More property – Page 4
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DataData: Shop vacancies ‘at highest rate ever recorded’ as uncertainty lingers
The overall store vacancy rate across the UK increased in the second quarter of 2021 despite the lifting of coronavirus restrictions as retailers continued to struggle with the ongoing uncertainty.
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DataData: Majority of shoppers to keep wearing masks after ‘freedom day’
England finds itself in uncharted territory with the pandemic. Despite surging Covid-19 cases, the government has pressed ahead with ‘freedom day’ – with all legal coronavirus restrictions lifted.
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AnalysisBack to the office – how retail HQs have been reshaped by the pandemic
In March last year, as the full threat of Covid-19 became ever clearer, the doors of retail head offices were slammed shut as the order was issued to work from home.
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DataData: Footfall in June stagnates as ‘freedom day’ pushed to July
The pushing back of the final relaxing of social-distancing measures and unseasonably wet weather combined to slow footfall recovery across the UK.
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AnalysisRevving up: How forecourts are setting a new direction in travel retail
The rise of the staycation, localism and increased use of electric vehicles are set to transform how shoppers use forecourts. How are retailers and operators looking to respond?
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OpinionWorldview: Walmart and Target prove the doomsters wrong on future of stores
When the pandemic shut stores across the US in early 2020, it did not take long for a chorus of doomsters to predict that the end was nigh for physical retail.
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Opinion‘Ocado High Court ruling has big repercussions in on-demand grocery war’
“Disappointed” was Ocado’s verdict this week after it lost a High Court fight to open a new distribution centre in North London.
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Opinion‘After unprecedented times, we need some fresh ideas about retail property’
I’m not often given to quote from the Bible, but the phrase “there’s nothing new under the sun” is hard to avoid when considering some of the approaches to post-lockdown retail right now.
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AnalysisWorldview: Key lessons from the USA’s retail sales rebound
Judging by some of the latest data on retail sales, which rose by over 30% in March, the US retail sector has not so much emerged from the pandemic into the sunlit uplands as come forth into a blazing heatwave.
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DataData: Footfall soars after reopening but recovery lags behind pre-pandemic
Figures from both Springboard and the BRC show strong footfall recovery since non-essential stores reopened in April but the numbers are still down on pre-pandemic levels.
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AnalysisArrivals and departures – how WHSmith, Dixons and Monsoon see direction of travel retail
As restrictions ease across the world, Dixons, WHSmith and Monsoon are taking differing approaches to prepare for the return of travel
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘To fully restart retail we need a return to pre-Covid behaviour’
When asked my views about looking forward for retail, the honest answer is: “I’m really not sure that I know.”
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OpinionAlia Hawa: ‘Covid certificates are unnecessary and will damage retail’s recovery’
With non-essential retail reopening today, news that the government is considering making Covid certificates mandatory for customers in stores comes as another blow.
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AnalysisWorldview: How Swarovski and Grocery Neighbour are reinventing the store
The Covid-19 pandemic is magnifying the need for retailers to rethink how physical space is used in the future.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How John Lewis, Ikea, Primark and others are preparing to reopen
With ‘non-essential’ retailers given the green light to reopen stores on April 12, Retail Week looks at how the sector is preparing.
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Opinion‘As lockdown relaxes, retailers must pick up where they left off in 2019’
After a long, dark winter, Covid restrictions are at last beginning to be relaxed and retailers forced to shut during lockdown can look forward to reopening.
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DataData: Post-lockdown spending priorities – has Covid changed what and how we shop?
How will a year of on-off restrictions impact how we shop going forward? As we near the end of lockdown, Retail Week teams up with Walnut Unlimited to ask consumers what their post-lockdown spending priorities are and how they differ to life before Covid.
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Opinion‘Thorntons’ plight lays bare risks of chasing revenue over relevance’
Britain’s high streets mourned the loss of another business this week. Thorntons became the latest name to shut up shop as the chocolatier said its 61 stores will not reopen when lockdown restrictions are lifted next month.
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OpinionIan Middleton: ‘Councils shouldn’t play around with shopping centre investments’
In recent years, local authorities have created something of a commercial property gold rush.