Ikano Centres continues with growth plans to its meeting place offers in Malaysia and Thailand

• Published date: 17 December 2021
• Publication title: Xinhua Finance Agency

Its shopping centres are spearheading futureproofing strategies driven by an omnichannel approach and strategic commercial developments/KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -Media OutReach- 17 December 2021 -Ikano Centres, part of Ikano Retail, continues to accelerate its omnichannel approach to retail amid a year marred by Covid-19 closures for its shopping centre business. As shoppers begin to return to physical visits, a key priority remains enhancing its IKEA-anchored destinations to adapt to evolving consumer expectations.

normalMyGround at MyTOWN Shopping Centre, Decathlon at MyTOWN Shopping Centre, Soulmates at Toppen Shopping Centre, Development of Shopping Centre Multi-Storey Carpark with the lifestyle RoofTopp and McDonalds at Ikano Centres Batu Kawan (Image credit- Penang Holiao)/h6 With five meeting places under its portfolio IPC, MyTOWN, Toppen, and Batu Kawan in Malaysia, as well as Megabangna in Thailand, Ikano Centres have maintained a healthy lease rate of 92% at its shopping centres throughout the past 18 months. During this time, the group introduced enhancements to address safety, improve customer experience, pilot digital partnerships, and create innovative shopping platforms for customers to connect, engage, and learn.

"We are optimistic about our recovery as we see more visitors returning to our centres," said Adrian Mirea, Ikano Centres' Shopping Centre and Mixed-Used Director. "To strengthen the shopping experience across our centres, we continue to sustainably invest in both physical developments to our assets and also digital platforms to elevate the experience that shoppers have at our centres.

All this while ensuring that our centres continue to be...