BA, Montevideo Among Top 10 Latin American Hotspots
MasterCard released their annual Global Destination Cities Index today, and both Buenos Aires and Montevideo rank among the Top 10 Destination Cities in Latin America. The third annual ranking and...
View ArticleUruguay The #1 Market For Argentina Franchise Expansion
When the most popular Argentine franchises are ready to export their business model, they don’t have to look much further than across the River Plate. According to a report shared at the 2013...
View ArticleBuenos Aires Retail Vacancies Rising On Popular Streets
A growing number of retail outlets have closed their doors in the City of Buenos Aires this year due to higher rents and lower margins, according to a new report from the Buenos Aires Federation of...
View ArticleBorder Shopping: Argentina, Chile Lure Bargain-Seekers Next Door
Favorable exchange rates and the prospect of snatching up cheaper everything from laptops and lingerie to tablets and toys are prompting hundreds of thousands of Argentines and Uruguayans to make a run...
View ArticleNuevocentro Shopping Montevideo Now Open
A new shopping center opened its doors this morning in a busy section of Montevideo, and shopaholics had filled the three-story complex by midday. The Nuevocentro Shopping Montevideo is a...
View ArticleDistrito Acros Premium Outlet Opens Next Month In Palermo
Exactly two years after it was officially announced, construction of Buenos Aires’ newest shopping center is back on track and scheduled to open next month in Palermo. Distrito Arcos is a US$60 million...
View ArticleNew Palermo Shopping Center Remains In Retail Holding Pattern
The grand opening of the Distrito Arcos Shopping Center never happened as originally planned in December, and the fate of Buenos Aires’ first open air retail development remains uncertain, according to...
View ArticleNew Palermo Premium Outlet One Step Closer To Overdue Opening
A high-profile commercial real estate development in Palermo just moved one step closer to clearing an environmental hurdle which has postponed the project’s grand opening since last December. The City...
View ArticleRetailers & Hotel Chains Rushing To “The Saudi Arabia Of Patagonia”
Carrefour, Coto, Jumbo, La Anonima and Walmart. Only one city in Argentina is home to all five major supermarket chains, and it’s not Buenos Aires, Cordoba or even Rosario. It’s the Patagonia capital...
View ArticleExpress Boom Rapidly Changing Buenos Aires Supermarket Landscape
Hundreds of Asian-owned Buenos Aires supermarkets are closing now that multinational giants like Carrefour and Walmart are blanketing BA barrios with their own “express” markets. “Around 400 super...
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