8th – 9th May 2012,
Mumbai, India
Conference • Exhibition • Awards
Conference Theme:
Retail Spaces: Generation Next
SESSION THEMES
A DECADE OF EVOLUTION OF SHOPPING CENTRES IN INDIA
- The journey so far and the road ahead
URBAN PLANNING FOR INVIGORATING RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS
- Renovating strategies
- India’s retail revolution – from mallscape to dreamscape
- Shopping centres : the asian experience and learning for India
PROSPECTS - RETAIL VS. RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH
- How successful are our shopping centres?
- Experience and challenges faced so far
- What are retailers’ expectations from shopping centres?
- Outlook for next year - what retailers are looking at?
- What are the cities they are looking at and why?
- What rentals/rental model they are looking at?
SHOPPING CENTRE FUNDING & INVESTMENTS
INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE & EXPECTATIONS
INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE & EXPECTATIONS
- Type of investors & availability of funds for the shopping Centres industry
- Retail asset best practices
- Retail real estate as an asset class
- Global & local real estate cycles
POLICY FRAMEWORK & REGULATIONS
- Shopping centres “Policy” framework
- Role of retail infrastructure in India
- Issues concerning planning & permissions in India
- Conflict resolution - why, between whom, how?
- Self regulation in the shopping centres development & management
THE GREEN AGENDA
- Understanding the green development approach
- Leading by examples – case studies
- Global perspectives
CONSUMER & CONSUMPTION: GLOBAL VS. INDIAN
- Comparatives Global vs. Indian - consumer behaviour & customer experience
- What does a customer want from a shopping centre?
- Impact of governmental policies on consumption
- Luxury retailing in India a myth or a reality
GENERATION NEXT: STRATEGY FOR CREATING SUCCESSFUL RETAIL SPACES
- Understanding key performance drivers – focussing on the core fundamentals of place making
- Importance of design in shopping centre environment - Innovation driven success models
WHERE ARE THE FUTURE MARKETS?
- Growth beyond the metros
- Geographic lessons – sharing experiences & analyzing performance of specifi c regional markets & Shopping Centres
- Rural retail developments
WORKSHOPS & TALKSHOWS
RETAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT
RETAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Development & management - elements & aspects: salient features
- Repositioning & branding
- Location selection, mall merchandising, adjacencies, & space planning
- Fundamentals of retail design
- Ground reality
- Risk mitigation
REORIENTATION, PROCESS DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN
- How to reorient your mall?
- Learning from best performing malls & processes needed to develop for successful malls
- Best performing malls – how they fare in design & architecture?
- Case studies from across the globe: megamalls, theme malls, tourism malls, suburban malls, young adults malls, mixed used development etc.
BURNING ISSUES
- Redrafting lease deeds – practical application
- Managing costs: common area management charges
- Landlords’ remedies - defaulting tenants
- Issues with multiplex, hypermarkets, food courts, vanilla retailers & local retailers
- Differential rentals – logical acceptance
- Preparedness - terror, security & fire
- Bringing in the customer – events and promotions
* Session Themes are subject to change
