Home News Missions URW Link The Mixer Contact News Newsletter Receive each month the latest news on innovation by URW Lab and URW Link. June 17, 2020 #urwlab Urban farming: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield envisioning ambitious projects Urban farming is emerging as a solution to sustainability issues and space constraint in dense urban areas. For a few years now, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has been launching urban farming projects and scaled them up in different assets. How is the urban farming market evolving and what are the opportunities for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield? How can the Group go further and imagine even more ambitious projects in the future? June 10, 2020 #urwlab Innovation Awards 2020: rewarding Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s teams for their boldness and creativity This year, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield decided to highlight innovation-related projects led by teams from all regions with the first edition of the Innovation Awards. The 2020 Innovation Awards aimed at rewarding last year’s top innovation projects. This groupwide initiative involved participants from all regions, ie. the U.S., the U.K., Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.s 2020 visaient à récompenser les meilleurs projets d'innovation de l'année passée. Cette initiative à l'échelle du Groupe a impliqué des participants de toutes les régions, les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, l'Autriche, la République tchèque, la France, l'Allemagne, la Pologne, la Slovaquie, l'Espagne et la Suède. June 4, 2020 #urwlab Science Factor: a competition involving middle school and high school students in the transformation of shopping centres For the first time in 2019-2020, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has been partner of the national competition Science Factor for its 8th edition. Its goal? To involve young people – high school and middle school students – in creative and innovative projects to reinvent the shopping centres of tomorrow. April 14, 2020 #urwlab Connected retail: a strategic partnership with Zalando in Germany Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany enters into strategic cooperation with Zalando – and offers stationary retailers the chance to connect to the omnichannel platform with immediate effect in order to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. April 9, 2020 #urwlab COVID-19: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield takes action In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has spontaneously engaged across the world in a great number of activities to support the communities in which it operates. We have decided to dedicate our resources, assets and connections to serve the communities in the most efficient and helpful ways during these unique times. March 11, 2020 #urwlab Retail trends: a new decade of experience retail dawns across Europe On January 14, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield unveiled ‘Westfield How We Shop: The Next Decade’, its biggest retail trends report to date, which predicts 2025 will be the experience tipping point in retail, when more than half of retail space in stores will be dedicated to providing experiences. March 3, 2020 #urwlab Verishop: bringing incubated digital brands to shopping destinations in the US As a reflection of the changing nature of the retail industry and the consumer shopping experience, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield aims to be the first point of contact for digital-only brands that wish to engage with consumers through one-of-a-kind in-store experiences. The Group offers the brands of tomorrow the best platform to scale their businesses across the US and Europe through flexible spaces and dynamic retail experiences. February 27, 2020 #urwlab #BetterPlaces: digital donation terminals for charities, installing « walls for good » in European shopping centres After hosting first digital donation terminals in Westfield London in 2019, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is currently expanding the implementation of donation walls in its European shopping centres in Germany, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. An innovative way of leveraging usable spaces to create positive impact in favour of charities.After hosting first digital donation terminals in Westfield London in 2019, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is currently expanding the implementation of