Category Archives: Shopping Centres

Early Warning: PhD Student Wanted!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by

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

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

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