All High street & town centre articles – Page 30
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VideoThe Retail Week: How will retail fare over Christmas and New Year?
The team cut through the contradictory statistics, predictions, reviews and profit warnings to gauge how retailers will perform over the holiday season.
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NewsTimpson sets out vision for future of town centres
Councils must take the lead on rejuvenating town centres, according to a new Government report led by Sir John Timpson.
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NewsBusiness rates to be investigated by MPs
MPs will examine the controversial business rates system as the fate of embattled high streets continues to prompt concern.
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NewsTen million people to hit the shops on 'Super Saturday'
Shoppers are poised to spend £1.65bn this Saturday, the last before Christmas.
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OpinionHow town centres will be repurposed in the next 20 years
Let’s go back to the beginning. In the post-war years, Britain’s bombed-out town and city centres were redeveloped by property companies.
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Retail VoiceThree ways data can transform UK high street revenues
With industry closures, bankruptcies and bailouts in the past 12 months, 2019 is forecast to be another rough year for retail. But in times of uncertainty opportunities to innovate often present themselves.
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NewsIkea expands city centre format with second London store
Ikea will open its second Planning Studio format store in Bromley as part of its strategy to expand its bricks-and-mortar presence in city centres.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Mike Ashley's Christmas spectacular
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley setting the record straight at his swaggering appearance in Westminster.
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NewsMike Ashley: High streets in 'downward death spiral'
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has urged MPs to “take the bull by the horns” to save British high streets from “a downward death spiral”.
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AnalysisTop of the pop-ups – which made a splash in 2018?
Traditional retailers and online players are increasingly turning to pop-up shops to create awareness of their brands.
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OpinionOpinion: Don’t rely on Ashley to 'save' the high street
Get the popcorn ready for next Monday, when retail tycoon Mike Ashley will meet MPs to set out his thoughts – no doubt robustly – on how to rescue the troubled high street.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Super Mike to the rescue
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley ‘demanding’ to meet MPs next week to set out how they can ‘save the high street’.
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NewsAshley demands to meet MPs to 'save the high street'
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley will set out his views on how to save the high street in a meeting with MPs next month.
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VideoWatch: Habitat opens first high street store in a decade
Habitat has unveiled its first high street shop in 10 years in Brighton.
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NewsRetail footfall dips in October as town vacancies rise
Footfall in October fell by 2% year on year in the 11th consecutive month of decline.
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NewsStore closures soar to record levels in first half
Britain’s high street is weathering the most testing climate in five years as the gap between store closures and openings widens to record level.
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VideoWatch: CEOs reflect on retail’s past, present and future
As Retail Week marks its 30th birthday, we hear from eight industry luminaries about the biggest game changers for the sector in the last 30 years and what they see on the horizon that will transform retail.
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AnalysisDeath of the town centre? Walmart plans to build its own
Walmart has unveiled plans to build ‘town centres’ in the car parks of its existing big-box stores in the US.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: How to stay relevant against the odds
When I was trying to buy Ryman and approaching private equity businesses and banks to raise the money, I was told it was a dog of a business – they were wrong.
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AnalysisThe Autumn Budget – retail salve or window dressing?
The Government’s latest budget unveiled a raft of changes intended to reinvigorate retail and even out the playing field between online Goliaths and high street chains.