donation walls in its European shopping centres in Germany, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. An innovative way of leveraging usable spaces to create positive impact in favour of charities. February 14, 2020 #urwlab Too Good To Go: further deployment of the app in 7 new European countries Spurred by the successful deployment of Too Good To Go in 19 French shopping centres and more than 126,000 meals saved in 2019, the Group decided to roll out the solution gradually in 7 other European countries in 2020, with the ambitious goal of saving 220,000 meals this year! February 10, 2020 #urwlab #START-UP: testing home delivery service Stuart at Westfield Forum Des Halles Since January 8th, Stuart, the last mile delivery start-up, now a subsidiary of Groupe La Poste, has been partnering with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to test its service in Westfield Forum des Halles in order to offer visitors an enriched and more fluid shopping experience. February 6, 2020 #urwlab Gran Premio Retail: meet the winners of the first Spanish edition! Last week, the first edition of the Gran Premio Retail, the Spanish version of the Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, came to an end with its final ceremony rewarding three start-ups that will have the opportunity to open a store in one of the Group’s shopping centres in Spain: Fittest Freakest, Wai Wai and Button Watch. January 22, 2020 #urwlab #HACKATHON: a new edition on the retail of tomorrow with HEC Paris and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield This year, once again, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield organised and welcomed a second edition of the URW Hackathon with HEC students in the Entrepreneur and SASI Masters. The theme of this year’s hackathon: reinventing retail destinations attracting millions of consumers. December 20, 2019 #urwlab Digitally native brands find a home for the holidays with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield! A special selection of direct to consumer and digitally native vertical brands are moving from clicks to bricks this holiday season with the opening of “The Market at Westfield”, a curated mix of giftable, high calibre products; world-class entertainment; and an immersive environment—all embedded in a retail experience with digital touchpoints. December 11, 2019 #urwlab #START-UP : rolling out Troov in 16 French shopping centres by the end of the year! Troov, the start-up that helps visitors find their lost belongings, is being deployed throughout 16 of the French shopping centres of the Group after a successful POC at Westfield Les 4 Temps and CNIT. December 5, 2019 #urwlab URW x blisce/: exploring the future of retail together Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has been working for almost a year with blisce/ to review and invest in the most promising direct-to-consumer startups in media and retail, that change the way people consume. In partnership with blisce/, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield hosted a discussion to dive deeper into innovation in retail, how technology is changing consumption habits and the future of consumption, as well as purposeful leadership. November 22, 2019 #urwlab #URW Link: how we collaborate with Venture Capital funds Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, like other groups, is very involved in the development and support of start-ups, thanks to an ecosystem of Venture Capital (VC). How is this collaboration with VC funds organised within the Group? November 15, 2019 #urwlab Social innovation: Purple Tuesday in favour of disability inclusion This week, on November 12, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield took part in the Purple Tuesday initiative to reaffirm its commitment to promote accessibility and support the inclusion of disabled people in our shopping centres. October 31, 2019 #urwlab Carrousel du Louvre: Pyramid., the first concept store dedicated to young French brands is open! On October 15th, The Carrousel du Louvre opened a brand new pop-up store, Pyramid., that showcases French DNVBs. Pyramid., realised by Label Experience and operated by Digital Native Group, is the result of a rethinking on the actors and the formats for physical retail by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield teams that has proven to be a successful collaboration between start-ups and the Group. October 17, 2019 #urwlab #Entertainment: bringing the best of VR experiences to the visitors of our destinations! Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is accelerating on the topic of entertainment: on July 25, the Group and The VOID announced a partnership to bring over 25 permanent immersive virtual reality destinations to the Group’s shopping centres in the United States and in Europe. October 7, 2019 #urwlab #BETTER PLACES: testing Hoffmann Green’s low-carbon cement at Ateliers Gaîté This year, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is testing a new environmentally-friendly cement for the Ateliers Gaîté, created by the French company Hoffmann Green. This cement’s production will cut the carbon emissions by 7. September 27, 2019 #urwlab Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield: the winners of the 2019 edition This year, four bold innovative retail concepts, SmÄak Natural Food, CAVAL, la Fédération Française de l’Apéritif and Waekura, were rewarded during the annual Grand Finale ceremony of the Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. July 30, 2019 #urwlab #START-UP: The Keepers offers more comfort to visitors Thanks to the start-up The Keepers, visitors can leave their motorcycle helmets or mobile phones in safe lockers in 11 of the Group’s shopping centres to enjoy a more convenient and comfortable moment in our centres. July 16, 2019 #urwlab #URWLink : the start-up Phenix turns waste from Rosny 2 into value In April, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s collaboration with the anti-waste start-up Phenix – which was part of the third acceleration season at URW Link in 2017 – reached a new milestone: it is now responsible for the management and revaluation of the waste at the French shopping centre Rosny 2. June 25, 2019 #urwlink #URWLink: a winning collaboration with Too Good To Go Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield won “Most Efficient Collaboration” last Thursday at the 2019 Village Awards by CA, for its partnership with Too Good To Go, the app that fights food waste. June 20, 2019 #urwlab Our innovation strategy: we innovate today to create the urban places of tomorrow One year after the acquisition of Westfield and 7 years after the launch of URW Lab, we wanted to share a view into our innovation priorities through this video. Why, what and how? Let’s recap together in this article! June 11, 2019 #urwlab #vivatech2019 #popup #experientialshopping VivaTech 2019: relive all the highlights of these 3 days! This year, VivaTech was again the palce to be for innovation makers: with over 124,000 visitors, 13,000 start-ups and 3,300 investors present, prestigious speakers such as Jack Ma or Emmanuel Macron and renowned guests such as Usain Bolt, the event attracts more business actors and brings more opportunities every year. June 4, 2019 #urwlab #grandprixcommerce #futureofretail #GPCURW The Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield unveils its eight finalists Only eight concepts are left to compete in the 2019 Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which fosters innovation in retail. May 10, 2019 #URWLab #croixrouge #BetterPlaces #Vélizy2 #innovation Vélizy 2: collecting clothing items in an innovative popup by the French Red Cross In April, for 10 days, Vélizy 2 offered the French Red Cross a space where they could set up an innovative popup store to collect clothes in order to help people in need. At the end of this operation, the Red Cross had collected more than 6 tons of textile. April 30, 2019 #urwlab #innovation #vivatech #vivatechnology VivaTech 2019: come and discover Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s pop-up! VivaTech is the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders to celebrate innovation and technology., For the fourth consecutive year, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield will be there from May 16 to 18! April 5, 2019 #urwlab #diningexperience #velizy2 #omnichannelplatform #fooddelivery New Dining Experience at Vélizy 2: the first omnichannel platform for food delivery in a shopping centre in Europe On March 20th, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield opened a new chapter for the iconic shopping centre west of Paris, Vélizy 2, with the unveiling of its new Dining Experience, which includes the first omnichannel platform for food delivery in a shopping centre in Europe, a project led by URW Lab. March 26, 2019 #urwlab #cnit #quatretemps #POC #startup #innovation #Start-ups: TROOV, the digital solution to find your lost items at 4 Temps and CNIT shopping centres! Since January 18th, visitors of the 4 Temps and CNIT shopping centres who have lost an item