Neil Varnham
InsightE-tail: embrace the opportunities for out-of-town retail
For many retail landlords the utterance of the 21st-century buzzword “e-commerce” is enough to send them in to a spiral of depression, but online retailing need not be the kiss of death for the bricks-and-mortar shop.
InsightMantra for malls of the future should be less is more
Across Europe the retail sector is waking up to the idea that there is more to a successful shopping centre than an endless row of stores and customers burdened with full shopping bags.
InsightRetail park owners: wake up and smell the coffee
The government has recently committed to pumping £10m into struggling high streets, but the signs are that out-of-town retail parks are going from strength to strength, attracting a wide range of retail and leisure providers away from their traditional homes.
InsightRetailers must pick up on benefits of ‘click and collect’
Click and collect” is not a new phenomenon, but the growth of its popularity among consumers is paving the way for it to be seen as playing a key role in the changing face of high streets and shopping centres.
InsightA new era for retail as Amazon and Google get physical
With both Amazon and Google stepping out of cyber space into reality, the future of retail in Europe is taking another turn.
InsightFire fighting will continue on high street during year of the dragon
The Chinese new year of the dragon began on 23 January. Dragon years are viewed as lucky, which indicates we could expect the economic downturn to ease up a bit over the next 12 months. And that is certainly good news for the retail sector, which is severely under pressure.
InsightKnowledge is power and high streets must take it back
August, as far as I’m concerned, was created with one purpose in mind: to sit on a beach and read voraciously
InsightRetail property does not have the skills to pay the bills
It will not have escaped anyone’s attention that retail has been having a particularly hard time of it of late, and, as Colliers Retail Report shows, this is having a knock-on effect on landlords
