Category Archives: Inter-depenendencies

Landlords vs Retailers or Zombies vs Aliens?

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Leigh Sparks

There are not many reasons for feeling sorry for Philip Green (see my earlier blogs here  here and here and those were before the latest American and other revelations), but the fact that he is in such a weakened state … Continue reading →

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Analysing and Understanding Shopping Centres

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Leigh Sparks

One of the good things about being a Professor of Retail Studies is that you get to meet interesting people with interesting ideas.  Over the last year or so I have been involved on some executive education with Bayfield Training … Continue reading →

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Do Rural and Urban Scotland need each other?

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Leigh Sparks

At the end of June 2015, various invited delegates met up at the Stirling Court Hotel on the University of Stirling campus to discuss the topic: “Do Rural and Urban Scotland need each other”? The event was organised by the … Continue reading →

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