while shopping have been able to use the application TROOV, a very innovative, totally digital, user-friendly and secure solution. March 19, 2019 #urwlab #grandprixcommerce #futureofretail #GPCURW The 13th edition of the Grand Prix Commerce Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is launched! The 13th edition of the Grand Prix Commerce* Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield started on March, 12th: retail entrepreneurs have until April 13th to apply! Last September, Freddy’s BBQ, Mersea, BMK Paris-Bamako and Les Raffineurs were the winners, who will win in 2019? March 8, 2019 #urwlab #innovation #icgp #internalprogram #urw #intrapreneurship Innovation Champions: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s ambitious internal program dedicated to innovation In 2015, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (then Unibail-Rodamco) initiated an international internal talent program dedicated to innovation: the Innovation Champion Graduate Program. Four years later, what are the results of this program? February 27, 2019 #urwlab #digital #poc #startup #digitalization #customerexperience #Digitalization: POCs with digital solutions all over Europe to improve customer experience Across all its European destinations, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has partnered with digital start-ups and solutions that contribute to enhancing customer experience and ensuring a seamless journey in the shopping centres. February 5, 2019 #urwlab #connect #application #betterplaces #scaleup Connect: successful scale-up of the app in URW shopping centres Connect is an application initially co-developed by the start-up Mallcomm and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for our shopping destinations to enable shopping centre teams, retailers and providers to interact and share information. Since the launch of a pilot in January 2017 in Barcelona, it has been scaled up rapidly to reach 56 shopping centres of the Group so far. January 29, 2019 #urwlab #hackathon #smartcities #betterplaces #URWHackathon: let’s look back on our Hackathon on smart cities! Ten days ago, the annual Hackathon organised by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield took place with HEC Paris and E-ArtSup students to develop projects on “smart cities” and “mixed-use projects”. January 18, 2019 #urwlab #mobility #services #innovation #vision #betterplaces2030 Mobility: our destinations as hubs for mobility services Welcoming over 1.2 billion visitors a year throughout our shopping destinations, transportation and accessibility are strategic topics for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. To meet ambitious targets such as reducing by 50% our carbon emissions by 2030, URW Lab, the Group’s innovation centre, aims at identifying new mobility solutions and services with smarter and greener alternatives. December 21, 2018 #urwlab #urwlink #startupcollaboration #POC #innovation URW Link: how is the start-ups / corporates relationship going? Following the third edition of the event "David avec Goliath" organized by RAISE and Bain & Company, let’s have a look at how URW Link collaborates with start-ups. December 14, 2018 #urwlab #soouest #urbanfarming #environment #urbanecology Urban farming: six months after opening at So Ouest In June 2018, the urban farm “Farmhouse” opened on the roof of the shopping centre So Ouest, in Levallois-Perret. Behind this project: the start-up Sous Les Fraises, in partnership with URW Link, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s open innovation platform. Discover this green and innovative initiative! November 21, 2018 #urwlab #skola #URforJobs #employment #innovativetraining #euralille #polygoneriviera SKOLA: innovative sales training program tested in 2 centres In September and October, two innovative training programs were launched in Polygone Riviera and in Euralille. The SKOLA program is part of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s “UR for Jobs” program. Led in partnership with Apprentis d’Auteuil and other private and public actors, SKOLA has offered a 2-month sales training to 32 young unemployed people. November 9, 2018 #urwlab #urwlink #visibilishop #deployment #shoppingcentres #customerexperience #customerreviews URW Link: Visibilishop, two years later Visibilishop, the startup that aggregates customer reviews given to restaurants and retailers on the Internet, and URW Link have continued their collaboration with the launch of the solution in all French shopping centres in June 2018. October 26, 2018 #urwlab #urwlink #toogoodtogo #foodwaste #deployment #shoppingcentres URW Link: full deployment of Too Good To Go in France URW Link, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s open innovation platform, is delighted to announce the deployment of Too Good To Go solution in France after a successful POC of 4 months October 19, 2018 #urlab #urwlab #urlink #urwlink #openinnovation #poc #circulareconomy #csr #betterplaces #mutum #quatretemps URW Link: integrating sharing economy in our malls with Mutum Since October 1st, Mutum, a platform of cost-free borrowing & lending of objects, and URW Link have joined forces to implement a new service in Les Quatre Temps shopping centre. August 2, 2018 #urlab #personal shopper #neatyy #personalized shopping #fashionexperts #bloggers #parly2 #shopping #stylist #rosny2 #conseilsmode Personal shopping 2.0: UR Link partners with Neatyy Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has partnered with the startup Neatyy to offer customers of Parly 2 and Rosny 2 the opportunity to book Personal Shoppers from a wide range of fashion experts available, for all needs, budget and style. June 15, 2018 #urlab #startup #urlink #circulareconomy Fighting food wastage with Too Good To Go UR Link and Too Good to Go, the app fighting food wastage, partner together to save food from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s shopping centres. June 11, 2018 #urlab #VivaTech #startups #openinnovation VivaTech 2018: Spreading Unibail-Rodamco’s innovation spirit Relive the highlights of Unibail-Rodamco's presence at VivaTech! May 15, 2018 #urlab #openinnovation #startups #vivatech Meet UR Lab at VivaTech 2018 On 24, 25 and 26th May, Viva Technology will be back in Paris and Unibail-Rodamco, through its lab for innovation UR Lab, will be present one more time. April 26, 2018 #urlink #mobility #carsharing #openinnovation UR Link encourages carpooling with BlaBlaLines For the first time in Europe, a shopping centre operator, Unibail-Rodamco, Europe's leading listed commercial property company, partners with BlaBlaLines, the short-distance car sharing app of BlaBlaCar, for its visitors’ shopping trips. April 24, 2018 #urlab #innovationchampions #innovation #future Unibail-Rodamco’s Innovation Champions in Berlin During two days, on 5-6 April 2018, Unibail-Rodamco's Innovation Champions discovered Berlin start-up and innovation ecosystem. March 23, 2018 #urlab #pokémongo #technology #innovation #destination #shoppingcentres #augmentedreality #gamification With Pokémon GO, Unibail-Rodamco reimagines entertainment in its centres Unibail-Rodamco partnered with Niantic to offer Pokémon fans an innovative experience around Pokémon GO within its centres. February 23, 2018 #urlab #urlink #dressinthecity #retail #circulareconomy 2 Years After: Dress in the City’s Success Story Dress in the City, an UR Link Season 1 start-up, expands to new centres in French regions, pleasing more customers thanks to a circular consumption model. February 19, 2018 #urlab #parisandco #circulareconomy Paris&Co’s call for project on Circular Economy starts today! A new gateway to enter the UR Link program! Unibail-Rodamco, five other corporations (Citeo, E.Leclerc, GRDF, La Poste Group, Veolia) and Paris & Co invite startups to integrate the new Circular Economy 2018 promotion February 7, 2018 #urlab #CSR #circulareconomy #urlink Unibail-Rodamco and Paris&Co announce partnership Unibail-Rodamco joins forces with Paris&Co to support innovation and collaboration with start-ups on circular economy topics February 1, 2018 #urlab #CSR #circulareconomy #urlink UR Link Insight #1: Meet Unibail-Rodamco’s Head of CSR Better Places 2030: Corporate Social Responsibility at the heart of Unibail-Rodamco’s strategy December 18, 2017 #urlink #merito UR Link x Merito Success Story After a 4-month POC, Unibail-Rodamco has made the decision to deploy Merito, a UR Link Season 2 startup, in all its Île-de-France centres. December 12, 2017 #urlab #urlink #URLink: End of Season 3 The third season of UR Link, the startup accelerator of Unibail-Rodamco, has come to an end. Review of the main achievements during this 4-month programme. November 17, 2017 #urlab #urlink #jam #shoppingexperience #CHATBOT: Live New Shopping Experiences With Jam Jam, a chatbot accelerated during UR Link Season 3, implemented its POC (Proof of Concept) at the Forum des Halles to create new shopping experiences. November 14, 2017 #urlink #openinnovation UR Link Gaining Momentum as a Leader in Open Innovation After 3 seasons, UR Link was rewarded by renowned institutions