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The latest developments in the competitive and changing retail landscape will be charted at the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) 17^th Annual Congress, the continent’s premier retail event.

Research is driving retail sector expansion and evolution across the globe as cutting-edge information pinpoints the latest consumer trends to heighten the way we invest in new malls, stores, formats, sales channels and marketing experiences.

With core economic fundamentals holding steady in SA, and global economies showing the first signs of recovery, key retail indicators are set to show modest, but positive, gains in 2013. 

South Africans can expect to see more shopping centres built in 2013 as retailers roll out new stores to unlock markets, despite a sluggish economy.

Marius Muller has been elected and appointed President of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) which now has over 2,000 members across the retail sector in South Africa.

The SACSC Footprint Marketing Awards recognise exceptional shopping centre marketing, innovation and creative achievements, with economic success, within the South African property industry

Middelburg Mall, Sandton City, Kagiso Mall, Tribeca Standard Restaurant at Lynnwood Bridge and Hackett London at Sandton City all won top honours at the annual South African shopping centre industry awards

Delegates hoping to gain a diversity of insight at the 16th annual SA Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Congress will not be disappointed, as the theme of Connect: The Power of Personal plays out across a variety of retail topics.

Consumer trends guru Daniel Levine of the Avant-Guide Institute in New York will speak at the 16th annual SA Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Congress at the Durban International Convention Centre next month, sponsored by Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. He will be addressing not only powerful social trends that drive retail spending patterns, but also the strategies retailers can employ to capitalize on them

To be exceptional, a new shopping centre needs more than excellent design. It must be economically successful.