Retail Industries
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Castilla-La Mancha Regional Commerce Plan 2005-2008
01 Oct 2006Strategic plan for the improvement of the eficiency and competivity of Castilla-La Mancha small and medium retail enterprises.
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Network building between employers and retailers - The Hague, the Netherlands
31 Dec 2005For (starter) businesses networks are essential. After all, networks provide the contacts that are required to sell a product or service. But networks also play an important role in providing information and cooperative arrangements. Many employers in The Hague Centrum Zuid lack these essential contacts. The mainly immigrant employers are only involved in the trade organisations and local employer associations to a limited extent.
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The state of prime high streets in Europe - October 2008
07 Nov 2008Jones Lang LaSalle presents the first edition of Prime High Streets Europe. The report provides prime rents, annual rental growth and an indication of likely short term rental growth for over 100 retail locations across Europe. A wealth indicator for each location is also given for comparison purposes.
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European shopping centres: one size fits all?
07 Nov 2008Shopping centre development is booming in Europe like never before, particularly in the emerging markets to the east. With cross-border retailers actively expanding into these markets and Eastern Europe increasingly adopting development trends from the west, does this mean we are moving inexorably towards a cloned European shopping centre?
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Controlling urban sprawl through a commercial planning charter – Brest, FR
15 Mar 2007The Brest city council has joined forces with the local authorities of surrounding towns, the local chamber of commerce, shopkeepers and representatives of consumer groups. Their aim: to control the sprawling of Brest. They have developed an integrated commercial planning strategy for the Brest conurbation. It resulted in a charter, limiting the location of large retailers in the suburban areas and stimulating the balanced development of smaller-scale shopping areas. The charter was signed in 1996 and has proved to be a useful planning tool over the past decade - thanks to the partners’ continuing commitment.
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Management Priority Fund Businesspeople Amsterdam
20 Mar 2006The Oud-West urban district has transferred some responsibilities and budgets to residents and businesspeople, in order to make district management a shared responsibility.
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Impulse for new entrepreneurs in Boulevard Zuid
01 Jan 2001Boulevard Zuid lost a lot of customers after the opening of the nearby Zuidplein shopping mall. This project seeks to attract more visitors and businesses to the once vibrant Boulevard.