Justin Lynch, Westfield New Zealand's director. Photo / Richard Robinson
Justin Lynch, Westfield New Zealand's director. Photo / Richard Robinson
Dominant shopping mall owner Westfield is staging a seminar in Auckland next month to discuss the future of the sector.
Debra McGhie, PR manager, said the gathering at the Langham from 7am on Tuesday, March 13, would examine a number of aspects.
"Following on from the sell-out series in Australialast year, attendees will hear from four leading international retail experts on a range of topics including worldwide digital and marketing trends, pricing and research," McGhie said.
"The keynote speaker, Ruby Anik, is senior vice-president of brand marketing for JC Penney, one of America's largest multi-channel retailers."
Gwen Morrison, chief executive of Chicago's The Store (Americas and Australasia) runs one of the world's leading retail think-tanks and will be talking about retailing trends.
Justin Lynch, Westfield New Zealand's director, said the seminar was aimed at Kiwi retailers as well as Australian retailers with a presence here.
WESTFIELD NZ
Owns 12 malls worth $1.4b. Total lettable area 437,483sq m. $2.2b total NZ sales annually. Biggest mall is at Riccarton. Annual sales there of $407m. Its value dropped post-quakes. Was $232m, now $207m.
