The British High Street abroad!
Last week I headed to Turkey for a last minute week in the sun with my family. We were based in the south west of Turkey with the nearest towns being Oludeniz and Fethiye. In light
If music be the food of love, play on!
I have attended a couple of events and hosted one in the last two weeks that all touched on or covered in detail the role of food and beverage (F&B) in the places we traditiona
Are we out of recession and is opportunity knocking?
Yesterday I attended the St Bride’s Managers update at The Magic Circle in London. Was the magic Circle coincidence or a reflection that we need some magic to turn things around?
Are our vacant shops filling up?
LDC publishes today its latest national vacancy rates from May 2014. The simple answer is that the last six months have seen a progressive improvement in the shop vacancy rate for
Do androids dream of electric high streets? (Guest Blog)
This is my third guest blog and this time it is written by Katie Shaw who heads up our field research operations at LDC. Whilst there is lots of data out there, made more fashionab
How fashionable are fashion shops in our town centres?
The fashion industry is worth £26billion to the UK’s economy, which is an increase of 22% since 2009 (source British Fashion Council) but according to research by Oxford Economi
#NewsKnowledge – Tanning Shops
On BBC Radio 4 Today programme there was a piece around tanning salons being a health risk with many not being maintained to the required standards. Last week there were various ar
Fashion from a consumer point of view and the relationship between bricks and clicks!
Today I have my second guest blog from my right hand lady (assistant) Melissa Watson who is also one of the LDC fashionista. As someone who is in her twenties it is worth reading w
We are running out of bricks so we must be out of recession?
Deidre Hipwell in The Times recently wrote (27 March 2014) ‘The making of bricks in Britain has fallen so steeply that the country has the equivalent of only about two months’
Foot smart and fancy free!
This is the first of many guest blogs (I hope!) that will address specific issues that relate to data, technology and the retail and leisure sectors & places. This first one is