shopping centers. "Mobile technology is going to revolutionize retailers' trade A cultural center nowadays transforms its buildings into commercial banners with commercial banners These are the new strategies aimed at the consumer Technologies are changing and are being placed in the retail environment" , says Dyches. Buid-A-Bear explained that it is the only global company to offer an interactive commercial-entertainment experience at the "Global Retail Trends: 2020 Vision" conference, a vision that contemplates commercial expansion from the most diverse places. where the customer makes his own stuffed animal. About his experiences in Mexico with retailers, Timothy Hardy, International Director of

Lawrence Beame, president of Beame Architectural Partnership USA, commented that architectural icons make people feel attracted to and enter malls because "shopping centers are par excellence, meeting places for families and open spaces like them a lot and the design is critical for attracting people to a commercial place. " A question that agrees Ramon Soltero, Partner of Soltero Muñoz + Associates of Puerto Rico, who pointed out that in order to attract people to the stores it is necessary to create interior spaces that make them feel at ease. "Mixed uses is the trend in construction," says Single. ICSC Awards For the third year in a row, excellence was recognized in shopping centers with the ICSC Latin American Shopping Centers Awards, which qualified the design and development of these properties. This time, Mexico was awarded in the category of Gold Merchandising for Andares, located in Zapopan, Jalisco designed by the Mexican architect Sordo M

Design: key to the future of shopping centers Shopping centers face competition from other centers, shops on main streets and internet sales, so the environment and concept of them must achieve a perception of dynamic destination. Jeremy McMullin, Vice President of Design Corp. in Canada, said that customer service should always be provided to customers who come to the malls through proper design, as it creates a different customer experience for each customer. shopping or just walking. In short, "the customer must enjoy the place." When a customer says "I go to my mall", then the architects did their job well, "said McMullin. At the conference "The Power of Designing Shopping Malls to Attract Customers," the specialists spoke about the need for good planning and design to increase customer traffic and maximize sales in shopping malls. "Design is basic because it requires the creation of mobile spaces. Luxury is very important be

In Latin America, Mexico leads the shopping center industry along with Brazil and Colombia. Velutini plans to enter next year in the Dominican Republic, where they will have partner with international singer Julio Iglesias for the opening of a shopping center. "There are two segments of the market: Alta Gama, which are those looking for brands from 1,000 to 10,000 solar (currency in Dominican Republic), and the other segment is precisely the luxury segment, with a consumption of $ 200 to $ 2000.but the interesting thing is that the middle-class upper-class customer is the one who has a keen interest in shopping in the malls, "said Ralphy Bensadon, President of Bentrani Watches Miami and Cartier, Dominican Republic. He added that luxury brands are sold in some stores along with the middle segment, so it is the format followed by "multi-brand stores" looking to market prestige brands. For example, Bentrani Watches Miami and Cartier will seek to expand in La

Luxury trade, look for space As part of the RECON Latin America Convention, organized by the ICSC in Mexico City, useful analyzes were made to understand the logic surrounding the retail market in the region. It was clear to the more than 700 attendees that the Mexican market still has a long way to go, not only due to the market purging of such an intense expansion period. One of the key issues in the success of luxury stores in Latin America is that it depends on the aspirational level of brands and concepts of consumers, who are the first to look for luxury brands, is the location and visibility, in addition size of the premises. The aspirational brands are those that allow to integrate luxury shopping centers of fashion and trends. For developers, it's an important issue: convincing a Hermés store that invests $ 15 000 per m2 of store matching is a major challenge. At the conference "Luxury trade: Latin America, the new epicenter of consumptions for aspi

Despite the development experienced during the period of expansion, Mexico is one of the most important markets in Latin America. Not only the market clearance positions the national market among the most important, but the deficit still in force in the coverage of markets with new projects. The United States has a retail per capita of almost two square meters per person in shopping centers per inhabitant; while in Mexico that indicator is only 0.11148 square meters. Thus, the recovery in consumption after the international financial crisis and the rearrangement in the shopping center industry Mexico leads along with Brazil, and even Colombia, who are looking for important growth prospects.here is  Shops for sale in Gulberg Lahore . This segment of the markets with the greatest potential for expansion in Latin America has other points of comparison. With a population of 112 million, little more than half of Brazil, Mexico would have, according to calculations of companie