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Author: Leigh Sparks
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2.11.2018 Details of my two new books added – Logistics and Retail Management and Food Retailing and Sustainable Development
12.07.2018 Our final Trading Places column for Town & Country Planning is now available on the Trading Places section of this blog
Top Posts & Pages
- Yours for £1 (not really)
- Retail Branding: it's not (just) private label
- Pontypool vs Penarth: Rugby and The High Street and Town of 1951
- Co-operative Tokens, Sports Direct and The Bristol Pound
- Taxing Times: Tesco and Poland
- Embracing Failure in the Shadow of Success
- The Lost Broch of Stirling
- Twenty One Years of UK Grocery Market Share
- "Destination High Street - Restoring Vibrancy to Scotland's Towns"
- Trends in Retailing and Leisure in Scotland's Towns and Cities
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Tag Archives: Spaces
A Sense of Place
A few months ago I was approached to write a short piece for “Context – the magazine of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation” as part of a collected set of items on The Changing Face of Retail. A couple … Continue reading
Posted in Design, High Streets, Historic Shops, History, Places, Signage, Spaces, Streetscapes, Town Centres
Tagged Community, Design, High Streets, History, Places, Regeneration, Retail, Retail History, Spaces, town centre
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How to Save Our Town Centres
Early on in 2013 Julian Dobson (director of Urban Pollinators Ltd) visited Stirling and we had an interesting discussion about the state of British retailing, high streets and town centres. He had asked to come up and chat as part … Continue reading
