OCTOBER DIGEST. Fast Facts

• The long-awaited opening in the Sun Gallery shopping mall — the new spacious Sinsay is already presented in the shopping gallery of the complex. 

In the Prospekt shopping mall, a store of the Ukrainian brand of women's clothing LESIA, the D&P Perfumum corner, and the Kiko Milano store were opened. The Laser Express laser epilation studio is already operating in the RayON shopping mall. 

• On October 19, Prospekt shopping mall in honor of its 10th anniversary united Kyiv residents at a charity concert in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A new record of Ukraine, the most emotional concert with performances by star Ukrainian artists YAKTAK and Ivan Navi, an autograph session, a charity auction, a children's location with legendary games from Hasbro and UKRTOYS JSC, a drawing of 10 special gifts and much more — the event for the 10th anniversary of Prospekt shopping mall was really unique and significant both for Arricano and tenants, and for visitors.

As a result there was the highest attendance rate of the shopping mall since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, which influenced the increase in the maintenance of tenants and loyalty to the brand of Prospekt shopping mall and all partners involved in the organization of the event.

• The Arricano group of companies in Ukraine, together with project companies, supports the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a monthly basis, so in October, the Sun Gallery shopping mall transferred to the Charitable Foundation "Pokolinnia Maibutnoho" 2 innovative complexes — vehicle EWs to protect them from FPVs and launch systems to meet the needs of the Ukrainian military.

 CITY MALL responded to the request of the Charitable Foundation "Skarbnytsia Nadii" and purchased 7 powerful batteries for drones, as well as transferred funds to the Charitable Foundation "Nadiini" for the purchase of a two-axis carriage.

 Prospekt shopping mall with the help of the NGO "Zghraia UA" purchased critically needed tactical medicine to meet the needs of fighters in Donetska, Kharkivska, Khersonska and Sumska regions.

• For the second year in a row, Arricano received the Star Publisher award from the European Business Association for proactive coverage of the activities of a leading developer of shopping malls in Ukraine.

• Inna Morozova, Marketing Director at Arricano, joined the development of the educational project "School of Social and Political Leadership. Integrity Policy", organized by Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and spoke about the features of working in a leading development company to promote leadership potential among students of the University.

• Arricano traditionally initiated the writing of the Radio Dictation of National Unity in its shopping malls in three cities of Ukraine. The project was joined by teachers and students of Mariupol State University, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic and visitors of the Prospekt shopping mall, the CITY MALL shopping mall, the Sun Gallery shopping mall. The participants who best wrote the radio dictation received branded gifts from the shopping mall.

• Inna Morozova, Marketing Director of Arricano, took part in the expert panel discussion "Adaptive marketing: how to find an approach to a sensitive consumer" at the large-scale final event of the year in the field of Ukrainian retail — the VIII RETAIL EXPO 2024 Congress, held on October 30-31, and shared Arricano's experience.

• The director of the CITY MALL, Vardui Batrakova, took part in the meeting of the Council of Entrepreneurs of the Zaporizka region, where the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the conditions of war were discussed. The event became a platform for dialogue between business and government in order to jointly resolve urgent issues.