At IMAGES Group, as the churn of ideas keep up their momentum, we keep extending our horizons. Here we are, preparing to play a stronger role in the business of retail and shopping centre development in India, in its entirety. After all, it's a duty we have undertaken to help align the power and philosophy of business in this most emergent of sectors in the country.

We feel happy to inform you that IMAGES Group launched the first issue of Shopping Centre News on the occasion of India Shopping Centre Forum, in March this year. With the shopping centre industry in India rushing ahead on the strength of a solidifying retail base, it becomes imperative to set the tenor right. Growth does not happen in a haphazard or an arbitrary manner. There is method and manner to the madness.

Shopping Centre News has been incepted with a vision that is far-reaching. Chiefly, the magazine will strive to be a knowledge resource centre that collects, analyses and disseminates information on the Indian shopping centre industry in all its aspects of operation; build up - and inspire - a body of focused research into the architecture and design aspects of shopping centres; encourage the development of sophisticated management paradigms and maintenance methods, keeping in context global benchmarks; and be a bridge between shopping centre developers and the retail community, to help forge a mutually profitable relationship.

Shopping Centre News will want to see the Indian shopping centre industry evolve with direction and determination, and claim its place as an institution of importance. It will be an enterprise that involves the opinions and guidance of industry stewards and thought leaders.

A first-of-its-kind video magazine was launched alongside this magazine.