Booming Growth in Turnover and New Brands

The Covid-19 crisis is a tragedy for our society. A year on from the first outbreaks in Wuhan, the virus continues to present an unsolvable challenge for our politicians and their advisors. Those city centres which once attracted enormous sums of investment are amongst the hardest hit by the Covid-19 counter measures, leaving shopping centre managers helpless and seemingly caught in a dystopian nightmare. However, while times are at their most challenging, not all retailing

Outlet Summit reflects strong sector growth: Designer outlets remain a buoyant sector within the retail market, with sales growth second only to online by GRAHAM PARKER on NOVEMBER 14, 2019 With the top-four outlet operators experiencing similar growth to online, the outlet industry is doing “ spectacularly well ”, according to Kenneth Gunn, managing director of Ken Gunn Consulting. He said that Germany, Italy and the Netherlands were seeing the fastest growth rates, with the

Ken Gunn will present a market overview at the MAPIC Outlet Summit 2019 in Cannes

Ken Gunn suggests reasons why sales at designer outlet sales are growing at ten times the rate of traditional retail centres