Strategic Value
- Enables data-driven site selection by comparing high-street visibility, mall performance, and profitability across global hotspots, far surpassing regional benchmarks.
- Mitigates cross-continental expansion risks with in-depth reports on retail evolution, dining shifts, and urban consumer behaviours.
- Supports luxury, experiential, and omnichannel retail strategies with forward-looking forecasts for 2026 and beyond.
- Unlocks local culture insights, revealing unique consumer behaviours, footfall patterns, and retail/dining dynamics essential for global success.
How the World Changed Since Last Year
Since last year's edition, retail markets worldwide have shifted markedly. Geopolitical events, supply chain adjustments, artificial intelligence and technology-driven consumer behaviors have reshaped high streets, malls, and omnichannel experiences across continents. This 2026 guide reflects those changes with updated prime rents, footfall data, and growth forecasts for 100+ cities, delivering the timely intelligence retail brands need for confident global expansion. Stay equipped with the latest insights to ensure your strategies are aligned with fast-evolving markets full of new opportunities.
Cushman & Wakefield Global Retail Expertise
Backed by our global retail advisory powerhouse, the guide integrates seamlessly with services like lease negotiations, market entry consulting, and portfolio optimization, spanning high streets, malls, logistics, and emerging formats worldwide.
Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Retail platform brings together market-leading expertise, deep local knowledge and a globally connected team to support brands, investors and developers navigating today’s fast-evolving retail landscape. With more than 2,000 retail professionals across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, the global retail team combines unmatched relationships and execution, industry-leading expertise and data-led insights to deliver results at every stage of the retail lifecycle.
