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Landsec and Completely Retail Marketplaces' Soapbox X Landsec competition winner announced

LANDSEC AND COMPLETELY RETAIL MARKETPLACE JOINED FORCES TO LAUNCH A COMPETITION FOR DISRUPTIVE BRANDS AND START-UPS AT COMPLETELY RETAIL MARKETPLACE ON THE 26TH APRIL 2022.

5 min Read May 4, 2022

Fewer empty shops but uncertainty ahead: BRC - Local Data Company Vacancy Monitor, Q1 2022

In the first quarter of 2022, the overall GB vacancy rate decreased to 14.1%, which was a 0.3 percentage point down from Q4 2021. This was only the second quarter of falling vacancy rates since Q1 2018. All locations saw a decrease in vacancies in ...

7 min Read April 29, 2022

FY 2021 GB Retail and Leisure Report: An interview with Sook

Sook reactivates empty spaces with a modular digital fit-out that any occupier can quickly and easily tailor to their requirements. Renting by the hour, Sook maximises footfall and income for landlords whilst making it simple for occupiers to reach ...

5 min Read April 19, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: The Local Data Company Group acquires Edge Analytics

Contact name: Lucy Stainton, LDC Commercial Director Organisation: The Local Data Company Phone number: 07889591487 Email: press@localdatacompany.com   The Local Data Company Group acquires Edge Analytics Retail data and insight business The Local ...

4 min Read April 11, 2022

FY 2021 GB Retail and Leisure Report: An interview with Treatwell

Treatwell started back in 2008 in London. Since then they have been on a mission to inspire people to express their beauty in every way. Today, Treatwell is the largest hair and beauty bookings website in Europe with a 24/7 beauty bookings platform ...

5 min Read March 31, 2022

FY 2021 GB Retail and Leisure Report: An interview with the Retail Trust

From 1832 onwards, the Retail Trust has been caring for and protecting the lives of people working in retail. They believe the health of retail colleagues is the foundation they need to flourish in both work and life, creating a more sustainable and ...

6 min Read March 28, 2022

FY 2021 GB Retail and Leisure Report: An interview with Dojo

Dojo is a leading fintech company that specialises in providing card payment solutions to small and medium-sized businesses across the UK. They process over 100 million transactions every month for their customers and develop tools that help take ...

4 min Read March 23, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: The British retail and leisure sector finally shows signs of stabilisation following the COVID-19 pandemic with a first decline in vacancy rates

LDC PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 THURSDAY 17th MARCH 2022 Analysis released today by the Local Data Company indicates that Britain’s retail and leisure sector is stabilising following the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, which covers the full ...

5 min Read March 17, 2022

Out now: LDC's latest analysis on 2021

LDC's latest report is out today and provides an update on the impact of market activity across 2021. Key findings from this report include:

2 min Read March 17, 2022

The road to retail recovery: are we there yet? Webinar

1 min Read February 17, 2022

The changing face of physical retail, part 2: where physical meets digital

It is safe to say that Britain has an online shopping habit—ONS data shows that online spend made up 28.1% of all retail in the first half of 2020, a 7.8% increase on the same period in 2019. However, in the words of Wolff Ollins chief design ...

3 min Read February 8, 2022

Using data-driven insights to monitor the impact of Welcome Back Fund activity

Following unprecedented changes brought about by the pandemic, councils and BIDs are now opting for a data- and intelligence-driven approach to power strategic planning and regeneration activities. High-quality data provides quantifiable and ...

3 min Read January 24, 2022

The changing face of physical retail, part 1: changing places

Declining in-store sales, competition from online retailers and the effects of transitional relief on business rates payments posed a threat to physical retail long before the pandemic caused periods of closures and disruption. Many are optimistic ...

4 min Read January 24, 2022

2021 on the high street

Just before we settle down for some well-deserved relaxation over Christmas and New Year, we thought we'd wrap up the year with a recap of some of the biggest retail, leisure and property news stories of 2021, including some of our own insight on ...

7 min Read December 21, 2021

Too Good To Go: Understanding the market to inform data-driven strategy for an expanding business

Too Good To Go is a company working to fight food waste. They partner with food businesses across sectors, including restaurants, bakeries and convenience stores, to offer surplus food at a fraction of the price. Users of the Too Good To Go app can ...

