Our inner cities are currently subject to a dramatic change. New concepts for the successful revival of the inner city are necessary in order to absorb the exodus of downtown magnets to counteract the effects and the trend vacancies to reduce to 1-euro-shop or even worse. Large department stores, as inner-city magnet titled,”melt faster than the polar ice caps then. Hertie, sense/Leffers, Karstadt, just a few to mention Woolworth. But also the retailers, which could well live in symbiosis with the large frequency providers increasingly appears the withdrawal. What remains? Deserted downtowns, unforeseeable vacancy rates as well as the nationwide spread of discount stores without any competence of range of. The Junk WINS.

So troubled municipalities need to bring new, innovative concepts to revive their cities on the way. You must say goodbye to it, to middle centres to establish itself as a so-called surface or. It is to reposition. The inner cities must be a make time-consuming change in image. New topics such as culture, knowledge and environment could be the rate provider in the future. You can however not simply impose overnight but must hard drawn up; a process must take its start. In idleness to persist it would be negligence in times of tight budgets. The old downtown structures will not return, the future calls for innovative, theme-oriented concepts.

The local players would be well advised as soon as possible with the assistance of external know how to take up this challenge. To Packer are located in the competition of local authorities among themselves clear competitive advantages secure. Clear position on this issue relating to the other Jurgen Ruttgers, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. He wants to strengthen communities and contribute to the revitalization of town centers. It concerns the quality of life in the cities. Therefore, for early 2010, Ruttgers announces a new programme. An example that should make school. apunto marketing does not offer here only strategic support to, but provides the know-how for a conceptual realignment in the entire city communication.