in the startup ecosystem, a proof of the success of UR’s Open Innovation strategy. October 17, 2017 #urlab #urlink #CSR: Meet UR Link startup PHENIX Learn more about the UR Link POC of PHENIX, a startup fighting against food waste by gathering waste from major retailers. September 13, 2017 #urlab #urlink #TWINPOWER: Pump Up the Jam! Meet Marjolaine Grondin, CEO @ Jam, the chatbot dedicated to millennials & accelerated at UR Link, and her UR mentor, Caroline Auvieux. June 30, 2017 #urlab #urlinkgermany ArtNight Gets Retail-Savvy with Unibail-Rodamco! ArtNight, a UR Link Germany Season 1 startup, organises creative and artistic events in Unibail-Rodamco shopping centres. Meet its founder, David. June 30, 2017 #urlab #mixer Demo-Day D-Start in the Mixer The Mixer received the student entrepreneurs from the Paris-Dauphine University accompanied by the D-Start programme for their Demo-Day. June 30, 2017 #urlab #urlink ArtNight Gets Retail-Savvy with Unibail-Rodamco! ArtNight, a UR Link Germany Season 1 startup, organises creative and artistic events in Unibail-Rodamco shopping centres. Meet its founder, David. June 30, 2017 #urlab #vivatech2017 #csr #VIVATECH2017 : Shopping Centres at the Heart of Cities At the Vivatech 2017 forum, Ludovic Flandin explained how Unibail-Rodamco sees the future of shopping centres: a platform at the heart of urban life. June 23, 2017 #urlab #urlinkgermany #greencitysolutions Purifying Indoor Air in Malls with Green City Solutions Meet Green City Solutions, one of the startups currently accelerated for UR Link Germany Season 1, and its City Tree concept which improves air quality. June 23, 2017 #urlab #csr #betterplaces2030 #urbanfarming 7Garden Opens on the Roof of Unibail-Rodamco’s HQs Sous les Fraises and Unibail-Rodamco just opened the 7Garden, an innovative urban farm on the roof of the Group’s HQs in Paris. June 9, 2017 #urlab #urlink UR Link Season 3: the 5 Selected Startups Unibail-Rodamco just revealed the 5 startups the Group will work with during the 3rd season of the UR Link startup accelerator to build the future of retail. May 27, 2017 #urlab #shoppingexperience Shopping Experience: What the Past Teaches Us The Past of Retail has a lot to teach us about how we can improve the Shopping Experience in today’s malls and build better places for tomorrow. May 26, 2017 #urlab #urlink UR Link Season 3 – Top 10 Finalists Meet the 10 finalists of UR Link Season 3. The applicants are running for one of the 5 slots of Unibail-Rodamco’s acceleration programme. May 10, 2017 #urlab #betterplaces2030 #csr Unibail-Rodamco: Revolutionising Malls French TV Channel BFM Business aired an interview of Ludovic Flandin on Unibail-Rodamco’s open innovation strategy and the future of shopping centres. April 28, 2017 #urlab #csr #betterplaces2030 #openinnovation #ICSCEurope: Creating Better Places for Tomorrow Ludovic Flandin was invited to speak about Unibail-Rodamco’s Open Innovation strategy at the ICSC European Conference in Warsaw. April 28, 2017 #urlab #greatprize #gpjcc 11th Grand Prize for the Young Retail Entrepreneurs The 11th edition of the Grand Prize for the Young Retail Entrepreneurs is about to start and will aim at putting the spotlights on innovative retail concepts. April 14, 2017 #urlab #realestatetech Real Estate Tech: Disrupting the Property Sector Real Estate Tech startups are disrupting the property sector, and a growing community of tech solutions are beginning to modernise it in France and abroad. April 14, 2017 #urlab #urlink UR Link on TéléMatin (France 2) French TV Channel France 2 aired a report on UR Link business accelerator on ‘TéléMatin’, presenting the open innovation programme of Unibail-Rodamco. April 7, 2017 #urlab #urlink #season3 UR Link – Launch of Season 3 Applications for the 3rd season of UR Link startup accelerator are open until April 30th. 5 startups will be selected for the programme organised by Unibail-Rodamco. April 6, 2017 #urlab #urlink #openinnovation #germany Launch of UR Link Germany Season 1 Unibail-Rodamco launches its business accelerator programme UR Link in Germany to accompany 3 startups inventing tomorrow’s shopping centres. March 31, 2017 #urlab Real Estate Groups: 8 Labs to Watch Unibail-Rodamco was a pioneer in terms of innovation. Today, other real estate companies followed the lead: here is an overview of the initiatives of their labs. March 27, 2017 #urlab #mixer #coworking Renting a Desk in the Mixer Unibail-Rodamco makes desks and meeting rooms available for rent in its coworking space, the Mixer, via the Bureaux à Partager website. March 