A force for change
Report of BCSC's 2007 annual conference
The retail property industry impacts on the way all of us live our
lives.
It is increasingly about activity rather than floorspace; about
place, not property: and about citizens as well as customers.
Over 3,300
delegates and 90 exhibitors came to The Sage Gateshead for BCSC's 21st
annual Conference & Showcase and heard how vital that impact can be.
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Sir Bob Geldof
Into Africa
Europe's economic and political survival demands that we have a major presence in Africa, argues rock knight Sir Bob Geldof. We need to be into Africa, not out of Africa. Why are we letting the Chinese and the Indians carve up the continent? Yet when it comes down to it, it seems no-one in the shopping centre industry wants to do business in Africa. > Read more... |
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John Bucksbaum
Chief Executive, General Growth Properties, Inc.
Densification — the US take on mixed-use
With 200 regional shopping malls and 200 million sq ft of retail space in the US, General Growth Properties has started bringing residential, hotel and office space on to its sites in an effort to create a potential extra $250 million of operating income. > Read more... |
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Ben Page
Chairman, MORI Social Research Institute and
Managing Director, Ipsos MORI Public Affairs
A cure for affluenza?
We now have the haves, the have-nots, and the have-yachts, says Ben Page, director of Ipsos MORI. And as the gap between rich and poor gets wider, it is increasingly difficult to diagnose what consumers are going to do. One thing is for sure, though — we are terrified of teenagers. But Page has a prescription. > Read more... |
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Wayne Hemingway
Putting the soul back in shopping
Wayne Hemingway, founder with his wife Gerardine of fashion designer Red or Dead, which started from a market stall, now specialises in affordable and social design. He wants to bring entrepreneurship back into shopping. And he hates The Trafford Centre in Manchester. > Read more... |
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Lord Sebastian Coe
Chairman of the London Organising Committee
for the Olympic Games
Out of touch with youth
The two most profound conversations Lord Sebastian Coe had during the lead-up to his presentation in Singapore to make London’s winning 2012 Olympic bid were both with his kids, he says. “Dad, you’re out of touch with the youth market.” A lesson here for the shopping centre industry? > Read more... |
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Patrick Hanly
Commercial Director, Harvey Nichols and Company Limited
Going green is Ab Fab for the bottom line
Harvey Nichols has been around a long time, says commercial director Patrick Hanly. Now, after almost 200 years in London’s Knightsbridge, the luxury life-style store is saving money by reducing its impact on the environment. > Read more... |
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Julia Cleverdon
Chief Executive, Business in the Community
Climate change to corporate responsibility
In March, Business in the Community and BCSC launched a climate change exhibition at British Land’s Peacock Shopping Centre in Woking to show shoppers how they can reduce their carbon footprint. The exhibition is an example of how shopping centres must get involved in the community. > Read more... |
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Christopher Sanderson
Creative Director, Viewpoint and Co-founder, The Future Laboratory
The Latté factor
There is a collapse in interest in consumer brands and a backlash against brands and retailers that jump on the green bandwagon, says Christopher Sanderson, creative director of Viewpoint and co-founder of The Future Laboratory. We have to get better at understanding and anticipating the Latté factor in consumers' needs and desires. > Read more... |
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Pen Hadow
Polar Explorer
As the ice pack of sub-5% yields begins to melt ...
On 17 March 2003 Pen Hadow set off to become the first man to walk - and more often than not, swim - solo and unaided to the North Pole in 69 days. Minute preparation of every last detail of his equipment, he says, was key to his success. > Read more... |
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