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Day Two, Sept 7, Monday 09:00-13:00
Plenary Sessions - Part 1 New Challenges and New Ideas: The outlook for global retail properties and prospects on the shopping center industry in the emerging markets
Overview on China’s economy and market: emerging problems, the macro-economic policies, city planning of retail outlets and current development of retailers
1、Experience and Lessons: Impact of the financial crisis on the global market and coping strategies
2、Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies：Development of Chinese retail properties and its opportunities
A.New opportunities: Changes in consumption patterns and customer demands; urban commerce; suburbanization of trends (for regional malls); employment; and lifestyles; meanwhile, where is not suitable for shopping center development
3、Catering to demands VS Guiding consumption: Successful retail property development strategies
How to convert customer demands into opportunities for success? Currently, the financial crisis has reflected changes in consumers’ demand, causing a decline in consumer confidence. How do we motivate the existing consumption and improve retail property development?
How can developers deal with the current financial crisis with regard to retail property operations? How can developers handle problems relating to “lower consumption demand” and “problematic leasing” and how can they avoid the increased risks?
A. Functional complement: How can competing shopping centers complement each other? Because the development of Chinese shopping centers has not yet been incorporated into city planning, most projects are separately developed and not well planned with city planning; therefore, it is necessary to avoid fierce competition and ensure the success of projects.
B. Regional catchments: Find your niche market and develop a successful shopping center in your trade area
C. Middle-income positioning: Fully understand the real needs of consumers select accurate positioning and create the right tenant and trade mix.
D. Panel discussion: Planning and coordination of city functions and retail properties
Day Two, Sept 7, Monday 14:00-17:30
Plenary Sessions - Part 2 Investment Risks VS Maintenance and appreciation of assets: Build new investment models to meet strategic demands of owners
The current requirements of retail property investment and development and how to avoid investment risks centering on the maintenance and appreciation of assets and the impact of retail property operations on the value of assets.
1、New Pattern VS New Order: The global financial picture of the retail property industry and how investors evaluate retail projects in emerging market (case studies)
A. How retail properties can attract investors in the emerging market? (refer to its growth potential and ROI)
B. How developers can retain and maximize the value of assets during tough economic times
C. Changes and trends of retail property investment: Contrast and comparison between mature markets and emerging markets and ways investors can make cost-effective self-adjustments.
2、Appreciation of the value of assets VS Retail Constraints: 4-win principles to increase the value of shopping center assets
A. how to win the consumers’ recognition and attract more customers
B. Professional management teams and property value
C. How to maintain and increase the value of shopping center assets
- Discuss the key issues to maintenance and appreciation of assets: how to meet consumers’ demands, create the right property positioning and tenant mix, lease it well and create new retail categories and re-establish sizes of retail spaces
3、Panel discussion: Basic principles for successful investment in retail property and its risk management
A. How can residential developers successfully become retail developers?
B. How can retailers successfully evolve into retail property development and minimize financial risks?
C. The major concerns for developers who utilize space within allocated anchor areas
D. how developers can educate mini-anchor stores to utilize this space to maximize profits
Day Three, Sept 8, Tuesday 09:00-13:00
Plenary Sessions - Part 3 Consensus VS Win-win: Currently tenant and shopping center management is facing a reshuffling due to the impact of the financial crisis. How can developers and retailers resolve these conflicts and achieve a win-win situation during tough economic times?
1、Advantages VS Attractions: How can a shopping center convert its unique characteristics into advantages to attract retailers?
A. How can shopping centers take full advantage of its characteristic—do different stores sharing traffic impact retailer expansion?
B. How shopping center developers and retailers can work together to achieve a mutual goal.
C. Characteristics and advantages of shopping center development in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities
2、Services VS Marketing: How can owners improve shopping center marketing to attract loyal customers and increase tenants’ profitability?
A. Innovative shopping centers and their sense of space and time
B. Marketing strategies for Grand Openings, how to maintain market share and successful shopping center leasing
C. How shopping centers can educate and encourage local retailers to become tenants in a mall
3、Slowing down VS Acceleration: How to determine when to plan for retailer expansion and if adjustments are needed in shopping center leasing procedures during the financial crisis
A. How can shopping centers evaluate tenants’ performances in footfall/ sales performance/rent?
B. How can retailers avoid risks while rapidly opening stores in current times?
C. Changes of retailers’ expansion and their development strategies in China
4、New Trends: New trends, technologies and ideas for shopping center development
A. How can shopping center developers and managers earn more market share by improving their services?
B. New technologies and new ideas in modern shopping centers
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