Category Archives: Shopping Centres

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 →

Posted in Bayfield, Brands, Data, Department Stores, Food Court, Inter-depenendencies, Property, Relationships, Retail Quilts, Retailers, Shopping Centres | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

A Japanese Eataly? In Singapore?

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Leigh Sparks

Regular readers of this blog will recall that I have a bit of a thing for Eataly, the destination food retail and dining concept showcasing the best in Italian local, slow and seasonal products and other gourmet food and cooking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eataly, Emporium Shokuhin, Experiential, Food, Food Quality, Food Retailing, Gastronomy, Japanese, Markets, Restaurants, Scotland Food and Drink, Seafood, Shopping Centres, Singapore, Slow Food | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Time Flies

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Leigh Sparks

Remarkably – well to me anyhow – it has been almost six weeks since I last posted on here. It is not as though things haven’t been happening or that I have not been busy, it is just life has … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Diet and Health, Food, Food Court, Health, Hospital, Pharmacy, Retailing, Shopping Centres, Singapore, Sport, University of Stirling | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Singapore Times

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Leigh Sparks

As regular readers of this blog already know, the Institute for Retail Studies at the University of Stirling has had programmes and partners in Singapore for a long time, targeted both at Singaporean students and retailers and those in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alumni, Courts Asia, Festivals, Government, International Retailing, Markets, Qualifications, Retail Degrees, Shopping Centres, University of Stirling | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Early Warning: PhD Student Wanted!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Leigh Sparks

One evening last week I had one of those great emails, bringing good news.  I had been successful in the ESRC Scottish Graduate School for the Social Sciences Collaborative Studentship Competition.  With only 10 awarded across the whole of Scotland … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Churn, High Streets, Local Data Company, Resilience, Retailers, Retailing, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Shopping Centres, Town Centres, Vacancies | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Capitals?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Leigh Sparks

Over the last couple of weekends I have been in Edinburgh and London, and for various reasons spent some time in arguably the two major off-centre shopping centres in each city – the Gyle in Edinburgh and Westfield Stratford in … Continue reading →

Posted in Closure, Design, Olympics, Retail Economy, Retail Planning, Shopping Centres | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Private (Olympic) Space

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Leigh Sparks

A few years ago a number of retail academics gathered at a conference in Columbus, Ohio. The local shopping centre was a little bit different to the run of the mill American mall, having pavements and streets, with on street … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumer Change, High Streets, Olympics, Public Realm, Shopping Centres, Town Centres | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment