‘Kate effect’ helps drive fashion sales
The equivalent of a royal warrant has been invisibly hoisted over British high streets this week as ‘the Kate effect’ took hold
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Branch banking stages a revival
New entrants to the market are vying for the rare opportunity to buy a ready made network through Lloyds Banking Group’s sale of 630 branches
Nostalgia flourishes in traditional town revival
While many British towns have seen the distinctiveness and vivacity of their High Street retail offer dwindle in recent years, Morpeth has held on to its more traditional stores
Pubs act to avoid closing time
Traditional urban pubs have borne brunt of recent pub closures, which many in the industry believe has been accelerated by the smoking ban
Convenience stores on the front line
Between 2010 and 2014 the big four supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison – plan to open or extend shops equivalent to about 19m sq ft
Former pubs and churches pressed into retail service
Supermarket groups are needing to be increasingly creative as they scour town centres for new convenience store sites
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UK retail: demise of the high street
Landlords are unwilling to taper their expectations. The longer they hold out, the more customers will accept shopping is done out of town
High streets paper over the recession
Fake shop fronts are designed to revitalise struggling shopping precincts by concealing derelict properties and have generated expressions of interest from retailers wanting to occupy the space
Retailers may shut stores in rents row
Cash-strapped high street names are at loggerheads with landlords and may walk out when leases expire
UK consumer psyche adapts to austerity
From putting off car repairs to growing your own veg, Britons are embracing austerity and shifting their spending priorities: retailers should ignore the implications at their peril
Retailers: Want anything from the shops?
Tanya Powley considers investor attention on the high street
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