Last of the big spenders?

Money matters With the last of the major mall schemes planned before the recession emerging from the pipeline, development may not have shrunk to a trickle, but financial factors are affecting how it’s done. Annabel Dixon reports

Look to the east

Fund facts Germany is drawing major investment despite unimpressive growth figures, while the UK is again attracting US attention. But for the decade ahead, the best retail prospects are in Eastern and Central Europe, writes David Quinn