ACROSS Magazine

Kaufland Hrvatska k.d. has opened its first-ever island store in the Town of Krk 🇭🇷 🌴 https://www.across-magazine.com/kaufland-opens-first-island-store-on-krk-croatia/

The 2,111 sqm location offers over 21,000 products, 172 parking spaces, two EV charging stations, and an integrated café. Extended hours, 32 new local jobs, and Sunday openings planned from the start.

The launch came with genuine community investment: €10,000 donated locally, plus a weekly fresh produce program for students at Fran Krsto Frankopan Elementary School throughout the school year. The grand opening wrapped up with a free live concert on the Krk waterfront.

➡️ Read more: https://www.across-magazine.com/kaufland-opens-first-island-store-on-krk-croatia/

Seven former hypermarkets. Eight months. Already ahead of schedule. 🏗️🇧🇪 https://www.across-magazine.com/cora-shopping-centers-belgium-transformation-of-ahead-of-schedule/

When Cora closed its seven Belgian hypermarket sites earlier this year, Mitiska REIM moved fast. The first new stores opened as early as late January 2026, just months after acquisition, and today, more than 80% of the retail space across all seven locations has already been leased, with nearly 350 former Cora employees placed in new jobs. across-magazine

🔗 More details here: https://www.across-magazine.com/cora-shopping-centers-belgium-transformation-of-ahead-of-schedule/

No staff. No fixed hours. No friction. 🤖 https://www.across-magazine.com/carrefour-opens-largest-ai-driven-store-at-belgian-tech-campus/

Carrefour Belgium has opened its largest buybye autonomous store yet — at Corda Campus in Hasselt, one of Europe's biggest innovation hubs, home to over 100 startups and thousands of daily visitors. It's the seventh location for the AI-driven format, which runs without on-site staff, seven days a week.

🔗 More here: https://www.across-magazine.com/carrefour-opens-largest-ai-driven-store-at-belgian-tech-campus/

Fresh leadership for the Nordic retail real estate community 🇸🇪 https://www.across-magazine.com/new-chairman-of-ncsc/

Tobias Rönnberg Halvorsen, Head of Retail at Alecta Fastigheter, has been elected the new Chairman of NCSC (Nordic Commercial Spaces and Communities) at today's AGM — taking over from acting Chair Annika Schönefeld.

Two new board members were also elected: Maria Hellberg (Rituals, Head of Real Estate and Expansion Manager Nordic Region) and Pia Lynggaard (Commercial Director, Rødovre Centrum) — strengthening NCSC's ties to both retail expansion and shopping center management across the Nordics.

Congratulations to all three 👏

🔗 https://www.across-magazine.com/new-chairman-of-ncsc/

ACROSS Newsletter here ➡️ 📥 https://mailchi.mp/across-magazine/2-6-26

Today’s focus: format innovation, automation, and strategic leadership shifts across the sector.

📦 Ingka Group | IKEA is expanding its compact IKEA store concept, bringing smaller, more accessible formats to retail parks and suburban locations across key markets.

🤖 In Belgium, Carrefour Belgium is scaling its AI-driven autonomous retail model with the largest BuyBye store to date at Corda Campus in Hasselt.

🏢 In the Nordics, NCSC - Nordic Commercial Spaces & Communities has appointed Tobias Rönnberg Halvorsen as Chairman of the Board, alongside new board members, strengthening its governance structure.
..and many more: https://mailchi.mp/across-magazine/2-6-26

IKEA is getting closer to where people already shop 🛋️📍https://www.across-magazine.com/ingka-group-accelerates-omnichannel-development-in-france/

Ingka Group | IKEA is opening its first two compact stores in France — and has plans for 10 more locations over the next three years. The format, roughly a tenth of the size of a classic IKEA store, is designed to slot into retail parks and town centers, offering over a quarter of the IKEA range for immediate pick-up.

🔗 More details: https://www.across-magazine.com/ingka-group-accelerates-omnichannel-development-in-france/

Germany's biggest online beauty retailer is going physical 💄 🛍️ https://www.across-magazine.com/top-deal-from-iph-gruppe-flaconi-opens-munich-flagship/

flaconi - with over 5.5 million customers and one of Europe's most successful e-commerce platforms - will open its first flagship store near Munich's Marienplatz in late 2026. The 600 sqm space, brokered by IPH Gruppe, sits in a premium new development in the heart of the city.

➡️ Read more: https://www.across-magazine.com/top-deal-from-iph-gruppe-flaconi-opens-munich-flagship/

A unified leasing strategy takes shape at MPC Properties 🤝 https://www.across-magazine.com/mpc-properties-expands-bojan-jevremovics-role-to-include-retail-leasing/

The Belgrade-based developer and asset manager has appointed Bojan Jevremovic as Director of Retail Leasing — expanding his existing remit in office leasing to cover the full retail portfolio as well. The dual mandate signals MPC's intent to bring a more integrated approach to its leasing operations across both asset classes.

Congratulations, Bojan 👏

📌 https://www.across-magazine.com/mpc-properties-expands-bojan-jevremovics-role-to-include-retail-leasing/

Thalia Buchhandlung - Thalia.de has opened a 565 sqm store at ShoppingCity Seiersberg 📚 🛍️ https://www.across-magazine.com/thalia-opens-bookstore-at-shoppingcity-seiersberg-graz-austria/

The assortment covers everything from fiction and children's books to games (Tonies, Ravensburger) and a full digital department with Tolino e-readers and audiobooks, complemented by self-checkout, Scan & Go, and Click & Collect.

📎 https://www.across-magazine.com/thalia-opens-bookstore-at-shoppingcity-seiersberg-graz-austria/

Sonae Sierra is closing the books on a landmark year 📊 🔥 https://www.across-magazine.com/sonae-sierra-reports-2025-one-of-its-best-years/

The vertically integrated real estate firm reported an adjusted net result of €109.8 million — up 12.9% year on year — with assets under management reaching €6.9 billion and occupancy across its European shopping center portfolio holding at 99%. Tenant sales grew 4.6%.

A defining move of 2025: the acquisition of URW's real estate management business in Germany, growing Sonae Sierra's German asset count from 6 to 18 in one transaction.

On the sustainability front, 67% of managed investment properties now carry solar installations, and Scope 1 & 2 emissions per sqm are down 49% versus 2019.

🔗 More details : https://www.across-magazine.com/sonae-sierra-reports-2025-one-of-its-best-years/