SAD Marketing — Leading shopping centre studies in France & Europe

Identify. Value. Arbitrate. Secure. The Asset is Real Estate. Value is in the Data.

A tenant contesting their rent, a retailer hesitant to sign, an investor demanding hard proof: the answer is always certified territorial intelligence from SAD Marketing.

A broad coverage to address every concern of REITs, asset managers, investors and operators: anchor-tenant analysis, programming, potential and continuous monitoring.

Key challenges

Managing assets without data is a high-stakes gamble.

Each poorly evidenced decision can cost millions. Here are the traps our studies help you avoid.

Challenge

Rental value contested without commercially viable evidence

Our answer

Our certified field counts provide legally defensible evidence of footfall, directly usable in lease renewal negotiations.

Challenge

Growing vacancy with no clear leasing strategy

Our answer

Our retailer scoring matches your zone's profile to the implantation criteria of hundreds of national and international brands.

Challenge

Untracked competitive developments nearby

Our answer

Our ongoing territorial monitoring flags new commercial permits filed within a 30km radius of your asset.

Challenge

Declining attractiveness with no root cause identified

Our answer

Our full asset diagnostic (visitor profile, tenant mix, footfall benchmarks) identifies causes and prescribes a repositioning plan.

Our offer

A broad coverage, from diagnosis to ongoing monitoring

Four complementary services to address every concern of REITs, asset managers, investors and operators.

Customer insight

Customer / non-customer study

Fine-grained analysis of anchor footfall and secondary catchment. Profiling of actual visitors and identification of non-customers to win back.

Pre-project

Programming / sizing study

Optimal centre size, tenant mix, positioning and fit between the planned offer and the catchment expectations.

Commercial capacity

Potential study

Estimation of the zone's revenue potential, commercial capacity by unit type and arbitration between scenarios.

Ongoing monitoring

Continuous catchment monitoring

Real-time tracking of the catchment area, alerts on competitive moves and major demographic shifts.

Deliverables

What you get, concretely

Traffic Analysis

Certified traffic report

Timed pedestrian and vehicle counts by our field investigators, combined with anonymized mobile data, benchmarked against sector norms across France.

48h field + modelling
Catchment Area

Zone mapping & visitor profile

True isochrone delimitation (not generic), visitor sociodemographic profile, penetration rate, and geolocated direct and indirect competitors.

PDF report + SAD Interactive access
Retailer Advisory

Retailer attractiveness scoring

Matching between your zone's profile and location criteria of our national retailer database. Prioritized list for your leasing team.

TOP 20 priority retailers
"During our lease renewal negotiations, SAD Marketing's footfall analyses enabled us to legally justify our rental values against challenging tenants. We preserved 100% of our base rent."
AM
Asset Manager
Retail parks portfolio — Île-de-France

Questions about Commercial Real Estate

Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur nos solutions.

How do you demonstrate the traffic of a shopping center?

We combine physical field counts conducted by our field teams, aggregated mobile flow data, and our 45-year proprietary sectoral history. The result is a certifiable analysis, defensible against a tenant.

What type of retailers can you recommend for a retail park?

Our database includes the socio-demographic profile of more than 10,000 catchment areas in France and Europe. We match your zone's profile with the location criteria of hundreds of brands to identify the 'best fits'.

Do you also deal with struggling assets (vacancy > 20%)?

Yes, it's even our specialty. Our attractiveness diagnostics identify the root cause of vacancy and define a repositioning strategy (new target, restructuring, conversion).

How do you support asset arbitrage?

In the context of a sale, our reports serve as 'Vendor Due Diligence' on the commercial side. We objectify the future growth potential of the asset to secure the buyer and value the sale price.

Do you analyze rental reversion potential?

Yes. By comparing the actual performance of tenants (Turnover/sqm) to the averages of our sectoral database, we identify underperforming units and potential rent increases upon renewal.

What is the accuracy of your flow counts for shopping centers?

Our manual counts are certified with a margin of error of less than 3%. They often serve as a reference for calibrating automatic counting systems (optical sensors) that are sometimes faulty.

Do you use mobile geolocation data (GPS pings)?

Yes, we integrate anonymized mobile flow data to understand the real origin of visitors (residence areas) and their visiting behavior (frequency, duration of presence).

How do you help with the commercialization of vacant units?

We produce 'Unit Potential' sheets that present key figures for the catchment area, the profile of customers passing by, and missing activities in the merchandising mix.

Do you conduct merchandising mix audits?

Absolutely. We analyze the complementarity of your current retailers to detect 'gaps in the rack' and suggest activities that will maximize dwell time and spend.

What is your experience with healthcare real estate?

We support actors in the Silver Economy and healthcare to validate the implementation of medical hubs or senior residences by analyzing local care needs and age pyramids.

Want to understand your visitors' experience?

Once your asset is valued, leverage qualitative studies to grasp shopper motivations and improve your tenant mix strategy.

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