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13.10.17 Presentations and media updated
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Tag Archives: Vacancies
Singapore’s Scary Monsters
Back in the warmth of Singapore for our graduation and alumni events and associated student and other meetings, and there seemed to be only one question people had for me; what could be done about Singapore’s ailing retail sector? On … Continue reading
Posted in Adjacencies, Art, Brands, Corporate branding, Customer engagement, Design, Experiential, Flagship, Food and Beverage, Gentle Monster, Korea, Malls, Online Retailing, Retailers, Retailing, Shopping Centres, Singapore, Space, Vacancies
Tagged Experiential, Food and Beverage, Gentle Monster, Korea, Malls, Shopping Centres, Singapore, Space, Store Adjacencies, Sunglasses, Tourism, Vacancies
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Business Rates: an election issue (not)
This blog has covered the issue of rates on a number of occasions (e.g. rates relief, a levy, some rates and the Grimsey report, the poll tax and business rates) never fully satisfactory, and indeed, re-reading the pieces, with a … Continue reading
Posted in Closure, Governance, Government, High Streets, Internet, Internet shopping, Large Store Levy, Mary Portas, Online Retailing, Places, Politicians, Public Health lev, Rates, Regulation, Retail Policy, Retailers, Store Closures, Tax, Town & Country PLanning, Town Centres
Tagged Business rates, Election, Government, High Streets, Local Government, Politicians, Rates, Retailers, Revaluation, Tax, Town Centres, Vacancies
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Retail Vacancy and Structural Change in Scotland’s Towns and Cities
For the last four years, mid December has seen the release of the latest edition of the Local Data Company/University of Stirling Retail report on the situation of retailing in the major towns and cities across Scotland. Last Tuesday saw … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Christmas, Convenience stores, Independents, Places, Rates, Retail Policy, Retailers, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Scottish Retailing, Services, Shop Numbers, Small Towns, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Living, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, University of Stirling, Vacancies
Tagged Convenience, Local Data Company, off Licences, Persistent Vacancy, Places, Rates, Retail Change, Scotland, Services, Town Centre Living, towns, Vacancies
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Retailing in Scotland’s Largest Towns and Cities 2015
On Tuesday, ourselves at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling and the Local Data Company presented our third annual Retail Review of Scotland’s largest towns and cities. The headlines are that vacancy rates continue to fall, adjustment processes … Continue reading
Posted in Charity Shops, Churn, Competition, Government, High Streets, Local Data Company, Places, Regeneration, Reinvention, Retailers, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Services, Small Towns, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, University of Stirling, Vacancies
Tagged High Streets, Local Data Company, Retailing, Scotland, Services, Town Centres, towns, Vacancies
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Local Data Company/University of Stirling 3rd Scottish Town Centres Event
The Local Data Company/University of Stirling 3rd Scottish Retail Town Centres Event will be held on the 1st December at KPMG Offices in Edinburgh. The Town Centres Event builds on the 2013 and 2014 events and reports and will reveal … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, ESRC, High Streets, Independents, Local Data Company, Longitudinal Data, Places, Reinvention, Retailers, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Town Centres, University of Stirling, Vacancies
Tagged Local Data Company, Places, Scotland, Town Centres, University of Stirling, Vacancies
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And now, the end is near …
It’s Friday afternoon, the sun is sort of shining in Stirling and apparently the recession is almost over. I woke up this morning, turned on Radio 4 and was told that, so it must be true. Someone from NIESR had … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, Local Data Company, Places, Retail Economy, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Vacancies
Tagged Economics, interest rates, London, Recession, Retail, spending, Vacancies
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Local Data Company/University of Stirling Scottish Town Centres – Upcoming Event
The Local Data Company and the University of Stirling are introducing a report on retailing in Scotland’s Top 100 Towns and Cities on 17th December at KPMG’s offices in Edinburgh. We are limited to 50 places and attendance is FREE, … Continue reading
