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Why it’s good to be a mall operator in the Philippines right now

Inside Retail

SM Prime is not just a developer and operator of garden-variety malls: it develops whole ‘lifestyle cities’ with residential, office, hotel, convention and entertainment uses integrated with enclosed malls, markets and retail high streets. billion Philippine pesos (US$1.3 billion) in 2023. million square metres of gross leasable area.

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Why this global CEO wants more mainstream retailers to sell sex toys

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That’s the vision of Johannes Plettenberg, CEO of the newly formed Lovehoney Group, the world’s largest sexual wellness company following the merger this week of German sex toy distributor Wow Tech Group and global online retailer Lovehoney. “It The French adult retail chain Passage du Désir is a good example of this, Plettenberg said.

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Retail crime: Why foiling shoplifters takes a team effort

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In a study titled “ ‘Thinking Thief’ in the Crime Prevention Arms Race: Lessons learned from shoplifters”, led by Professor Nicole Lasky (Northeastern State University, US) and published in Security Journal, active shoplifters wore special eye-tracking glasses while pretending to steal items from two national retail chains.