10 Years Of Marketplace
Completely Retail Marketplace was founded in 2012 at Old Spitalfields Market, London. Since then we have hosted 29 events across the UK & Europe. In 2022 we are pleased to be celebrating our 10 year anniversary.
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27th Sept 2022.
No event goes further to support the UK retail market
Completely Retail Marketplace & Revo Conference is where brands come to meet a diverse range of retail & leisure property professionals, discuss the market and find opportunities to start-up and expand their businesses.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Simple – forging connections. The event offers an affordable environment created for retail professionals and most importantly, retail and leisure brands, where opportunities are shared and insight about the market is exchanged.
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Sponsors & Media Partners
Save The High Street
SaveTheHighStreet.org is an industry movement on a mission to ensure the success of high streets across the UK.
We are delivering a range of initiatives to support high street business owners, start-ups, community champions, local authorities, retail landlords, property developers, industry suppliers, BIDs, trade associations, media partners and others with high street interests.
The future of the high street depends on how we all act now.
Property EU
PropertyEU was founded in 2006 and has since become the leading platform for professionals in commercial real estate investment, finance and development in Europe.
Our mission is to help foster transparency in the European real estate market and to enhance cross-border development, financing and investment through our research and analysis of the latest trends.
To that end, PropertyEU continues to monitor the market, filter the key events and track real estate transactions to keep you up-to-date with unique content, data and insights and help you make well-informed investment decisions.
The Gym
The Gym Group PLC, a leading, national, award winning low cost gym operator offering affordable, flexible 24h gym membership. The Gym Group offers Landlords a stable, secure and long-term investment, with a 5A1 D&B rating and a speedy and professional approval and acquisition process. Fees paid for successful introductions.
WHAT CAN MARKETPLACE OFFER?
Accessibility
No elaborate exhibition stands here – just branded meeting areas that are pre-prepared and uniform in size to ensure a level playing field for all.
Diversity
Retail and leisure brands of any concept and size are welcome here, paving the way for exciting new brands that could otherwise get overlooked at bigger events.
Connections
Every year, the event plays host to a wide range of property professionals covering all aspects of the retail sector.
Informality
Everything needed for a successful day’s business is included in everyone’s ticket. Lunch and refreshments are included, as are the ever-popular networking drinks afterwards.
DELEGATE PRICING
Property Professionals
Agents / Consultants / Landlords / Developers / Land Owners / Property Managers / Asset Managers
Early Bird – £495 + VAT (Expires 22nd July 2022)
Full Price – £595 + VAT
Under 30s / Revo Hub – £145 + VAT*
Revo Member Rates
Revo Member Rate Early Bird – £375 + VAT (Expires 22nd July 2022)
Revo Member Rate Full Price – £475 + VAT
Conference Only Pass – £225 + VAT (Valid from 12pm – Not available to agents / landlords / developers / property managers / asset managers)
Retailers
This includes Fashion / Food & Drink / Art / Home & Living / Beauty / Education & Community / Fitness / Entertainment / Tech / Toys & Hobbies / Jewellery / Books, Gifts & Cards / Healthcare & Wellbeing / Music / Experimental and Pop Up brands that are actively seeking physical space across the UK.
Free of charge+
Please note: All registrations need to be made via our online booking facility so that we have all relevant data required for the day. The system allows you to register for groups and also select payment method (Card transaction or Invoice)
All bookings will be covered by our Book with Confidence policy.
*Delegates that register under this discounted rate will be required to show identification on arrival at the venue.
+The complimentary retailer passes are only available to individuals that are employed directly by a retail brand and are actively seeking space. Agents and consultants that represent these brands and receive a fee for acting on their behalf are not applicable for the complimentary passes and must pay the appropriate delegate fee to attend.
The complimentary retailer passes are issued and approved at the discretion of the organiser.
Please see our terms and conditions for more information.
Latest Show News
Core sponsors
Brands confirmed as the core sponsors for Completely Retail Marketplace are The Gym & Co-Op.
