All High street & town centre articles – Page 31
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VideoWatch: Ikea unveils city centre format in strategic shift
Ikea has launched its first new-format city centre store on London’s Tottenham Court Road.
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AnalysisPost Office's retail ambitions pull in talented trio
Ask most people what is the UK’s largest retail network and I wager not many would know that, with more than 11,500 outlets, it’s the Post Office.
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NewsLabour pledges action to revive embattled high streets
The Labour Party has unveiled proposals to reinvigorate high streets which have suffered as result of high business costs and the rise of online retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Spotting winners in the new retail market
Last November I began listing distressed retailers. I could already see then I would need a record to keep track of the growing number.
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OpinionOpinion: How the pound store is moving online
Poundland’s original founder Steve Smith has since launched Poundshop.com and is convinced ecommerce is the future for value-hungry shoppers.
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OpinionOpinion: Why we won't give up on the high street
Hardly a day goes by without a headline lamenting the poor health and dire prognosis for the British high street.
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OpinionOpinion: Don't blame Amazon for high street hardship
House of Fraser’s battle for survival has put the spotlight not just on its future but that of the wider high street.
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NewsRetail sales growth slows even in heatwave
Retail sales growth slowed last month despite much of the population spending big on food and drink during the heatwave.
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OpinionOpinion: Now is the time for a business rates freeze
The BRC has long made the case that the current business rates system is untenable.
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AnalysisHammerson's new strategy and the future of shopping centres
Hammerson is jettisoning its retail parks as part of a radical new strategy based on market trends it believes will shape shopping.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to fix the broken property model
With both landlords and retailers seemingly unhappy, what can be done to make the UK’s property model fit for purpose? Mark Faithfull reports.
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OpinionOpinion: It's the beginning of the end for retail's dinosaurs
Last month I had the privilege of speaking at Retail Week’s Be Inspired conference. Our panel discussion – ‘working with dinosaurs: how to overcome unconscious bias’ – brought back some vivid memories of my formative years at Ann Summers.
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NewsFootfall stuck in worst rut for three years
Footfall slipped for the seventh consecutive month as the warm weather sparked a sharp decline in shopping centre visits in June.
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NewsWestminster council unveils Oxford Street investment plan
Westminster City Council has agreed an investment plan to “transform the Oxford Street district into a global, iconic destination” without the pedestrianisation of the main thoroughfare.
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NewsRetail industry associations demand business rates reform
Retail industry trade bodies the BRC and Revo have called for urgent reform of the business rates system as Bill Grimsey’s second high street review was published.
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NewsSecond Grimsey review calls for action to avoid ghost towns
Local authorities need more power and stronger leadership to reinvigorate town centres in England and Wales, the latest report on the state of the high street by veteran retailer Bill Grimsey has warned.
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NewsTesco's Lewis: 'Economic impact' unless rates reformed
An “unprecedented” number of high street failures highlights the unsustainability of the business rates regime and risks an “economic impact”, Tesco chief Dave Lewis has warned.
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AnalysisAnalysis: High street SOS – what needs to change?
Since the beginning of this year, 21,000 retail jobs have been lost as businesses as diverse as Toys R Us, Maplin, House of Fraser and Poundworld have entered administration or pursued CVAs.
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OpinionOpinion: Calling Andrew Griffiths… are you receiving?
At Retail Week Live in March, Government minister Andrew Griffiths took to the stage to announce the creation of a retail industry council. Since then he seems to have gone AWOL.
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NewsMPs launch new inquiry into health of high streets
Parliamentarians are to consider how to breathe new life into high streets that are suffering as online shopping grows and cost pressures increase.