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Malls Resume Operations Pan India; Multiplexes & Cinemas To Remain Shut

As shopping malls in Maharashtra finally open after a long gap of four months, categories like apparels, electronics, footwear and cosmetics saw maximum footfalls and revenue...

Pandemic Toll: Global Malls Report Heavy Losses, Bankruptcies, Shutdowns

Despite adopting new safety norms and offering additional consumer services, shopping centres globally are facing heavy losses and shutdown. Here’s a lowdown of top headlines from the Shopping Centre industry over the world in the past one month …

SHOPPING CENTRES IN MUMBAI RESUME OPERATIONS; WITNESS 15-20% FOOTFALL

Even as torrential rains lashed the city, malls in Mumbai witnessed 15-20 percent footfall on opening day after a gap of over four months. Malls were mostly visited by middle-aged and young consumers. Conspicuously absent among visitors were children and senior citizens…

SHOPPING MALLS INTRODUCE ‘CONTACTLESS DINING' TO REVIVE BUSINESS AND FOOTFALLS IN FOOD COURT

With malls operating under specific safety guidelines issued by the government for the past one month now, social distancing has become a key concern for all the food vendors at the food courts – one they are tackling with innovation…

ROAD TO RECOVERY: SOUTH CITY MALL RECORDS 13,000+ WEEKEND FOOTFALLS; FOOD, FASHION BIG DRAWS

Since reopening, South City Mall has experienced the maximum weekend footfall of 13,298 on July 26, 2020 and maximum weekday footfall of 11,911 on July 08, 2020…

INDIA REAL ESTATE: A DIFFERENT WORLD POST COVID-19

The report by ANAROCK highlights the changes which the retail real estate industry is witnessing currently and also predicts the future roadmap for the industry under these circumstances…

Special Events in Malls

Shopping Centre News brings you a detailed look at some of the most engaging mall activities/ events/launches across the country...

90.6% MALL OWNERS EXPLORING CONTACTLESS TECHNOLOGIES TO ADJUST TO COVID ERA

Despite Unlock 3.0 being announced, mall developers are still reeling under the impact of the lockdown, the subsequent fall in footfalls due to cautious consumer sentiment, retailers not being able to pay rent and added operational costs. Today, despite most malls across the country being open to customers, the industry is yet to reach a point where it can confidently announce it has made a comeback.

CREATICITY LAUNCHES FIRST-OF-ITS KIND ONLINE FURNITURE MALL

To make life easier, to make shopping as ‘near-zero contact’ as possible and to make shopping for home furnishing and decoration such as furniture and furnishings even more exciting, Creaticity, Pune launched first-of-its-kind online platform www.creaticityonline.com, the first organised furniture mall to go completely online

Esselworld Is Preparing To Reopen And Welcome Its Guests

After many phases of lockdowns, EsselWorld is all pepped up to reopen its gates and welcome its beloved guests!

How Shopping Centres Are Implementing The New Normal, Ensuring Consumer Confidence

In a Special #SCAIMondays LIVE Webcast Edition, shopping centre heads and senior mall executives talked about the consumer experience and excitement to shop in the mall after a gap of 70 days…

SAFETY-FIRST CUSTOMER SERVICE: THE NEW MANTRA FOR MALLS

As shopping malls gear up to re-open their premises on June 8, the day appointed by the Government of India, they have understood that with re-opening will come greater responsibility – that of watchfulness in as far as hygiene goes to ensure consumer safety and confidence…

GROWEL'S 101 MALL ALIGNING TO THE NEW NORMAL, ALL GEARED TO REOPEN WITH PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

Malls are better equipped to enable and ensure a safe environment by enhancing the already existing standards of hygiene and mandating social distancing norms for the consumers, and monitoring that these are being followed strictly…

BUSTING THE MYTHS AROUND AIRCONDITIONING IN MALLS: ISHRAE SAYS ACs SAFE TO USE

A panel of experts discussed how shopping centres needed to plan their air distribution system and pump in more fresh air by adding more fans, ventilators and exhausts which should be cleaned regularly. Shopping centres should flush out the indoor air 2-4 hours before they are thrown open to the public using outdoor air distribution systems…

How Shopping Centres Are Dealing With The New Normal

The current situation of the shopping centre industry is grim. If mall developers are to bounce back after the lockdown lifts, it will only be through establishing their premises not solely as experiential playgrounds, but also as trusted and transparent safe havens…

