All High street & town centre articles – Page 18
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News
Retail footfall to suffer ‘for some time to come’, BRC warns
Footfall to retail locations will continue to suffer “for some time to come”, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned, despite non-essential shops reopening their doors today.
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Analysis
Analysis: What high street will emerge from the pandemic?
Already under enormous pressure before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the high street has taken another battering. What will it look like as the crisis subsides?
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Opinion
Opinion: Time for a reset of retail rent and rates
In 2015 I closed the last of my stores due to spiralling property costs. There’s not a day since that I haven’t missed them.
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Opinion
The Secret Landlord: Retailers want to have their cake and eat it too
After years in the driving seat, the tide has turned on landlords and retailers have the whip hand. However, occupiers must remember that they need landlords too.
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Opinion
The Secret Retailer: Landlords are living in cloud cuckoo land
The relationship between retailers and landlords is at a critical point.
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News
Dunelm opens new high street concept store
Dunelm has opened a new concept store on Crawley High Street under the Dunelm Edit fascia.
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Opinion
Opinion: The time is ripe for a new breed of retail entrepreneurs
As the great retail shake-out continues, hastened rather than precipitated by the Coronavirus lockdown, so we are seeing thousands lose their jobs. Many skilled retailers – with experience of head office as well as the shop floor – are currently surplus to requirement. Will they be lost forever? I hope not. Indeed, I believe there should be a concerted effort to keep them and harness their knowledge to revitalise the high street.
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News
Retail footfall starts to rise in May as more essential stores reopen
While still marking an unprecedented low amid the coronavirus pandemic, retail footfall in May improved slightly to a 73.3% decline compared with 80.1% in April.
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Opinion
Opinion: A golden age of retail localisation beckons
Along with the weekly big shop, the coronavirus pandemic has heralded a resurgence of another once feared-to-be-endangered species – the local shop.
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Analysis
The Big Question: Can socially distanced stores make a profit?
Since the government announced June 15 as the date from when non-essential retailers can look to reopen stores, many retailers are now wondering if they can operate stores profitably in an era of social distancing. Industry experts give their views.
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News
Coronavirus: Government to publish high street code of conduct on rental payments
The government has established a working group and plans to publish a code of conduct to encourage “fair and transparent” discussions between landlords and high street business tenants over rental payments.
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Video
Has retail changed forever? How coronavirus will radically re-shape the high street
With shop closures leaving high streets and shopping centres resembling ghost towns during the coronavirus pandemic, what longer-term impact will this have on our towns and cities?
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Opinion
Dispatch: Is Italian retail ready to emerge from lockdown?
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts, who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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News
Less than half of UK consumers comfortable with returning to stores
Fewer than half of UK adults would be comfortable returning to retail environments, even with social distancing measures in place, due to the coronavirus pandemic, exclusive research for Retail Week has found.
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Analysis
Analysis: How WHSmith is preparing for travel retail to take off again
The world’s travel plans have gone awry during the coronavirus pandemic, depriving WHSmith of shoppers in its travel stores, but boss Carl Cowling is confident he can pilot the retailer to a safe landing.
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Video
Face time: Poundland boss Williams on trading on pandemic-hit high streets
Poundland managing director Barry Williams talks to Retail Week about the challenges of trading during the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen “10 years of consumer behaviour condensed into 10 weeks”.
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Opinion
Opinion: Oxford Street needs post-pandemic retail reinvention
It’s the UK’s premier urban shopping destination, but London’s Oxford Street will need a lot of TLC to recover from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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News
Retail footfall plummets to record low as lockdown bites
Retail footfall plummeted to an all-time low in April, as shoppers adhered to lockdown restrictions and stayed at home.
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News
Retail vacancy rates inch up as BRC warns of worse to come
Retail vacancy rates have inched up during the first quarter of the year, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic likely to cause further damage according to the BRC.
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News
Government bans ‘aggressive rent collection’ to safeguard high street stores
The government has placed a temporary ban on landlords issuing statutory demands and winding up orders over unpaid rent to protect high street businesses under strain from coronavirus.