All Retail supplement articles – Page 6
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MarketsInterview: Godfrey Russell of the Revolution Group
Revolution Group’s director of property Godfrey Russell on why the group behind Revolution and Revolución de Cuba is confident the time is right to embark on a major expansion.
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MarketsGreyhound stadiums – gone to the dogs?
When a greyhound retires from racing, the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) will proudly tell you that every effort is made to find it a home.
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MarketsFive minutes with: Joanne Wilkes of BMO Real Estate Partners
The head of in-town retail at BMO Real Estate Partners talks teenage crushes and beans on toast
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MarketsThe ‘big four’ grocers are experimenting with sublets and concessions – but will it pay off?
The ‘big four’ grocery retailers would rather they weren’t so big… literally.
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MarketsRoom, board and manicure: hoteliers becoming landlords
No longer content with selling a bed for the night, hotel operators are increasingly acting as commercial landlords in their own right.
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InsightInterview: Sheila King talks luxury, premium and travel retail
After 18 years with Hammerson, leasing director Sheila King decided to strike out on her own in April last year.
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MarketsFive minutes with: Trevor Pereira of Intu
The commercial and digital director of Intu on Crystal Palace FC, world cuisine and cars
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MarketsBudget gyms go from strength to strength
Ten years ago, no one had ever heard of a ‘budget gym’. Now there are close to 60 operators of every size, accounting for 10 per cent of the UK’s £43bn gym market.
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MarketsShopping centres go the green mile
When Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, told insurers in a speech in September that climate change was a “tragedy on the horizon”, he reignited a debate on green issues that had gone quiet in some circles.
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MarketsRestaurants are fit to burst
When it comes to eating out, we are approaching the point where more choice is too much choice.
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MarketsSecondary but not second rate for retail investors
Historically, towns such as Rugby, Wrexham and Workington didn’t feature highly on the radar of retail investors. They were drawn more by the bright lights of the UK’s major cities and shopping centre schemes.
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MarketsThe rise of easyHotel
No-frills hotels don’t come less frilly than not having windows in the rooms, but easyHotel reckons the tactic is a recipe for success - along with the rock-bottom price, of course.
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MarketsHotel investment beyond the big city lights
Peterborough, Reading and Bradford may not be the first locations one thinks of when it comes to the hotels market, but they are among the 10 best locations for investors in the UK, according to an analysis by Savills.
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MarketsNo sign of shopping dropping
The shopping centre market is primed for a solid end to the year, with investment volumes set to rise to as much as £7bn if all the deals on the market complete.
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MarketsCan regions bag the luxury pound?
The UK luxury retail market is booming. Last year, spend on luxury items grew by 7% in the UK, with annual sales topping the £10bn mark, according to Bain Company.
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MarketsWhen is a pop-up not a pop-up?
Pop-up stores have disrupted the retail sector. They have brought brand experience, excitement and footfall to the nation’s high streets and shopping centres - and are also big revenue generators.
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MarketsLush: the sweet smell of success
You can smell a Lush store before you see it. The distinctive, heady scent epitomises everything about the brand and its brightly coloured products.
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MarketsKidZania: the new way to play
It’s not unusual to see an H M, a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen or a Cadbury outlet in a shopping centre. But a British Airways check-in desk or a hospital operating theatre?
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MarketsFive minutes with: Mark Bourgeois of Capital & Regional
The executive director of Capital Regional talks taxidermy, dad bands and Dolly Parton
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MarketsOffice retailers: the rules of attraction
As developers look for ever more ingenious ways to attract the best occupiers to their offices, could the answer to the problem be far closer than they think?