Starting May-End, Shopping Centre Industry Hopeful of Partial Reopening

With the Government of India easing restrictions in green and orange zones in the country, there is a glimmer of hope for the shopping centre industry that it may resume operations from the end of May or the first week of June…

LULU MALL PREPARES TO WELCOME BACK CONSUMERS WITH A CLEANER, SAFER ENVIRONMENT

In an attempt to make its retail partners understand its technical SOPs, LuLu Mall, Kochi released a video explaining its store reopening policy. The one-and-half-minute video showcases guidelines required to give confidence to retail partners and patrons to come back to the mall…

SCAI: RETAIL & SHOPPING CENTRES – CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES

The webinar aimed at redressing the unprecedented challenges arising out of COVID-19 pandemic for India’s shopping centre development ecosystem. It focused on the measures of prepping to reopen shopping centres in India…

SHOPPING CENTRES SEEK GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO SOLVE INSURANCE WOES

The lockdown in India due to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in zero footfalls and revenue for shopping centres. It has also unfavourably impacted employment status and livelihoods of several people (direct and indirect - approximately 3,500-5,000 per shopping centre). The overall working capital cycle has been adversely impacted and business losses of shopping centres are mounting. And to top it all, now shopping centres are being plagued by insurance worries…

VIVIANA MALL USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO INSTILL SENSE OF CONFIDENCE IN CUSTOMERS

To reinstate consumer confidence, Viviana Mall is regularly posting videos on social media platform featuring cleaning, sanitising, training and maintenance processes being carried out...

POST LOCKDOWN CONSUMERS WILL AGAIN CONGREGATE AT SHOPPING CENTRES TO SATISFY SOCIAL NEEDS – YOGESHWAR SHARMA, SELECT CITYWALK

One of the most successful shopping centres in India, Select CITYWALK, believes that there lies an opportunity in every crisis and is hopeful that the Indian retail sector will embark on a different growth trajectory in the years to come…

Shopping Centres Go into Trial Mode as Most Prepare to Reopen

Shopping centres globally are getting ready to open their gates for consumers in an organised manner and have started trial openings towards this. We bring you a complete lowdown on the preparations underway across the world…

RETAIL & SHOPPING CENTRES: 2020-21 AND BEYOND

A group of India’s leading shopping centre developers, IPCs and retail leaders came together in a webinar series organised by Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI) to devise effective solutions, including policy influence and government stimulus, out of the severe revenue crisis impacting developers pan-India…

BUY YOUR TICKETS, SHOP ONLINE, AND YOU ARE READY TO ENTER ESSELWORLD & WATER KINGDOM AT EASE!

EsselWorld, the pioneer of amusement parks in India has offered the best of fun & thrill to its patrons and always believed in giving the best of experiences as well. Nonetheless, to make our life hassle-free, the digital world has played an important role and EsselWorld & Water Kingdom has ensured of giving us that ease.

Retail Estate: The Post Pandemic Road To Recovery

Growel’s 101 ran a customer survey campaign with its Loyalty Program members as an engagement initiative and also to understand customer expectations on re-opening of the mall…

Abu Dhabi And Dubai Prepare To Reopen Malls With New Rules

While shopping centres will be allowed to operate for 10 hours, consumer visiting hours will be capped at three. During the first phase of reopening, entertainment centres, cinemas as well as prayer rooms and public seating will remain closed

Shopping Centre Developers Waive off Rents to Support Retailers, Restaurants & FECs

Despite the fact that the shopping centre industry in the red due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the lockdown, developers are showing empathy to the brands associated with them…

SHOPPING CENTRES REINVENT THEMSELVES IN COVID TIMES: PREPARE SOPs TO RE-OPEN PREMISES

The Shopping Centre Association of India is of the firm opinion that amid this black swan event that we are faced with, the best bet for the Indian Government is to reopen shopping malls, since they are professionally run and can control factors like hygiene and social distancing better than local markets, neighbourhood shops and kirana stores…

SHOPPING MALLS POST COVID-19: FROM RECOVERY TO REVIVAL

Industry leaders talked about how to keep the retail industry safe, healthy and insulated and with a true partnership approach – be reasonable with partners, collaborate across the supply chain, and involve business models to face tough times ahead…

Special Events in Malls

Shopping Centre News brings you a detailed look at some of the most engaging mall activities across the country