Warning for centres chasing retail services tenants FORGET the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, shopping centre landlords are homing in on retail services such as manicurists, hairdressers, key cutters and drycleaners to push down the threat of online retailing on their centres and boost rental growth. But the rush to bring on more services tenants comes with a warning from retailing experts. Charter Hall Retail REIT fund manager Scott Dundas said that anything that brought shoppers into the company's centres was viewed positively in a retail environment still suffering from a cyclical downturn and a structural adjustment to internet shopping.