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WHSmith's Sean Toal: ‘We’re proud to buck trend by investing in high streets with Toys R Us partnership’

2024-05-09T10:00:00+01:00By

WHSmith high street managing director Sean Toal writes exclusively for Retail Week on the expansion of its Toys R Us in-store partnership and how it represents the retailer’s commitment to being the ‘hub of the high street’ 

What will retail property look like in 2030?

Retail Property 2030

Declining footfall, spiralling business rates and the unstoppable growth of ecommerce have put the UK’s high streets and shopping centres in crisis.

We’re now at a tipping point and dramatic change needs to happen to prevent some town centres becoming ghost towns.

In this long read, we set out a vision of what retail property will look like in 2030.

Read the report