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Category Archives: BRC
The Retail Sector in Scotland by Numbers
Over the Christmas break you may have spotted some newspaper and media commentary that the price of a shopping basket in Scotland for food was some 5% less than in the Eurozone. Those with long memories of my academic writing … Continue reading
Does Footfall Matter?
Late last week, the British Retail Consortium/Springboard latest footfall data was released (see story here) and seemed to present a triumph for Scotland. Scotland was one of a small handful of regions/countries with an increase of footfall. This was the … Continue reading
Posted in BRC, Consumer Change, High Streets, Internet shopping, Longitudinal Data, Online Retailing, Sales, Scottish Retail Sales, Towns
Tagged Footfall, Internet, Retail Sales, Scotland, towns
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Scottish Retail: Creating Jobs, Investing in Communities, Boosting Growth
At various points during the life of this blog I have turned it over to guest bloggers to cover a topic of their choosing. Sometimes this has been because something they have said or have written has caught my eye … Continue reading
Posted in BRC, Government, MSPs, Rates, Red Tape, Regeneration, Regulation, Retail Economy, Retail Levy, Tax, Town Centres
Tagged Budget, Building regulations, Investment, Jobs, Rates, Retailing, Scotland, scottish retail consortium
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Scottish Retail Sales Monitor May 2014: Worst Ever?
Every month the Scottish Retail Consortium together with KPMG publish the Scottish Retail Sales Monitor. It is always an informative read, and generally attracts quite a lot of press and other attention, being one of the few up-to-date series on … Continue reading
Rates Relief?
On a couple of occasions during the so far three year life of this blog I have almost written something about rates. I have obliquely skirted the issue and then pulled away, sometimes saying I’ll do it properly some day. … Continue reading
Posted in BRC, Government, Places, Rates, Retail Policy
Tagged BRC, Business rates, House of Commons, Locale, Places, Rates, Retail, Revaluation, Scotland
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The Great, the Good and the Minister
There are a lot of retail industry conferences out there, and if I combined the industry ones and the academic ones (assuming cost was no barrier) then I am sure I could readily conference the year away. Boring, repetitive but … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, BRC, Consumer Change, Customer Service, High Streets, Internet, Multichannel, Retailers, Tax
Tagged BRC, Digital, High Street, Retail, Trust
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Retail: Serving Scotland’s Communities
As my relative silence over the last month might have indicated, I have been away for a few weeks rest and recuperation. Catching up is always interesting, especially as the fall out from Christmas continues. Quite a few things have … Continue reading
Posted in BRC, Competition, Government, Retail Economy, Retail Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged Competition, Retail Economy, Scotland, Takeovers
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Retail – A British Success Story
Even as a Professor of Retail Studies, I still get disparaging comments from academic colleagues in ‘proper’ subjects and from journalists and others – retailing isn’t that significant they say, and how can you possibly study it, given it’s so … Continue reading
Posted in BRC, Government, Regulation, Retail Economy, Retail Policy
Tagged BRC, Economy, Retailing, Society, Value
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The State of British Retailing. Discuss
Took a break from internal and external examining to attend to the British Retail Consortium’s Annual Symposium in London. I attended last year and thought it was a very strong programme of senior retail speakers and this year’s programme looked … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, BRC, Food Retailing, Government, High Streets, Multichannel, Qualifications, Regulation, Retailers
Tagged BRC, High Streets, Multichannel, Regulation, Retailers, Skills, Tesco
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