24, 2017 #urlab #decarbonizeeurope #betterplaces2030 #csr UR signed the “Manifesto to decarbonize Europe” Unibail-Rodamco signed the “Manifesto to decarbonize Europe” alongside 80 other CEOs and confirms its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint. March 24, 2017 #urlab #urforjobs #csr #betterplaces2030 UR for Jobs: Addressing Youth Unemployment Unibail-Rodamco committed to help young people find jobs in its shopping centres or skills training by implementing the UR for Jobs programme, aiming at addressing the youth unemployment issue in Europe. March 24, 2017 #urlab #pioneer The UR Lab Strategy by Unibail-Rodamco Unibail-Rodamco was the first large real estate company to build an innovation lab: UR Lab. Overview of the group’s innovation strategy. March 24, 2017 #urlab #urlink #season2 UR Link: End of Season 2 The second season of UR Link, the startup accelerator of Unibail-Rodamco, has come to an end. Review of the main achievements during this 4-month programme. March 21, 2017 #urlab #robot #mixer #engie The Mixer to Host the Diya One Robot In partnership with Engie, Unibail-Rodamco will host the Diya One robot for 5 months in the Mixer, in its Parisian headquarters. March 10, 2017 #urlab #tediber Tediber: Mattresses are Taking the Web by Storm Tediber, first French online brand of mattresses, laureate of the 2016 Grand Prize for Young Retail Entrepreneurs, is to feature its products in UR malls. March 3, 2017 #urlab #csr #betterplaces2030 Unibail-Rodamco: “Objective 100 Hectares” Unibail-Rodamco joins the “Objective 100 Hectares” charter along with the City of Paris and will contribute to develop urban farming and plant-covered buildings in Paris. March 3, 2017 #urlab #transactionconnect #urlink Meet UR Link startup Transaction Connect Meet Didier Gasté, CEO and Founder of Transaction Connect, the multi-brand loyalty programme for shopping centres which converts debit cards into loyalty cards. March 3, 2017 #urlab #democles #unibailrodamco #csr Unibail-Rodamco to Engage in DEMOCLES Unibail-Rodamco announced its commitment in the Democles project to enhance its demolition waste management and recycling, as part of a circular economy strategy. February 24, 2017 #urlab #kairosfire #kairos #urlink Kairos Fire: Advanced Location Tech for Retailers Meet Guillaume Tassetto, CEO and Founder of Kairos Fire, a UR Link-accelerated startup, using beacon technology to provide useful insights to retailers and shopping centres. February 24, 2017 #urlab #unibailrodamco #centro #shoppingexperience #futureofretail CentrO Mall in Düsseldorf: Shopping Experience 2.0 Unibail-Rodamco has just inaugurated an outstanding digital installation at CentrO, Düsseldorf, offering an immersive experience to guests and a promotion and creation space for brands. February 20, 2017 #urlab #futureofretail #urlink 5 Major Challenges Shaping the Future of Retail Focus on the 5 major challenges faced by retail and shaping the future of shopping and of shopping centres. February 17, 2017 #urlab #workspaces #csr #betterplaces2030 Workspaces for Tomorrow by Unibail-Rodamco Unibail-Rodamco set about rethinking the workspace of tomorrow, adapting it to agile and innovative enterprises by introducing more flexibility, connectivity and ecology. February 17, 2017 #urlab #csr #betterplaces2030 Mango & Unibail-Rodamco to engage on LEDs As part of Unibail-Rodamco’s CSR strategy Better Places 2030, the group signed an agreement with Mango to reduce the carbon footprint of shopping centres by implementing LEDs. February 13, 2017 #urlab #urlink UR Link looks to European development In 2017, Unibail-Rodamco plans to develop UR Link, its startup accelerator, in other european countries. February 13, 2017 #urlab #sizemachine The Size-Machine in Unibail Centres During Winter Sales, some of Unibail’s shopping centres offer guests to calculate their body measurements with a cutting-edge service: the Size Machine. February 13, 2017 #urlab #dressinthecity #urlink Dress in the City, soon in Unibail’s Shopping Centres Accelerated at UR Link, the startup Dress in the City is scaling its service in some of the group’s shopping centres. February 10, 2017 #urlab #spoon #urlink #ROBOT: Introducing Spoon Meet Spoon, the UR Link-accelerated robot with a personality and emotions, in one of Unibail-Rodamco’s shopping centres. February 10, 2017 #urlab #openinnovation Open Innovation: Unibail-Rodamco’s learnings Unibail-Rodamco’s open innovation strategy is starting to pay-off after the group learned from its past mistakes and developed innovative programmes. February 