"It was such a great experience to back to face-to-face meetings with other professionals during #MAPICItaly  MAPIC Worldin Milan!”
said Patrycja Miklińska, our representative, who had the pleasure to participate in Italian event last week. 
 
„Covid has accelerated innovation in retail. It is strategic to have a mixed-use component for Food, Leisure, and Innovation. Spaces are designed keeping in mind the experience that the consumer wants to have.” 
said Niccolò Suardi, Head of High Street Retail Italy, ColliersItaly
 
Not only pandemic but also digitalization are today’s retailers’ big challenges they must face. The space in shopping centers is beginning to change and evolve, adapting to the needs of customers who nowadays often shop online instead of in-store. 
 
„We must transform the shopping experience into a social experience, investing to be able to remain relevant for today’s consumer. We must be „the circus in town”.
said Alessandro Gaffuri, CEO,  CELS Group. 
 
So, the role of shopping centers evolves and makes them not only a place, where you can just buy clothes, shoes, food, etc. but also where you can spend time on various, new forms of entertainment. 
 
What is crucial, even though the conference was conducted mainly in the Italian language, attendees received a special headset, thanks to which they could hear the current translation of the lecture. Moreover, nice and comfy places for networking allowed participants to meet each other, sit and exchange their own insights on which direction the retail industry will go after the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
See you face-to-face at the next, upcoming events! 
 
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