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McArthurGlen Group joins Walpole as its sixth Corporate Partner
McArthurGlen Group, Europe’s leading developer, owner and manager of designer outlet villages, has joined Walpole as the organisation’s sixth Corporate Partner.
Walpole is the non-for-profit association that represents the British luxury industry. The membership includes over a hundred of Britain’s most prestigious companies including Burberry, Dunhill, Asprey, Claridges and Jimmy Choo.
In addition to the world famous luxury brands, Walpole membership also includes a selected group of highly respected corporate partners. These top-tier companies, now joined by McArthurGlen and also including McKinsey & Company, Barclays Wealth and Mather Communications, support and share the aims of the Walpole membership - to promote British luxury.
Julia Calabrese, CEO, McArthurGlen UK Ltd, says: “McArthurGlen’s membership of Walpole is a natural progression of our role as Europe’s leading specialist of designer outlet villages. Through our 17 villages across Europe, we have relationships with more than 700 retail brand partners, including top luxury brands. Increasingly, brands are seeing designer outlet villages as an important part of their distribution network, while maintaining control of their brand identity.”
Julia Carrick, CEO, Walpole, says “We are delighted to welcome McArthurGlen to Walpole. As with all our Corporate Partners, McArthurGlen provides vital business support to our members and we very much look forward to working closely with them over the coming years. The Group’s leading role in retail makes their appointment as a Corporate partner particularly appropriate.”
McArthurGlen is a supporting member of Altagamma, the Italian luxury association.
For more information on Walpole, please go to www.thewalpole.co.uk