SponsorshipExhibit and sponsor opportunities available
Retail brands and property professionals who exhibit or sponsor at Completely Retail Marketplace UK get the best possible exposure before, during and after the event. Opportunities are available now.
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10th August 2022
The CRMP Cam!
Introducing Neelofar Khan, Director @Zabardastwraps
Here's what Neelofar had to say about attending CRMP London.
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2nd August 2022
Latest Snapshot Blog post📸
Completely Retail Marketplace takes a look at the latest sustainability news from the world of retail.
Read the below Snapshot blog post to gain further insight into retail sustainability efforts.
https://t.co/Ux1OzZhx8n
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27th July 2022
Introducing "The Completely Retail Marketplace Cam" 🎥
First on our list of interviews is
@OMDuthie Brand manager at @LandsecGroup
We caught up with Oliver at their London Victoria offices to hear why Landsec finds Completely Retail Marketplace so valuable!🏆
#crmpcam https://t.co/wjoZ2LVQxQ
Elevating Brands
Our Soapbox brand goes further than just supporting #Retailers and #brands at the event. We also have online opportunities available through completelyretail.co.uk.
Completely Retail provides a platform for brands to register their businesses into the brand directory, allow the opportunity for companies to reach out with potential opportunities of physical space, so that brands can connect directly with their consumers. It’s not just for permanent shops but also temporary lets and experiential popups.
Previous Attendees Include
Avison Young
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Co-op
The Co-op offers people award-winning food near to where they live and work, in handy-sized shops, open at convenient times.
We’re growing fast. We’ve opened around 500 new stores in the last five years, our like-for-like sales continue to increase and we’re still acquiring.
We’re looking for leasehold sites, of up to 5,000 sq ft gross, in locations highly visible from the road, close to transport hubs, new housing developments or district centres. We’re also interested in existing businesses with a net sales area of over 1,500 sq ft.
We’re competitive, quick to respond and happy to retain introducing agents.
Costa
Founded in London by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa in 1971 and now part of The Coca-Cola Company, Costa Coffee operates over 2,700+ coffee shops in the UK and more than 1,300+ in 31 international markets we are the fastest growing coffee shop business in the UK and are proud to be the nation’s favourite coffee shop, having been awarded “Best Branded Coffee Shop Chain in the UK and Ireland” by Allegra Strategies for the last decade.
Landsec
We’re Landsec.
We believe that great places are for people to experience, and made with the experience of great people.
Our purpose is to provide the right commercial spaces for our customers and communities – helping businesses to succeed, the economy to grow and people to thrive.
We aim to lead our industry in critical long-term issues – from diversity and community employment, to carbon reduction and climate resilience. We deliver value for our shareholders, great experiences for our customers and positive change for our communities.
For us, everything is experience.
The Gym
The Gym Group PLC, a leading, national, award winning low cost gym operator offering affordable, flexible 24h gym membership. The Gym Group offers Landlords a stable, secure and long-term investment, with a 5A1 D&B rating and a speedy and professional approval and acquisition process. Fees paid for successful introductions.
Aldi
Aldi is the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket with over 1,000 stores in the UK and Ireland and over 35,000 employees. By 2022 Aldi plans to open more than 100 new stores across the UK as part of its long-term target of 1,200 stores by the end of 2025.
Aldi was voted Britain’s favourite supermarket by the Good Housekeeping Institute’s readers in 2019, and won Best Grocer at the 2019 Retail Week Awards.
Aldi is looking for stores within London with a minimum of 8k ft² GIA. Elsewhere we seek stores in the region of 18-20k ft² GIA, on sites with a catchment population in excess of 15,000, ideally situated on principal roads with prominent road frontage. Sites can be leasehold or freehold and either on land for new development or within an existing building fit for refurbishment.
Barker Proudlove
With 13 consultants across offices in Leeds and Manchester, we specialise in retail and leisure agency, providing acquisition, disposal, development and strategic asset management advice to clients on their shopping centre, high street and retail park property holdings, principally throughout the North and Midlands. We also represent over 20 well known occupier clients on their property portfolio.
