Shopping Centres

November 4, 2020

Press Release: Independent retailers more resilient than national chains in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Research released today by retail data consultancy the Local Data Company has revealed that the independent retail and leisure market was much more ...

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November 4, 2020

LDC's H1 2020 Retail and Leisure market analysis is out now!

Our latest analysis on trends across the first (exceptionally challenging) half of 2020 is out now and available to download for free.

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June 17, 2020

A week on the high street - 17th June 2020

  Retail Travis Perkins, the builder’s merchant which owns brands including Wickes and Toolstation has released plans to close 8% of its store ...

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June 10, 2020

A week on the high street - 10th June 2020

  Retail Troubled department store Debenhams has announced the permanent closure of three more sites in Newcastle, Milton Keynes and Watford as it ...

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February 19, 2020

Coal Drops Yard - The Future of Shopping?

On a cold, grey Thursday in January, the Local Data Company ‘Walking Club’ made the trek from our office in Farringdon to Coal Drops Yard (not really ...

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February 14, 2020

Resilience in retail: a marker of the future of commercial property?

There is a lot of negativity when reporting on the retail and leisure market - it’s not uncommon to see phrases like the ‘death of the high street,’ ...

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