Interview: Simona Mandl (Europark Maribor)

The largest shopping center in northeastern Slovenia has been in full swing for some time now. What awaits the visitors, can we expect any innovations?
At Europark Maribor, we always follow the latest global trends and strive to provide visitors with a pleasant shopping experience. At the reopening, visitors could finally get to know natural cosmetics for real Atelier Rebul, which we brought to us just before the declaration of the epidemic. The Tomas Sport brand also welcomed us in a new guise - a sign now hangs above the door of the store in Europark Sports Vision, as Tomas Sport joined this large international chain of sports stores. Of course, the regular shops and bars in our shopping center also delight visitors. In the store windows, they can already see the new fashion trends for the coming summer and find inspiration for refreshing their wardrobe.

What are the latest summer fashion trends?
It will be fashionable again this year White color, fashion will be warm color combinations, safari style anything else. Visitors will find trendy fashion pieces in the diverse range of our stores, suitable for both everyday duties and leisure activities ̶ from the latest sports collections to a variety of fashion accessories for the beach. The combinations are playful and light, suitable for summer. I am sure that they will definitely find something in the range that will complement their personal style and add the finishing touch to their summer styling.

What about the rest of your offer, are there any new developments coming up here as well?
We constantly strive to maintain as diverse a range of shops and bars as possible. Thus, there are specialized stores, stores with clothes and fashion accessories, hair salons, and a variety of catering options. At the end of last year, we added a bar to the wide range of offers Chuty's, which offers authentic Asian delicacies. We are also constantly upgrading the offer for our youngest visitors, because we want them to feel good with us. Magic park in accordance with the instructions of the competent institutions, it remains closed for now, but of course we will open it as soon as the measures allow.

Europark is famous for its interesting events. We always looked forward to Europark's birthday celebrations, fashion shows and similar events. How will the organization of the events be this year, what do you expect?
Europark is celebrating its jubilee this year, 20th birthday. Of course, we would like a big celebration for such a jubilee, but for now it is necessary to wait with such plans. How and in what way we will organize this year's events will depend on government measures and instructions. In any case, first of all, we want everything to be as safe as possible for our visitors, and that is why we support all measures aimed at this goal. The fact is that events are also an important part of our offer and a pleasant addition to life in the city. Even our visitors have always liked to attend such events. Therefore, we hope that we will soon be able to socialize again in a safe way, also in this sense.

How did you make sure that your visitors continued to feel safe and relaxed, despite the conditions?
At Europark Maribor, we always strive to make shopping safe and pleasant for all visitors. Continue, of course we follow the recommendations of the competent institutions and observe all hygiene and safety measures. It is important to us to provide a safe environment for both our visitors and our employees.

Would you like to add something yourself?
At Europark, we have been trying for 20 years to offer visitors the most current fashion trends in one place. Here they find stores that are not found elsewhere in Maribor. We always strive to make their experience in our mall pleasant and to come to us gladly returned. Even now, nothing has changed in this regard, as our employees, together with visitors who really strictly follow the instructions, take care of safe and carefree shopping.