Mathias Sander
Keynote speaker and retail expert
Every place has strengths and potential – Mathias Sander is convinced of this. As an expert in retail and real estate, he develops creative strategies and impulses for the future of cities.
Topics
Sales and acquisition in retail, repositioning of shopping centers, real estate industry
Profile
Urban design is (essentially) placemaking – as a joint task. For Mathias Sander, this means that the city is the skill and, above all, the responsibility of everyone involved. Cities and municipalities, owners, operators and users have a duty to get the best out of every place.
With this approach, Mathias Sander has been advising and supporting cities and companies as a freelance consultant since 2022. Prior to that, he was Director Leasing Strategy at dan pearlman and Director Center Marketing and Head of Mall Marketing at the ECE Group.
His specialty: Mathias Sander uses analytical precision and apt humour to show where and how cities and companies can reposition themselves in the face of structural change. The expert identifies trends and future potential – and translates these into strategies and measures. Mathias Sander shares his knowledge and inspiration as a speaker, moderator and expert in keynote speeches, specialist articles and interviews.
Links and information
Mathias Sander as speaker and moderator
More about Mathias Sander
Experience
- since 2022: freelance consultant for marketing and retail, including for dan pearlman and the Stadtmanufaktur
- 2018 to 2021: dan pearlman brand architecture, Director Leasing Strategy in Berlin
- 1995 to 2017: ECE Projektmanagement, Hamburg, including as Director Center Marketing and Head of Mall Marketing
- 1991 to 1994: Studied business administration
References
- Living with the demise of department stores: opportunities and scope for proactive city administrations
- Staging the city center – panel discussion (Real Estate Dialogue Tübingen & Reutlingen, October 2023)
- Let me entertain you – How can stationary retail remain an experience?(Day of Retail 2023, Gmund/Austria)
- Shopping center: Corona patients with pre-existing conditions – hi-heute.de – April 2020
My drive
The design of public spaces and the local mix of offerings shape identity. They are the foundations of a city or municipality’s quality of life. Helping to improve them means making places more liveable – preferably permanently. If that’s not an incentive!
My strengths
I have good analytical skills and understand places very quickly. My experience has also shown me that implementation without a strategy is pure actionism. A strategy that does not check the feasibility of its recommendations for action and measures is an art without bread and butter.
“Every location has strengths and potential – and needs a tailor-made concept for the future. Individuality beats pigeonholing.”
Mathias Sander, speaker and retail expert
