Eastland partners with local community groups to deliver Friendship Journals to local schools
A new partnership between Eastland, the Maroondah Positive Education Network (MPEN), Communities of Wellbeing (COWB) and URSTRONG has facilitated the delivery of a new social and emotional wellbeing program at...
Shopping centre owners turn to oOh!media to enhance appeal
Two prominent shopping centre owners have selected oOh!media to enhance their appeal with new and upgraded out-of-home (OOH) assets designed to engage consumers and support tenants across all retail categories....
The Galeries’ Artist in Residence program with City of Sydney takes flight
The Galeries has unveiled the first piece in its new Artist in Residence public art series, an initiative proudly supported by the City of Sydney that both enhances creativity in...
Quality counts: Understanding quality metrics to maximise shopper attention
For centres, determining which retail out-of-home formats influence shoppers best can be challenging. With screens and placement options varying enormously, it can be a frustrating process. But what if there...
Broadmeadows Central brings retailers and community together for Ramadan
Broadmeadows Central has delivered a unique multi-sensory art experience to the heart of Melbourne’s north in celebration of Ramadan. Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the...
Stockland launches playful new Mother's Day campaign
Stockland is helping mums communicate to their loved ones the special gifts they’d like to receive this Mother’s Day in a fun way that preserves the magic of surprise, with...
Komo announces integration partnership with Blackhawk Network
Komo, a digital activations platform that allows you to easily create user-first digital experiences, has announced a new integration with Blackhawk Network, a leading provider of branded payment solutions. The...
Lendlease brings advertising platform in-house
Lendlease is expanding its advertising platform and will bring in-house the management of its small format digital advertising across its shopping centres and urban retail precincts. Up until now, Lendlease has...
Street art and fashion collide at Stockland Wetherill Park’s House of Kicks
Stockland Wetherill Park has kicked off its two-week-long House of Kicks experience in-centre, which will run until Sunday 2nd May, 2021. Michael Iraninejad, Centre Manager at Stockland Wetherill Park, said...
Stockland steps up the fun these school holidays with AR experiences
Stockland has partnered with creative agency VANDAL to bring a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience to eight of its retail centres across NSW and Queensland for the school holidays. Customers...
The Square Mirrabooka celebrates Harmony Week
The suburbs surrounding The Square Mirrabooka make up one of the most multicultural areas in Australia. Harmony week is an opportunity to celebrate diversity in Australia and build a harmonious...
Westfield launches its biggest ever promotion with $6m+ prize pool
Scentre Group has unveiled its biggest ever Westfield promotion, offering customers the chance to win $10,000 every day, as well as more than $5 million worth of ‘Spend & Get’...
Mirvac Retail partners with Australian National Maritime Museum
Mirvac Retail has announced a partnership with the Australian National Maritime Museum to showcase a number of exhibits in a series of free activations for visitors to its MetCentre, Harbourside...
Retail First announces 4th year of ongoing partnership with Share the Dignity
Share the Dignity and Retail First Shopping Centres have teamed up for the fourth year running to make a real on-the-ground difference fighting period poverty through the upcoming March Dignity...
Lunar New Year brings Oxen strength to 2021
Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Friday 12 February this year, and although there isn’t the influx of Chinese tourists into Australia due to travel restrictions, the more than 1.2...
A Summer of Soul at Tamworth Square
For the Tamworth community, the cancellation of the 49th Country Music Festival was both a financial and emotional blow. The annual festival attracts an estimated 40,000 visitors to town each...
The City of Sydney launches retail innovation program
In an effort to support CBD businesses, The City of Sydney’s Adapt and Advance webinar series kicks off today and is targeted at the retail and hospitality sector. A second...
The 2020 Christmas: COVID-safe and back to community
There is no doubt that 2020 has been unprecedented (that word again) and no one could have predicted what Christmas would look like in shopping centres following major lockdowns and...
Cabramatta Plaza celebrates food the pun way
Whether you were baking homemade focaccia, making meals for your family, buying local produce or supporting your local restaurants – Food has been a source of connection throughout 2020. This...
How can shopping centres best leverage changing shopping behaviours?
This article by Gerry Mezzina of Norbit combines information gleaned from three recent McKinsey reports about consumer behaviour as they relate to COVID-19, and how centres can leverage these changes...
VMO launches next-gen screens at Sydney’s World Square
Val Morgan Outdoor (VMO) has secured an exclusive large format tender with next-generation, iconic screens at one of Sydney’s key retail, commuter and entertainment destinations, World Square. With market leading...
Narellan Town Centre gives local schools the chance to win big this Christmas
In collaboration with schools in the local area, Narellan Town Centre (NTC) is hosting a display of creative tree artworks as part of its inaugural ‘Local School Christmas Tree Art...
Stockland launches uplifting Christmas campaign
In acknowledgement of such an unexpected year and in the spirit of Christmas, Stockland has released its annual festive campaign video – ‘The Story of Ibis’. Building on the success...
Charter Hall shopping centres are ‘In the Mood for Merry’ this Christmas
Charter Hall shopping centres are ‘In the Mood for Merry’, after a year that has been like no other. It’s time to reimagine Christmas and capture the joy that 2020...
St. Collins Lane hosts 4 days of wonderful
Many Melbourne centres are making their comeback with interesting activations and events. Coinciding with two major fashion dates in the shopping calendar – Black Friday and Cyber Monday – shoppers...
Westfield shares the magic of its Christmas campaign
Scentre Group has released its official Christmas campaign, ‘The Night (way) before Christmas’, as the countdown to the festive season and Santa’s early arrival next week, begins. Coming to the...
Stockland Forster announces winning artists for 83m mural
Back in August 2020, Stockland sought expressions of interest from local, professional artists in delivering a public art mural, with the selected artists to be remunerated for their concept design...
Macarthur Square launches kids’ competition to find footy stars
Macarthur Square in partnership with the newest A-League club, Macarthur FC, has launched a competition to find South West Sydney’s next up-and-coming football stars. The ‘Be our next Football Star’...
Stockland partners with Jules Sebastian to inspire healthy eating at home
Stockland has partnered with Sydney-based presenter, stylist and author, Jules Sebastian, on a six-part Instagram TV recipe series – with episodes released monthly – in an effort to inspire customers...
Mirvac’s Augmented Reality Monster Hunts this Halloween
Halloween is usually an opportunity for communities to come together, but this year things obviously look quite different. Mirvac shopping centres are providing a program of activities, some free and...
Highpoint’s FREE Mini Makers activity packs a bonus for little kids
GPT’s Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne is running a free weekly activity program designed for children aged two to five to learn, play and explore. While the Mini Makers program has traditionally...
Birkenhead Point’s new Digital Visitor Passport drives traffic and sales
On September 25th, one of Sydney’s leading brand outlets, Birkenhead Point, launched a Digital Visitor Passport, housing 48 exclusive in-centre offers providing even more savings at the harbourside shopping precinct....
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