Spring Event : 29th April 2025

Session One

Understanding the needs of retailers to fill spaces: With hundreds of meetings taking place at today’s event, what do you need to know to close more deals?

• What are the expansion strategies for the next 12 months for the UK’s leading retailers? Where are they looking to grow, and what types of spaces are in highest demand?
• Understanding retailer priorities: What are the key factors influencing site selection – footfall, demographics, lease flexibility, or something else?
• How are economic conditions shaping plans for growth?
• Streamlining deal-making: How can landlords, agents, and developers tailor their offerings to match retailer needs and accelerate agreements?
• What are the biggest barriers preventing retailers from securing new sites, and how can these be overcome?
  
  

SOAPBOX SESSION 🎤

Join in our newest edition of the Soapbox Session, as more retail and leisure brands come to the stage to pitch their businesses.

• Each brand has 4 minutes to showcase their requirements for 2025
• Be introduced to new potential clients looking to expand into your area
• Are you looking to invest? These quick fire pitches can be the ideal introduction

If you are interested in presenting, please reach out to bh@completelyevents.com

Session Two

Redefining the flagship experience: How are brands leveraging flagship stores to drive engagement, loyalty, and sales?

• The power of presence: Why do flagship stores remain crucial in an increasingly digital retail world, and how do they shape brand perception?
• Exploring how retailers aim to balance immersive brand storytelling with transactional efficiency
• What factors make a city or site ideal for a flagship, and how are brands identifying and securing these prime spaces?
• From experiential design to AI-driven personalisation: A closer look at the innovation shaping the next generation of flagship stores
  
  

Session Three

The landlord’s perspective: In a rapidly changing retail landscape, how are landlords adapting to evolving tenant needs, economic challenges, and sustainability imperatives?

• Adapting to shifting demands: What are the key trends influencing leasing strategies, and how are landlords meeting new tenant requirements in a post-pandemic world?
• Balancing profitability and sustainability: How are landlords incorporating ESG into their property management and development plans, and what role do these initiatives play in attracting tenants?
• With changing market conditions, how are landlords maintaining vibrancy in their retail spaces while managing rising costs and economic uncertainty?
• Examining the creative strategies and partnerships that landlords utilising to attract and retain tenants
• What’s next for the future of retail spaces?

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Session Four

The perfect time to capitalise on the positivity of the high street, what a changing narrative means for everyone.

• With the outlook for 2025 looking positive for commercial property, what is driving this renewed optimism?
• Is the resurgence of the high street a temporary trend or a long-term shift?
• How can landlords, retailers and investors capitalise on this trend? What we need to do to keep this upward trajectory?