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WESTFIELD COMES
International
Congress, is
the annual
Interactive Marketing 2008
world summit
4th – 5th November 2008 TO LONDON
on automatic
Manchester Central, UK
identi½ cation,
taking place in
www.interactivemarketingshow.com
Milan on 18th to
The SAP UK and Ireland
20th November.
User Group Annual
It is the most
Conference
comprehensive
10th – 11th November 2008
showcase of
RFID, biometrics
Novotel London West, London. UK
and smart card
www.sapusers.org/conference2008/
technologies,
World Travel Market
and is the only
10th – 13th November 2008
international
forum that looks
ExCeL, London
at the auto-ID
www.wtmlondon.com
industry as a
iTSHOWCASELIVE
whole, rather than
13th November 2008
T
he West½ eld Group opened format screens on the site that will have
focusing on a
its ¾ agship West½ eld London a strong focus on the development’s
speci½ c technology
Silverstone, Northamptonshire
shopping centre in the high-end fashion offering.
or vertical sector.
www.itshowcase.co.uk
heart of West London at the end The centre also contains a luxury
TechnologyWorld of October. The centre, which has precinct called The Village, with a
17th – 18th November 2008
opened 99% let, aims to set a new number of high-end brands including
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
standard for shopping in the UK and Louis Vuitton, Dior, Prada, Miu Miu,
www.technologyworld08.com
Europe, offering a range of high quality Tiffany & Co., De Beers and Gucci.
Syscom IT and Software
retailers and public spaces, restaurants, West½ eld London is located
Clinic entertainment and customer service in in Shepherd’s Bush, west London
Drapers Fashion Summit
a ‘½ ve-star’ environment. and access to the centre has been
18th – 19th November 2008
The project undertaken with joint underpinned by a £170-million
The Radisson, Mayfair
venture partner Commerz Real is, investment in public transport
www.sycom.plc.uk/events
at 1.6 million square feet, London’s improvements. Three London
ID World International largest shopping mall. West½ eld Underground stations, a new above-
Congress London cost £1.7 billion to build, with ground railway station, two bus stations,
18th – 20th November 2008
West½ eld’s share being £1.1 billion on a taxi rank and extensive cycle and
Milano½ ori Congress Centre, Milan
which it expects a stabilised income pedestrian routes have been introduced.
www.idworldonline.com
yield of 5.25% in line with its forecast. The centre will also feature a 4,500-
Free “Cost-Effective
The centre is anchored by leading space car park with an advanced traf½ c
X The Interactive
Data Communications for British retail names such as House of guidance system to direct shoppers to
Marketing 2008,
Retailers” seminar Fraser, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, the nearest available space.
from 4th to 5th
3rd December 2008
Next and Waitrose. It will feature London Mayor Boris Johnson said:
November, is a
The Avnet Resource Centre,
new online and
more than 280 shops together with “The new shopping complex expands
digital marketing
Bracknell
47 restaurants, bars and casual dining the centre of Shepherd’s Bush and is a
show based in
www.jadeonline.co.uk
outlets. A 14 screen Cinema de Lux fantastic addition to West London with
Manchester.
iTSHOWCASELIVE movieplex is expected to open in the such an incredible variety of top shops
The ½ rst digital
3rd December 2008
second half of 2009. and brands under one roof.
marketing show
to be focused
Old Trafford, Manchester
Many of the retailers, from the UK “It is also a tribute to London that
in the North
www.itshowcase.co.uk
and around the world, have chosen to West½ eld, a major US investor, has
West, Interactive
The Retail Business Show
open ¾ agship ‘concept’ stores in the demonstrated such con½ dence in our
Marketing
2009 centre. See Retail Technology page 10 city by investing millions in not one
will cater for
for Debenhams’ touchscreen kiosks but two major retail developments on
individuals and
28th – 29th January 2008
businesses
National Hall, Olympia, London
trial in its ¾ agship store. each side of town.”
interested in
www.retailevents.co.uk
CBS Outdoor is handling the West½ eld Group has also begun
content, email,
Call Centre World 2009
estimated £60-million internal construction on another mall of similar
af½ liate, mobile
16th – 19th February 2008
advertising contract for the business. scale and quality in the east of London
and e-commerce.
It signed a seven-year contract this at Stratford, adjacent to the site of the
Speakers will
Estrel Convention Centre, Berlin
include BBC, Co-
www.callcenterworld.de/en summer to manage advertising on 2012 Olympics. West½ eld Stratford is
operative Group
110 57-inch LCD screens and 3 large scheduled to open in mid 2011.
and Otto.
RETAIL TECHNOLOGY NOVEMBER 2008
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