28 Apr, 2023 Permanent Pop-ups By Maples Teesdale Four major brands will open pop-up shops in central London this spring. Despite the name, pop-up shops are now a permanent fixture in the...
25 Jan, 2023 Craving the end of dry Jan? This post isn’t for you. By Eleanor Crawford-Drake But for those of you that are adorned with gleaming halos and considering continuing to limit your alcohol intake, I know just the place...
11 Jan, 2023 Discount retailer B&M posts revenue hike in Q4 By Roger Thornton The FT reported last week that discount retailer B&M reported a jump in sales of over 12% in the fourth quarter lead up to Christmas. The...
14 Nov, 2022 Pivoting retail to leisure and social By Roger Thornton Mark Harvey, at RivingtonHark, wrote an interesting piece on repositioning retail, or as he terms it, “pivoting” retail to new uses. Mark...
22 Aug, 2022 Rental auctions - flawed and purely political? By Charles Elgood This is a helpful analysis of the Government's proposed rental auction process: flagging up its shortcomings (far too many questions are...
20 Jul, 2021 Building Back the High Street: not exactly radical, but sensible By John Bosworth So, the Government has recognised that the world in the High Street has changed and it does not intend to put the squeezed out toothpaste...