Capital & Regional
Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist property REIT with a strong track record of delivering significant value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across its portfolio of dominant community shopping centres.
To date, we have invested in over 25 UK community shopping centres and our expertise in this sector is unrivalled. Embedded in our culture is a passion to deliver outstanding performance and standards through our specialist in-house management platform.
British Land
Our portfolio of high quality UK commercial property is focused on Retail around the UK and London Offices. We own or manage a portfolio valued at £16.8bn (British Land share: £12.9bn) as at 30 September 2018 making us one of Europe’s largest listed real estate investment companies.
Our strategy is to provide places which meet the needs of our customers and respond to changing lifestyles – Places People Prefer. We do this by creating great environments both inside and outside our buildings and use our scale and placemaking skills to enhance and enliven them. This expands their appeal to a broader range of occupiers, creating enduring demand and driving sustainable, long term performance.
Cush Wake
Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail, Logistics & Industrial team works to deliver property solutions for an omni-channel industry across the UK & EMEA. We are market leaders in providing end-to-end support for retail, leisure and F&B operators; landlords; investors; manufacturers and distributors.
Whether you are looking for strategic advice or brokerage services, our teams leverage industry understanding, transformational insight and a global perspective, underpinned by our innovative approach, to continuously add value for our clients.
If you are expanding internationally, looking for new tenants, or analysing your existing portfolio, our global reach and local knowledge offers our clients unparalleled expertise for every part of the supply chain.
Follow us @CushWakeRTailUK
CWM
We are a niche partnership specialising in out of town retail property advising on all aspects of agency, investment, development and professional services. We pride ourselves on delivering the best advice to our investor, developer and occupier clients with an interest in this sub-sector. With a highly regarded and experienced team of 10 surveyors in offices in London and Leeds, we are active throughout the UK.
We provide advice on c.10 million sq ft of retail space and over 1 million sq ft of development. We act for Currys/PC World, Furniture Village, Halfords, Pets at Home, The Food Warehouse and Thomas Cook.
www.cwmoutoftown.co.uk
Dixons Carphone
Named Retailer of the Year at the 2016 Retail Week Awards, Dixons Carphone is Europe’s leading specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and Services Company. With a staff of over 40,000 in 12 countries and over 3,000 stores across our brands our mission is to:
Simplify the mobile, technology and electrical world for our customers;
Make the potential of connected technology accessible and affordable for everyone;
Provide unparalleled expertise and service to help navigate the new digital era.
The UK and Republic of Ireland business has c1250 stores and the Property team continues to look at opportunities to evolve this portfolio.
DTZ Investors
DTZ Investors (DTZI) is a real estate focused investment and asset management house as part of the Cushman & Wakefield Group. The business was established in 1968 in the UK and expanded into Continental Europe in 1999.
DTZI currently manages £6.2bn worth of real estate in the UK for a range of domestic and international investors, including pension funds, insurance companies and private equity funds. DTZI is a full service offering fund manager for discretionary and advisory accounts with a range of exposures from core to opportunistic risk profiles. Currently DTZI has 5.6m sq ft of retail accommodation under management across 119 assets, with a combined value of £2.04bn.
Edinburgh House
“We have an enviable reputation as one of the most successful retail property investment and asset management companies in the UK. We have remained independent and, more importantly, flexible. This allows us to deliver continued success across our portfolio of assets and managed property.”
ESH
Edgerley Simpson Howe (ESH) is a niche practice primarily specialising in the retail warehouse, leisure and foodstore sectors throughout the UK. We also provide advice to clients in the commercial roadside market, gyms, hotels and residential/retirement/care home sectors. ESH is a leading adviser in the edge and out-of-town market, providing bespoke property advice relating to investment sales and purchases; lettings; occupier acquisitions and disposals; property development; rent reviews and lease restructuring. We asset manage over 120 retail and leisure parks, solus units, new developments and foodstores totaling over 10 million sq ft nationally.
