MAPIC, an international retail property trade fair will take place 19-21 November 2014 in Cannes, France. It brings together retail and real estate leaders to explore the most innovative projects, discover new retail properties, forge partnerships, close deals, and stay on top of trends and innovation in the retail real estate industry.
MAPIC delivers three days of tailored meetings, expert-led conferences and a premium exhibition for industry leaders targeting all types of retail property: city and shopping centres, factory outlets, leisure areas and transit zones.
Last year, the event gathered more than 8,300 international participants from 67 countries, including 685 exhibiting companies, 334 investment companies and 90 cities & local authorities. 2400 retailers joined MAPIC to select the best locations worldwide and promote their brand to master franchises in order to open business into new territories. 2300 shopping centers developers and owners attended MAPIC to find the retail brands willing to expand on new markets and investors.
"MAPIC has been very important to Cushman & Wakefield over the last 20 years. It’s a great place to build relationships and to meet people. From an Asia perspective, it’s very important to come here to keep a finger on the pulse with respect to what is happening with the major European retailers," said James Hawkey, Managing Director, Retail Services, Cushman & Wakefield, Asia-Pacific.
Being in retail real estate business for 20 years, MAPIC is going to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.
For more information, visit MAPIC website.