In our retail and shopping malls interview section, we engage with various professionals who are experts in the industry: managers, marketing executives, customer experience managers, technology and big data experts, consultants, and more.
Thanks to these professionals, we are able to showcase the current state of the sector from the perspective of those who face the day-to-day challenges and innovations. The experts share insights into how they have navigated through crises such as the Covid pandemic and post-pandemic challenges, economic fluctuations, price increases, and supply chain shortages. They also discuss how they have reinvented themselves to confront the growing influence of online commerce, one of their main competitors.
If you want to get to know these personalities and learn about their work in their respective shopping malls and stores, you shouldn’t miss any of these interviews.
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Happy Holidays from Flame: Reflecting on an Incredible 2024
Flame helps you to measure traffic at all touch points: passers-by, venue’s visits, floors, zones and much more. Consistently build conversion funnels and benchmark different venues to get to know hidden best practices while enhancing staff planning.
Emmanuel Marque: “It’s really efficient to get an overview of each asset with a compilation of data”
We introduce you to Emmanuel Marque, Real Estate Asset & Investment Manager at Nhood. Today we speak with a professional in the Real Estate in the Shopping Centers sector. Learn about how they are living the current situation, specifically in France; understand the challenges malls are facing according to new …
Frantisek Slapak: “Technology plays a key role to ensure maximum comfort for customers and tenants”
In this new interview we speak with Frantisek Slapak, Shopping Centre Asset Manager at CPI Property Group. Frantisek defends the survival of shopping centers against online shopping. He also highlights the need of innovate with technological tools to ensure customers and tenants to be confortable and to help them to …
Paolo Cirella: “Advanced technological tools become fundamental to compete and differentiate”
We spoke with Paolo Cirella, Retail Store Manager at Fratelli Rossetti. We spoke with this retail professional about the survival of physical commerce, and the importance of adaptation and flexibility for this business model. Paolo also mentions that “technological progress and the development of new technologies are essential aspects”, and …
Paulo Ferreira Gomes: “Digital revolution is not a threat, it is an opportunity”
In this new interview we speak with Paulo Ferreira Gomes, Property Manager at Centro Colombo (Sonae Sierra). Paulo highlights the opportunity that digital revolution means for the sector and the importance of taking advantage of it. This professional tells us about his vision for the future of the sector. Do …
Grégory Pertus: “New technologies introduced in physical shops allow to give customers unique experiences”
Today we speak with Grégory Pertus, Shopping Center Manager at Focus Bydgoszcz from G City Europe. Grégory dedicates this interview to make a general view of the Shopping Center sector, focusing on topics related with the way physical shops have changed and adapted their strategies to evolve in a challenging …
Dario Cazzola: “Shopping Center is a living element that evolves every day and reflects the evolution of society”
In this interview, we introduce you to Dario Cazzola, Chief Leasing Manager at CARMILA. This professional from the shopping center sector talks with us about how the sector has evolve thought the excepcional situation we have lived. Dario highlights the in order to be successful it is important that shopping …
Alessandro Puci: “To retain and engage your customers you have to know them”
In this new interview, we speak to Alessandro Puci, Retail Operations Manager in Guess. Enjoy this reading in which we talk about the future of physical stores. Alessandro gave us some tips to engage your customers in today’s competitive environment. This retail professional also talks about the importance of technology …
George Visvikis: “Physical stores offer unique advantages that online retail cannot fully replicate”
Find out our new interview with George Visvikis, Business Owner at Product.me. Enjoy our talk about the future of physical stores, where George mentions the need of an evolution in the experience provided on them; the advantages of both online and offline channels, where we focus on the importance of …
Zsolt Kákosy: “Brick and mortar retail is still strong since people are eager for in-person experiences”
Today we speak with Zsolt Kákosy, Property Management Director of ICON REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT. Zsolt offers us his opinion regarding the current situation of the shopping Center sector. He highlights that the brick and mortar retail stores will survive because of the need of customers to touch and feel some …
Luca Cappelletti: “Brands have to invested in digitalization and data collections and analysis”
Today we speak with Luca Cappelletti, Country manager Italy and Switzerland at Natuzzi. Luca shares with us his opinion about the current situation of the retail sector, regarding physical and online channels. He highlights that the brick and mortar retail stores will not disappear but they need to invest in …
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