EYCO
For over 36 years EYCO has been immersed in the retail property market, gaining an in-depth understanding of occupiers’ and owners’ requirements.
We will provide you with objective and impartial advice backed up by a highly experienced team, substantial market knowledge and activity.
Clients include: Primark, H&M, Next, Boots, Starbucks, Tesco, B&Q, Dunelm, Schuh, Azzurri Restaurants, Pizza Express, Burger King, British Land, The Crown Estate, Aviva, Hammerson, Aberdeen Standard Investments, LaSalle Investment Management, Intu, Capreon, Blackstone, Sovereign Centros, M&G, Hines UK and NewRiver Retail.
FHP Property Consultants
FHP Property Consultants are the leading retail and leisure agents in the East Midlands and winners of the EGi Retail Deals Competition for the last 8 years.
FHP act on 10 shopping centres across the Midlands including intu Victoria Centre and intu Broadmarsh Nottingham, intu Derby and Three Spires, Lichfield. We are specialists in the Leisure sector, acting on the Cornerhouse Nottingham, Clock Tower Dining intu Victoria Centre, EAT Central intu Derby and Baxter Gate Loughborough.
FHP are retained acquisition agents for George’s Great British Kitchen, Love Aroma, Caffe Rizzoli Prosecco Bar, Doughnotts, Cardzone, Everyman Barbers and Betfred.
Grosvenor
Grosvenor Europe invests in, develops and manages properties in vibrant European cities. We are guided by our 340 year history to deliver lasting commercial and social benefit in the places we are active. Our approach to delivering social benefit identifies five priority areas that we believe will have the most impact and in 2020, we launched our net zero carbon strategy which commits us to halving our total carbon footprint by 2030. This target is approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative and in line with the most ambitious level of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
As of December 31, 2020, we managed assets with a total value of GBP 1.7 billion, including several residential development projects, a growing office portfolio in Madrid and Paris and retail-led assets in Stockholm.
www.grosvenor.com
Twitter: @GrosvenorEurope
Instagram: Grosvenor_europe
Knight Frank
Knight Frank is one of the top retail & leisure leasing and acquisition agents in the UK, covering leasing, capital markets, development, leisure, professional and research providing cutting edge advice Nationwide.
The Team is continually improving its retail offering through strategic recruitment and the continuation of successful acquisitions, disposals and leasing deals across the UK.
Knight Frank Retail is retained as leasing agents on over 3.5m sq. ft. of shopping centre space across the UK, and the team have advised on over 6m. sq. ft. of mixed-use developments throughout London and the South East, as well as further deals across the UK.
Occupier clients include River Island , Soul Cycle , TK Maxx , Equinox Fitness Club, Seiko, Starbucks, Clintons, Robert Dyas, Sainsbury’s, Speedo, Black Sheep Coffee and Berghaus.
LaSalle
LaSalle Investment Management is one of the world’s leading real estate investment managers. On a global basis, LaSalle manages approximately $67.6 billion of assets in private and public real estate property and debt investments as of Q3 2019. LaSalle’s diverse client base includes public and private pension funds, insurance companies, governments, corporations, endowments and private individuals from across the globe. LaSalle sponsors a complete range of investment vehicles including separate accounts, open- and closed-end funds, public securities and entity-level investments.
LCP
LCP is a leading privately owned investment and property management company operating in key locations throughout Europe including the UK, Germany & Poland.
The UK portfolio is managed by an in-house team of experienced Asset Managers managing over 470 sites, 4,000 tenants and in excess of 19,000,000 sq.ft of property. £250 million is earmarked for growing the portfolio further during 2018.
The portfolio has a strong focus on the local and convenience shopping sector and LCP’s reputation for providing good quality property in key locations attracts a mix of well-known national and international tenants.
