CBRE has released its Retail Hotspots in Asia Pacific 2014 infographic, detailing where retailer activity is occurring in the APAC region. Favorable macro factors such as urbanization and the expanding middle class continued to support new retailer expansion across Asia Pacific in 2014. The number of new entrants rose to 464, an increase of 23% y-o-y. Tokyo saw the most new retailer entrants in 2014, with underpenetrated markets in Australia such as Melbourne and Sydney also recording growing interest from international retailers. For more information on CBRE's reports, please visit here: http://ow.ly/KRvnL.

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11
TOKYO SINGAPORE
2
58ENTRIES
2
KUALA
LUMPUR
=8
44
HONGKONG BEIJING
5
34ENTRIES
5
SHANGHAI
7
SHENZHEN
11
MELBOURNE
12
SYDNEY
13
MUMBAI
=14
MANILA
6
=8
BANGKOK NEW
DELHI
=8
TAIPEI
3
49ENTRIES
3
BRISBANE
=14
63ENTRIES 58ENTRIES 19ENTRIES45ENTRIES 34ENTRIES 20ENTRIES 14ENTRIES 13ENTRIES 12ENTRIES 11ENTRIES24ENTRIES 19ENTRIES 19ENTRIES49ENTRIES 11ENTRIES63ENTRIES 58ENTRIES 19ENTRIES45ENTRIES 34ENTRIES 20ENTRIES 14ENTRIES 13ENTRIES 12ENTRIES 11ENTRIES24ENTRIES 19ENTRIES 19ENTRIES49ENTRIES 11ENTRIES
2014
464Entries
2013
378 Entries
Luxury and Business
22.6%
Homeware and
Department
Stores
6.3%
Value and
Denim
6.3%
Other
11.0%
Consumer
Electronics
0.6%
Supermarket
0.2%
Coffee and
Restaurants
22.4%
Mid Range
Fashion
15.7%
Specialist
Clothing
14.9%
UNITED
STATES
24%
RANK#
1
2014 24%
UNITED
STATES
11%
ITALY
11%
UNITED
KINGDOM
10.5%
FRANCE
6.9%
JAPAN
RETAIL HOTSPOTS IN ASIA PACIFIC 2014
RETAILERS’
COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN
MOST ACTIVE
RETAIL SECTOR
F&B displayed the strongest growth.
TOP TARGET MARKETS
Gateway cities in Asia continued to be the main
focus whilst Australia saw an increase in activity.
CROSS-BORDER
RETAIL ACTIVITY