Who We Are.

The forum for retail-led mixed use real estate to meet, collaborate, learn, and champion excellence.

To inspire progressive thinking, champion innovation, and provide strategic insight that empowers the retail-led built environment to evolve, thrive, and positively impact the communities it serves.

2026 Statement

Dynamic Retail, Dynamic Places and Dynamic Thinking

After a decade marked by structural upheaval, pandemic disruption and an extended cost-of-living crisis, retail and leisure real estate enters 2026 with renewed confidence and sense of direction. The emerging message is unambiguous: retail has regained its credibility.

Whilst bifurcation is evident between best-in-class assets and secondary locations, the focus across the board in 2026 is on quality and relevance, in a more creative, experience-led and digitally driven era. The sector is expert at curating retail with leisure, F&B, wellness, culture and community and is now extending its place-making expertise into repurposed residential, social infrastructure and other blended-use schemes enabling urban resilience.

As last year’s Revo’s evidenced, successful destinations aren’t only defined as transactional, but by their ability to attract people’s time, attention and emotional engagement. AI is accelerating the transformation, reshaping how locations are understood, space is used and performance measured to serve owners’ and occupiers’ equal focus on footfall, media value and joint place-making strategies.

Against this backdrop, Revo’s own reset reflects the journey of the sector it represents. Through the toughest years, Revo has remained a constant in our sector, convening thought leadership, championing best practice, and representing the collective interests of its membership.  And now, having reenergised our operations with significant board appointments and a new operating model, Revo steps-up again as the representative body of a confident collaborative forward-looking sector defined by our theme for 2026, dynamic retail, dynamic places and dynamic thinking.

After nearly four decades, Revo continues to be a trusted forum connecting its established leaders with its next generation in shaping the future of our sector. No other collaborative network brings the same specialist knowledge and expertise across the retail and leisure property and placemaking community. 2026 will see Revo continue to shape the agenda, supporting members as they navigate change, harness data, embrace experience and support quality, relevant destinations fit for the future.

  • Member-only digital community platform & forum, RevoComms

  • Seminar/webinar topics and interviews with presentations, panel discussion and Q&A with full member participation and profiling across the community.

  • Recorded output from all events alongside blogs and members’ published content.

  • A re-energised industry awards recognising excellence across the many facets of the Revo community.

  • Access to the growing bank of research and resources published by Revo.

  • The opportunity to actively participate in our expert committees where industry best practice and knowledge is shared and our thought leadership activities are coordinated.

  • Key Sector conferences throughout the year.

  • Our famous Revo study tours at home and abroad.

  • A monthly newsletter that summarises events, committee activity, market trends and member profiles.

  • Continued collaboration with the Revo Educational Trust, National Shopping Centre Councils and Communities.

Thoughts from Our Community

“Throughout the last 30 years of my career, Revo has been an invaluable forum for networking and learning. The majority of contacts and friends I have in the industry I have met through Revo and the ongoing activity helps reinforce these valuable relationships. Revo has also been a great platform to allow me to promote our company and our ideas to a large and extremely relevant audience. The long history of conferences, dinners and socials are a string of fond memories, and the wide-ranging programme of activities continue to deliver value to me and my colleagues.”

Alan Anthony, Managing Director & Architect, Threesixty Architecture

 

“Revo plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of retail and leisure -led destinations where members share their experience, support the sector’s important initiatives, and collaborate with peers to help drive meaningful opportunities”

Kate Lea, Head of Shopping Centre Leasing, British Land

 

“The rapid evolution of the retail and leisure built environments in response to shifting consumer behaviours, capital flows, and placemaking priorities requires Revo’s sector dedication to be strengthening industry engagement, driving membership growth, and helping shape a commercially and socially resilient future for our urban spaces..”

Toby Ogilvie Smals, Director, Savills UK

 

“Being a Revo Hub member has been great for my career in commercial real estate. The access to industry events, tours, and networking activities has been brilliant. From insightful conferences and panel discussions to exclusive property tours, Revo Hub provides valuable knowledge and hands-on experiences. The networking opportunities have been invaluable, allowing me to forge meaningful connections with industry leaders. For any professional looking to stay ahead in the industry and unlock new opportunities, I highly recommend Revo Hub.”

Sabrina Stephens, Senior Account Manager, Be Wonder

A Broader Remit

We are now embracing all kinds of retail property and all kinds of stakeholders – everyone, in other words. This diversity makes us uniquely placed to champion real improvements and positive change for our sector.

Working Together

We intend to harness the collective experience, as well as the influence and resources of our network to challenge and shape our industry for the future. And we’ll be working in constant dialogue with the entire retail property community.

The Influencers

We are here to help shape the future of the retail property and placemaking industry. So we will be engaging with even more trade associations, councils and communities to raise awareness of Revo, our members and our industry both locally and nationally.

The Network

Our membership stretches across the entire retail, leisure, property and placemaking industry, with specialisms and experiences of all kinds. We aim to create more relevant and accessible business and career development opportunities and make sure the industry has the right people, with the right skills.

The Benchmark

Revo sets standards, recognises achievement and sparks ideas. The Revo Diploma provides retail place managers with the practical skillset and knowledge to manage and operate the retail and leisure assets that sit at the heart of our communities while The Revo's recognise, celebrate and honour the best in our sector and those driving innovation focused on the future of our industry.

The Thought Leaders

Revo intends to stay ahead of the curve, prepared for and embracing the future. Our committees are comprised of true experts in their fields who produce best practice, guidance, insight papers and more. Ensuring Revo as the place to come for authoritative commentary.

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It’s time to move onwards and upwards

Our industry is shifting and evolving. We’re always changing too, so that we can better represent our community and membership base, and drive the industry forward.

Making what’s good even better

Rest assured that our founding principles and commitment will remain the same. We will continue to build on all the great things we’ve achieved over the past 30-plus years.