LDC
Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail location insight company. We physically track every retail and leisure business across the entire country. Our data powers strategy and decision making for our clients, working across retail, leisure, out-of-home media, investment, property and financial services. Our team of field researchers record the occupancy status of every business on a regular basis. This frequency enables us to track how the market is changing in close to real-time. The accuracy of our data is underpinned by our proprietary technology stack which supports the field research and quality control processes. This technology enables us to provide our clients with unrivalled insight on over 680,000 retail and leisure businesses, access to location insight dashboards and footfall tracking capabilities.
Lidl
Lidl is one of the leading discount retailers in the UK. Its first store opened in 1994 and now there are over 800 stores across the UK.
The experienced property teams are located throughout the UK and work tirelessly to significantly increase Lidl’s portfolio of stores. Lidl will consider freehold, leasehold, and developer transactions along with a more flexible store format within the M25. Lidl also welcomes agent introduction and will provide swift answers to any opportunity that has been introduced.
If you would like to contact one of Lidl’s regional property offices to discuss a site introduction then please visit www.lidl.co.uk/about-us/property to view and download our Site Requirement Brochure.
M&G Real Estate
M&G Real Estate is a leading investor in retail and leisure sector assets with extensive investments in the UK, mainland Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. In the UK, we manage a portfolio of shopping centres, retail & leisure parks, town centre assets, hotels and grocery stores, valued at approximately £7.4bn. We invest for the long term with a strong focus on active asset management and building relationships with our occupier customers.
Mason Partners
Mason Partners is a firm of Chartered Surveyors and commercial property consultants with offices in London and Liverpool. They have been practising for 26 years.
Mason Partners are a private practice specialising in the retail market throughout the UK. Our expertise has gained the confidence of numerous retailers, institutions and property companies who have retained our services repeatedly to seek out advice on a wide range of issues including retail agency, rating, rent reviews asset management etc. Retained retail clients include Superdrug, Iceland, Savers, Poundstretcher, Boots, Sports Direct, Next, Dixons, Maplin, Bensons for Beds, Three and The Works . We also advise Virgin Active on all their property matters.
Montagu Evans
For nearly a century, Montagu Evans have been helping our clients shape some of the UK’s largest commercial retail, leisure and mixed-use projects. With a growing partnership of over 350 people, based in our UK offices from Scotland to London, we have a well-established and recognised reputation in the sector.
Acting for both landlords and occupiers, our dedicated retail and leisure team are made up of experts across agency, lease advisory, planning, development, valuation, rating, management and investment – meaning we can support your entire project from start to finish.
Their commitment, passion and experience is what makes Montagu Evans one of the most successful property partnerships in the UK.
Visit our stand to understand more.
Email enquiries@montagu-evans.co.uk
Call 020 7493 4002
Visit our website www.montagu-evans.co.uk
Merry Hill
Located in the heart of the West Midlands, Merry Hill is a top-ten shopping centre and home to more than 250 occupiers, anchored by Marks and Spencer, Primark “Home” concept, Asda, Flannels Next and H&M. The centre has been recognised for an exceptional post-Covid rebound, with Ipsos Retail Performance ranking the immediate area in the UK’s ‘Top 10 bounce-back’ towns or cities as a result of strong footfall recovery to Merry Hill. A major investment programme is underway to further retain and attract best in class retailers, enhance and diversify the leisure experience and enhance its Waterfront leisure destination.
Morrisons
Headquartered in Bradford since 1899, Morrisons is a British food retailer with circa 500 stores serving over 11 million customers every week. We offer popular services including cafés, pharmacies, dry cleaners and over 300 petrol stations with further services being added all the time.
Over the last two years we have opened seven new stores, with five planned to open in 2020.
We now have ambitions plans to open more new stores over the next five years.
We require;
-Sites with main road frontage in close proximity to residential areas.
-Good catchments with limited or compromised competition.
-Opportunities to be the best store in the area.
-Development sites of 2 to 5 acres or existing buildings suitable for conversion.
-Central, neighborhood and out of town locations considered.
-Freehold (preferred), or leasehold opportunities.