10, 2017 #urlab #openinnovation An Investigation on Corporate Innovation Hubs Open Innovation has taken a centrage stage in large groups. How to stay ahead of the curve? February 3, 2017 #urlab #mixer #startups #futureofretail Startups are key to Unibail-Rodamco’s innovation Unibail-Rodamco is innovating at pace as the group collaborates more closely with startups to build tomorrow’s shopping centres. February 3, 2017 #urlab #csr #betterplaces2030 Ludovic Flandin appointed as Managing Director CSR Unibail-Rodamco appointed Ludovic Flandin as Managing Director CSR and URLab. He will lead the implementation of “Better Places 2030”, the group’s new CSR strategy. February 1, 2017 #urlink #hr #merito Meet UR Link startup Merito Merito is a matching platform between shops managers and salesmen looking for a job opportunity. UR-Link, Unibail-Rodamco’s corporate accelerator accompanies this young company. December 20, 2016 #sports #incubator Tremplin – Call for applications for sports entrepreneurs Applications for our partner Tremplin, incubator for sports entrepreneur December 6, 2016 #urlab #CSR #innovation Paris 1st Navigating Gym Carlo Ratti & UR Lab present the first workout-powered gym boat in Paris November 8, 2016 #urlink #startups #merito #transactionconnect #souslesfraises #karos #kairosfire #spoon Launch of UR Link Season 2 Unibail-Rodamco launches the second season of its startup accelerator UR Link. November 2, 2016 #urlink #startup #villeneuve2 #popupstore My Box Corner @Villeneuve2 Shopping Centre My Pop Corner, a startup from UR Link Season 1, just opened its first “Box Corner” in Villeneuve 2 shopping center, in the North of France. October 26, 2016 #urlab #fashion #FutureOfRetail Vogue Fashion Festival 2016 The Vogue Fashion Festival will take place on November 4th and 5th at Potocki Palace in Paris. It is aimed at professionals working in the fashion industry and fashion aficionados alike. October 16, 2016 #urlink #season2 #startups UR Link Season 2 – 10 startups through finals Near 130 applications. 32 preselected startups. 20 hours of pitches and intense debates. I present the semifinals of UR Link Season 2 which took place during 2 days at the Mixer, the new innovation center located at headquarters. Let's discover the 10 startups which got through to the final. September 28, 2016 #The_Mixer #OpenInnovation #Collaborative_Spaces #Welcome The Mixer Opening 900sqm for innovation, The Mixer will mix internal teams of Digital Marketing and UR Lab with UR Link startups and Unibail Rodamco partners. It will also provide employees of the company in mobility the opportunity to have an office space, and give access to all to new creative and collaborative workspaces. September 24, 2016 #Retail #Innovation #Shopping_Center #GPJC New Retailers Price Rewards Each year, Unibail-Rodamco rewards the most innovative retail brands. An initiative which celebrated its 10th edition with a selection of three concepts: Lunettes pour Tous, Tediber and Déclics & des Trucs that were rewarded on September 22th. September 15, 2016 #Startups #Retail #SecondHand #Sustainability Meet Dress in the City After a 4-month acceleration with UR Link, Dress in the City hosts its 3rd second-hand sales event at the mall Les 4 Temps from September 29th to October 5th. September 2, 2016 #UR Link #Startups #Retail #OpenInnovation UR Link – Launch of Season 2 After the success of the first season, Unibail-Rodamco and NUMA launch the second season of UR Link, the accelerator dedicated to the transformation of shopping centers. On the agenda: how to make shopping centers more sustainable and alive? Startups have until September 24 to apply for this second edition. About URW Lab is Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s innovation platform. Launched in 2012, URW Lab organizes and accelerates innovation within the Group and ensures that promising ideas receive the dedicated resources they deserve. Featured on urwlab.com Urban farming: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield envisioning ambitious projects June 17, 2020 Innovation Awards 2020: rewarding Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s teams for their boldness and creativity June 10, 2020 Science Factor: a competition involving middle school and high school students in the transformation of shopping centres June 4, 2020 Connected retail: a strategic partnership with Zalando in Germany April 14, 2020 Search Search 7 Place du Chancelier Adenauer, 75016 Paris contact.urwlab@urw.com contact.urwlink@urw.com Privacy policyLegal © 2018 All rights reserved.