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In response, retail revolutionaries are looking to new formats and fresh thinking to connect with customers.</p></div><div class="l-sec__main-content"><p class="t-body t-book ui-color--grey">As e-commerce sales rise to an expected US$6.5 trillion by 2023, retailers are turning to data, digital and design to cut costs, boost sales and create memorable customer experiences. But RLB’s work with agile formats and multi-functional spaces, unique business models and innovative last mile logistics solutions help our clients to prepare for any future.</p><p class="t-body t-book ui-color--grey">RLB is as agile and responsive as the retail spaces we help to deliver. By challenging the norms, using digital tools to enhance our decision-making and delivering flawlessly, we help our retail clients to maximise their returns and reposition their assets.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="l-sec l-sec--h-center l-sec--gutter-mobile-top-big l-sec--gutter-mobile-bottom-big l-sec--gutter-top-regular l-sec--gutter-bottom-regular ui-bg--main"><div class="l-inner"><div class="ui-blank"> <span class="ui-blank__anchor" id="readying-retail-for-any-future"></span></div><div class="l-sec__heading-gutter-bottom"><h3 class="t-heading-2 t-center ui-color--white"> Readying retail for any future</h3></div><div class="l-sec__heading-gutter-bottom--big"><p class="t-introduction t-book t-center ui-color--bali-blue"> Bright ideas for the world’s biggest and best retailers</p></div><div class="l-sec__content"><div class="c-deliver-value-list-wrapper"><ul class="c-deliver-value-list ui-color--white"><li class="c-deliver-value-list__item"><div class="c-deliver-value-list__number"><div class="c-stat-number c-stat-number--small awsm-counter" data-counter-animation> 360</div></div><div class="c-deliver-value-list__text"><h6 class="t-heading-6 t-medium"> specialists around the world</h6></div></li><li class="c-deliver-value-list__item"><div class="c-deliver-value-list__number"><div class="c-stat-number c-stat-number--small awsm-counter" data-counter-animation> 2000</div></div><div class="c-deliver-value-list__text"><h6 class="t-heading-6 t-medium"> projects delivered over the last decade</h6></div></li><li class="c-deliver-value-list__item"><div class="c-deliver-value-list__number"><div class="c-stat-number c-stat-number--mini"> £</div><div class="c-stat-number c-stat-number--small awsm-counter" data-counter-animation> 2</div></div><div class="c-deliver-value-list__text"><h6 class="t-heading-6 t-medium"> billion in project value in the pipeline</h6></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="c-custom-grid-wrapper"><div class="l-inner l-inner--wide"><div class="c-custom-grid-wrapper__row"><div class="c-custom-grid c-custom-grid--v-centered c-custom-grid--left"><div class="c-custom-grid__inner"><div class="l-sec__heading"><h5 class="t-heading-5 t-upper ui-color--accent"> Experience is everything</h5></div><div class="l-sec__desc"><div class="ui-cms-editable"><p class="t-body t-book ui-color--grey">Physical retail isn’t dead – but lacklustre retail is. Today’s consumers demand more than convenience and a cheap price – they want an experience. The sector’s innovators are responding by reimagining the shopping centre as a destination, where e-sports and entertainment, cafés, childcare centres and co-working collide with traditional discount and department stores. 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Technology may be a disruptor, but it is also breathing new life into bricks-and-mortar retail. Savvy retailers are using data get closer to their customers, and shopping centre owners are embracing AI and analytics to understand performance, track competitors and uncover hidden opportunities. At RLB, our investment in digitisation, mobile data collection and analysis tools – like the RLB Field app and RLB Focus – have accelerated the speed, accuracy and productivity of our retail projects too.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="c-custom-grid-wrapper"><div class="c-custom-grid-wrapper__row"><div class="c-custom-grid c-custom-grid--v-centered c-custom-grid--left c-custom-grid--with-desc"><div class="c-custom-grid__inner"><div class="l-sec__heading"><h5 class="t-heading-5 t-upper ui-color--accent"> A sustainable sense of place</h5></div><div class="l-sec__desc"><div class="ui-cms-editable"><p class="t-body t-book ui-color--grey">More than six in 10 Millennial consumers – now the world’s largest consumer group – consider a company’s ethical values, environmental sustainability and authenticity before buying their products. Savvy shopping centre owners and operators are responding with carbon zero certification, urban rooftop farms, paddock-to-plate food courts and more to connect with customers. 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