PureGym
Launched in 2009, Pure Gym are the largest gym operator in the UK and the second largest Europe wide with over 270 trading sites across the UK and over 1.2m members! We offer Landlords an exceptional covenant, a high quality fit out and a strong brand to enhance tenant line up and drive footfall. We are more than 3x more profitable than our nearest competitor and undoubtedy the Gym operator of choice for Landlords and Developers.
We are seeking new opportunities from 7,000 – 9,000 sqft for our Pure Gym Local fascia and 9.000-20,000 sqft for our Pure Gym fascia, on roadside retail parks and in shopping centres, prominent industrial units, and residential blocks, preferably with parking outside London. Come and see us at our CR Stand.
Sainsbury’s
We acquire & manage an estate of over 2,000 retail stores across all of our brands including Sainsbury’s, Argos & Habitat.
We’re looking for great stores in great convenience locations across the country.
In developing our existing estate we’re always on the lookout for tenants to occupy standalone & excess space across our retail estate, typically in prime locations alongside our supermarkets as well as new concession partners to work in store with us.
Please contact our experienced team if you have an opportunity you think would be of interest.
Savills
Savills’ business spirit is innovative and resilient. We prioritise a thorough understanding of our customers’ businesses, not just a narrow focus on the property market. We now have well-established teams across Out-of-Town Retail, Lease Consultancy, Central London and the High Street sectors. We have also strengthened our Shopping Centre agency function too. Our vision, anticipating change, delivers added value for maximum performance to the benefit of our customers’ businesses across the full property spectrum. We relish the challenge of helping your organisation fulfil its commercial aims.
Southwark Council
Southwark is working closely with our local communities, trading associations, BIDs and investors to protect and enhance our diverse town centres. Investment is planned in all of our town centres and high streets, and we would welcome discussions with investors, land owners, and operators to discuss how we can maximise the impact of the 15 minute city in our local centres. Come and visit our stand to meet officers and our BID partners to find out more about investment planned at The Blue Bermondsey, Peckham, Camberwell, Walworth, Canada Water and Borough.
Sovereign Centros
Sovereign Centros is one of the UK’s most successful independent property companies working alongside some of the world’s leading investors and institutions.
With a 50-year track record Sovereign Centros focuses on retail, leisure and mixed-use investment and development.
Alongside an experienced and high quality asset management team working for global Private Equity and institutional investors, Sovereign Centros has an industry-leading development team undertaking strategic development management roles for investors and occupiers.
“Retail is not dead but it is evolving” and Sovereign Centros is well placed to add to its expanding current project portfolio.
Sunderland
Sunderland is a dynamic young city by the sea, with its city centre perched on the edge of the winding River Wear. And it is transforming, with more than £350m of development projects being delivered right now, in the heart of Sunderland’s resurgent city centre.
Led by public sector investment that has piqued the interest of the private sector, the heart of the city is set to be reinvigorated with more large employers, new housing, increased leisure facilities and attractive hotels, new retailers, and food and drink venues all fusing to breathe new life into the city’s High Street and major shopping centre, the Bridges.
The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate Regional Retail portfolio. Thinking Differently to Create Brilliant Places.
The Crown Estate is a specialist real estate business with an actively managed portfolio of high-quality assets in prime locations. Established by an Act of Parliament as an independent commercial business we pay all of our profit to Treasury.
The Crown Estate manages a £2.5bn portfolio of prime regional retail and leisure destinations, comprised of 18 shopping and leisure destinations which attract over 100 million shoppers each year. As a specialist property manager of retail and leisure, we think differently to create brilliant places for customers, consumers and local communities.
For further information, please visit: www.thecrownestate.co.uk
Winchester Council
Winchester has a dynamic and robust economy which underpins high living standards for its residents. Winchester also has a large and diverse catchment from across Hampshire, a highly skilled workforce, two universities and fast, efficient transport links.
Winchester City Council has embarked on a regeneration programme that promises an optimistic long term outlook and we are looking for the right investors, who share our ambition for high quality sustainable development, to benefit from this lucrative market and workforce.
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