Category: location strategy
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Spanish Statement: The Primark Pinnacle of Pre-eminence
The last decade has seen the rise of Primark as a tour de force in the world of value fashion as it strides from the UK and Ireland across Spain, Germany, Italy and now to the United States. It is easy but incorrect to brand Primark as simply low prices. These it certainly has through…
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Omnichannel Overload: Finding focus in a confusion of retail possibilities
Why is omnichannel the focus of retail? The short answer to this is because it’s what the customer wants, and never has the old adage “the customer is always right” been so apt or so accurate as in the consumer-centric world in which we now live. Customers want the convenience of the online world with…
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Celebrating Omnichannel: Exorcising the ghosts of Christmas past, present & future…
So the winner yet again this Christmas was online retail. Also, apparently and a little contradictory, Amazon was at the same time killing off retail itself, which is a little strange considering that the last time I logged on to Amazon, it was indeed a retailer. It all makes for good headlines, even if…
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“Where there are People there is Retail”
“Where there are people there is retail” however every retail location needs a commercial strategy and an inspirational delivery. Customer traffic is now dictating the location of retail. Freedom to travel and freedom to choose between online and physical shopping, between town and out-of-town, between the familiar and the unusual is changing the landscape of…
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Where to begin with town centre planning: Retail Workshops
Managing a single retail chain is complicated enough however when it comes to retail locations, town centres, shopping centres, retail and leisure destinations then simply the number of stakeholders and agendas involved can create an insurmountable complexity making the whole decision process impossible, never mind the delivery itself. So if you’re in a quandary as…
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“Is Bluewater’s expansion killing Kent’s High Streets?”
Tim Radley, interviewed on Radio Kent as part of its debate on retail in the county. Bluewater Shopping Centre has recently been given planning permission for a number of expansions including a leisure development around its lake complex and the arrival of a new Primark flagship. Already under pressure from the regional super-shopping centre…
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The 7th Joy of a Retail Spring: Grading International Assortments
It used to be one of the great discussion points regarding customer demographics in the early days of international expansion. “Are all customers the same?” Clearly experience and time has shown us that they are not the same – not within a single country and absolutely not internationally. Any retailer expanding to new lands must be aware…
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Creating a collaborative “Mind-set” to change retail locations
Who’s the real competitor? Who’s the real enemy? The massive changes that have swept across this land and others, the decimation of high streets, town centres and the taking away of the retail heart of communities, though tragic and physically real are the result of a shift in mind-set. The mind-set and shopping patterns of…
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Retail Locations Traffic Drivers: Trust, Friendship & Leadership
Traffic is the only thing that matters when it comes to creating successful and profitable retail destinations. It is the lifeblood that pumps money into the local community, creates vibrancy and confidence and attracts new and successful additional retailers to tempt yet more visitors into what rapidly becomes a positive traffic snowball. This traffic…
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From Independent Store to Local Destination Powerhouse!
Sometimes having your cake and eating it seems to be one of the few things that the retail customer can actually succeed in doing as they stroll the lengths and breadths of Britain’s struggling high streets. There are truly some inspiring and inventive concepts in the world of coffee shops and eateries or at the…
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