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Facilities Management for Retail Stores and Shopping Centres

Delivering safe, compliant and brand-consistent environments across every location

From flagship stores and shopping centres to regional portfolios, Macro helps retailers reduce operational risk, improve customer experience and control costs through integrated facilities management, workplace services and data-driven portfolio management.

We have worked with national and global retail brands in more than 1,000 stores across 26 countries. Our support for retail operations includes hard and soft FM services, sustainability & energy consultancy and health & safety management, to ensure delivery of exceptional customer experience in store and across multi-site portfolios.

Our approach to facilities management in retail

We help retailers move from reactive maintenance to a proactive, data-led approach. Through expert supplier management, asset intelligence and planned maintenance programmes, we ensure stores, workplaces and distribution facilities operate efficiently with minimal disruption.

  • Reduced downtime and reactive callouts
  • Improved asset reliability and longevity
  • Optimised maintenance spend across portfolios

Our FM24 helpdesk and CAFM platform provide a single source of truth across retail portfolios. Real-time data, performance reporting and asset visibility help retailers make faster decisions and maintain control of service delivery.

  • 24/7 Centralised helpdesk giving a comprehensive view of on-site activities, such as maintenance, faults and FM support requests
  • Real-time asset and work-order tracking
  • Performance dashboards and SLA reporting
  • Actionable insights to improve efficiency and control costs

We provide the oversight, governance and expertise needed to manage compliance across complex retail estates. Our team helps clients navigate regulatory requirements while reducing operational risk and maintaining business continuity.

  • Health & safety management
  • Statutory compliance oversight
  • Transparent reporting and governance

We design and manage cleaning programmes that support brand standards, customer experience and operational efficiency. Through robust service governance, performance monitoring and specialist supplier management, we help create clean, safe and welcoming environments.

  • Consistent service quality across locations
  • Flexible delivery aligned to trading patterns
  • Enhanced customer and employee experience

We work with retailers to improve building performance, reduce energy consumption and support sustainability objectives. Combining strategic advice with operational expertise, we help clients identify opportunities to reduce costs and carbon emissions.

  • Energy optimisation programmes
  • Data-driven sustainability insights
  • Measurable operational and environmental benefits

Across our IFM model, we can coordinate a range of workplace and operational support services that enable retail environments to run smoothly and efficiently. Our management-led approach ensures consistent service delivery while allowing flexibility to meet changing business needs.

  • Front-of-house and occupier services
  • Mailroom and logistics support
  • Store openings, relocations and refurbishment support
  • Workplace and customer experience services

The result: a more resilient, efficient and customer-focused retail portfolio, delivered through Macro's flexible, management-led approach to integrated facilities management.

Our approach to facilities management in retail

Store Maintenance & Planned Predictive Maintenance (PPM)

We help retailers move from reactive maintenance to a proactive, data-led approach. Through expert supplier management, asset intelligence and planned maintenance programmes, we ensure stores, workplaces and distribution facilities operate efficiently with minimal disruption.

  • Reduced downtime and reactive callouts
  • Improved asset reliability and longevity
  • Optimised maintenance spend across portfolios
FM24 Helpdesk & CAFM Technology

Our FM24 helpdesk and CAFM platform provide a single source of truth across retail portfolios. Real-time data, performance reporting and asset visibility help retailers make faster decisions and maintain control of service delivery.

  • 24/7 Centralised helpdesk giving a comprehensive view of on-site activities, such as maintenance, faults and FM support requests
  • Real-time asset and work-order tracking
  • Performance dashboards and SLA reporting
  • Actionable insights to improve efficiency and control costs
Compliance, Governance & Assurance

We provide the oversight, governance and expertise needed to manage compliance across complex retail estates. Our team helps clients navigate regulatory requirements while reducing operational risk and maintaining business continuity.

  • Health & safety management
  • Statutory compliance oversight
  • Transparent reporting and governance
Retail Cleaning Services

We design and manage cleaning programmes that support brand standards, customer experience and operational efficiency. Through robust service governance, performance monitoring and specialist supplier management, we help create clean, safe and welcoming environments.

  • Consistent service quality across locations
  • Flexible delivery aligned to trading patterns
  • Enhanced customer and employee experience
Energy, Sustainability & Building Performance

We work with retailers to improve building performance, reduce energy consumption and support sustainability objectives. Combining strategic advice with operational expertise, we help clients identify opportunities to reduce costs and carbon emissions.

  • Energy optimisation programmes
  • Data-driven sustainability insights
  • Measurable operational and environmental benefits
Support Services

Across our IFM model, we can coordinate a range of workplace and operational support services that enable retail environments to run smoothly and efficiently. Our management-led approach ensures consistent service delivery while allowing flexibility to meet changing business needs.

  • Front-of-house and occupier services
  • Mailroom and logistics support
  • Store openings, relocations and refurbishment support
  • Workplace and customer experience services

The result: a more resilient, efficient and customer-focused retail portfolio, delivered through Macro's flexible, management-led approach to integrated facilities management.

Integrated FM, delivered with flexibility

A flexible IFM model for multi-site retail portfolios

Macro delivers integrated facilities management through a management-led model, giving retailers a single point of accountability while leveraging the best specialist providers. This creates greater flexibility, consistency and performance across retail portfolios.

Global expertise, applied locally

Operating in 45 countries, Macro supports leading retail brands with global FM expertise and local market knowledge. We help organisations maintain consistent standards, compliance and customer experience across every location.

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Delivering performance across locations

We go beyond maintenance to improve portfolio performance. Through data-driven insights, CAFM technology and live reporting, we help retailers reduce costs, improve asset reliability and make better-informed property decisions.

What we’ve achieved for clients in this sector:

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Support for construction of 7 new stores through lessons learnt in operations
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Mobilisation of 59 stores across 13 countries in 30 days
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Cost savings in 3rd generation outsourcing of over 20% of the FM budget
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Introduction of cleaning robots in retail stores across the portfolio

Macro Retail Event: Bringing the brand to life

Behind every successful store opening, consistent brand moment and frictionless customer journey is a facilities management function working quietly, and critically, in the background.

From flagship environments and fast‑paced rollouts to safety, sustainability and operational resilience, FM plays a defining role in how retail brands are experienced every day, at scale.

Join Macro’s retail FM event at New Broad Street on Thursday 24th September, to explore how facilities management supports store operations, brand consistency and commercial success across global retail estates.

Services provided

waveFacilities managementBusiness continuity24/7 helpdesk and CAFM solutionFM budgeting and financial managementPlanned and reactive maintenance servicesCleaning and other housekeeping servicesWindows and façade cleaningPest controlAdmin supportSecurity servicesCatering and refreshments servicesKitchen equipment maintenanceEvents and hospitality managementWaste management servicesLandscaping servicesHealth & safetyFile room supportVendingGym managementOffice equipmentCourier servicesMailroom managementReprographicsReception & SwitchboardMoves & ChurnEnvironmental management

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