HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Recognising the threat online retail channels,owners of shopping centres will have to explore the use of retail space fornon-conventional uses, particularly education, flexible workspaces and fitnessclubs, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL).
The integration of technology in retail is gradually shaping consumers’behaviour in Vietnam.
The growing popularity and convenience of online shopping is changingtraditional shopping patterns and contributing to the migration from physicalstores to online platforms.
According to JLL’s Q4 2018 report, total retail market space in Ho Chi Minh andHanoi reached about 2 million sq.m, with the occupancy rate reaching 89.7 percentand 88.1 percent, respectively.
Wishing to fill vacant space and increase customer traffic, many shoppingcentre developers have been considering bringing in non-conventional tenants. –VNS/VNA