Retail and shopping articles
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Retail vacancy increasing as shops buckle under Covid debts, increased costs
Retail vacancy is increasing in the Netherlands’ 40 largest city centers. In the first quarter, 2,500 stores stood empty, 8.3 percent of the total. Many have been empty for over a year, according to a report by Colliers. Shops are buckling under rising costs and coronavirus debts that are coming due, the real estate adviser said.
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Retail media’s evolution: How retailers are finding a way to break in and stand out
Jakob Bak, senior vice president, co-founder, Adform Mónica Vázquez, product lead, Adform Last year was monumental for retail media as it established itself as a game-changing force with little sign of slowing down in 2024. Figures from IAB Europe predict retail media spending will surpass traditional linear TV in Europe in under two years, reaching […]
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Watch: Window-shopping badger caught on video taking a stroll through shopping centre
A funny video shows the moment a badger was seen indulging in some window shopping as it casually walked around a shopping centre. The mammal was seen happily trotting around the shopping centre in the early hours of April 22, checking out the items for sale in the shop windows. The bizarre moment was captured at Wolverhampton's Mander Centre shopping complex. Greggs manager Gemma Chew, who shared the video, said: Gemma said: "It's literally the funniest thing I've seen, just for the fact that...