3 min Read December 14, 2021

Press release: decline in stores slows as government measures and pent-up post-lockdown demand provides some protection

Decline in stores slows as government measures and pent-up post-lockdown demand provides some protection

7 min Read December 7, 2021

Retail parks: present and future

Offering plenty of space for both retail and logistics uses, retail parks are well-placed to offer convenience and experience. Historically, this asset class has seen lower vacancy rates than the GB average, even following the onset of the COVID-19 ...

4 min Read November 16, 2021

Running a beauty salon during COVID: an interview with Karis Chetty, owner of Bijou Beauty

Before 2021, the hairdressing, health and beauty category had been growing across GB for several years. The first half of this year saw a 44% decrease in the growth of barbers, beauty salons and nail salons compared with the same period in 2020. ...

6 min Read November 10, 2021

GB cities most impacted by the 10pm curfew

0 min Read November 9, 2021

GB town recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Mother's Day gifts

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Boozy Britain: the best cities to go out-out

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure trends FY 2019

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure trends H1 2019

For more information on how the market changed over H1 2019, download the full report for free here.

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Do we have too much retail stock?

0 min Read November 9, 2021

How did the physical retail and leisure landscape change over 2018?

*Multiples include all brands with five or more units nationally.

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure trends H1 2018

Last month, we released a report looking at key trends across the retail and leisure landscape for the first six months of this year. For those that didn't have time to read the full report, we have produced an infographic of the key details you ...

0 min Read November 9, 2021

The fashion report- 2018

Last month, we released a report detailing the long-term and short-term trends across the fashion landscape in the UK. For those that didn't have time to read the full report, we have produced an infographic of the key details you need to know from ...

0 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure trends 2017/2018

"It has been widely acknowledged that UK retail is going through a turbulent period, with consumer fundamentals such as consumer confidence decreasing and disposable income stable but slower than inflation in 2017. The labour market remained robust ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Supermarkets, discounters and convenience stores 2012-2017

"Across GB the state of the grocery market is one of a changing landscape, with the previously clear divisions between supermarkets, convenience stores and discounters becoming blurred. Convenience stores are becoming more and more like ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retailing in Wales' towns and cities

The latest report by the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) and LDC looks at the general health and emerging trends in retail across Welsh towns and cities in 2017. The report is presented in four sections ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retailing in Scotland's largest towns and cities

The latest report by the Institute for Retail Studies - University of Stirling and LDC looks at the latest retail health and trends across Scotland's towns and cities. The report is presented in three sections focusing in turn on retail premises, ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure trends across GB in H1 2017

On September 14th 2017, we held our 16th Retail & Leisure Summit where we launched our NEW Footfall Heatmap and released data on the latest trends of 2017.  The first six months of 2017 produced a remarkable turnaround in some of the key ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

24th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit

Our next summit, 'The road to retail recovery: are we there yet?' features our full year 2021 analysis and will take place on Thursday the 17th of March at 3pm. Find out more and register at ...

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Maximise the impact of funding and measurement for councils and BIDs

1 min Read November 9, 2021

23rd Retail & Leisure Trends Summit FY 2020

1 min Read November 9, 2021

22nd Retail & Leisure Trends Summit H1 2020

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Resilience in the retail and leisure market- 2020

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure market trends for landlords, investors and commercial agents- FY 2019

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure market trends for councils, BIDs and government- FY 2019

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & leisure market trends for retail and leisure occupiers and consultants- FY 2019

1 min Read November 9, 2021

Retail & Leisure Summit H1 2019

1 min Read November 9, 2021

British Land: Using LDC data to support strong and strategic decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic

British Land is one of the UK’s leading property companies. Their mission is to create places people prefer, delivering the best, most sustainable places for their customers and communities.

2 min Read November 2, 2021

Fable Data: How an alt data provider matches transaction strings to merchants using LDC data

Fable Data is an Alt data provider which uses anonymised transaction data from banks, credit card providers and fintech companies to deliver insight used by investors for decision making and strategic planning. Their mission is to aggregate ...

2 min Read October 20, 2021

VPZ: Streamlining the site acquisition process through detailed, consistently available location data

VPZ is an e-cigarette store with a difference. One of the key objectives for the brand is to create a warm, welcoming and attractive place for consumers to visit for advice, consultation and education on the health benefits of vaping when compared ...

3 min Read October 20, 2021

Manchester City Council: Using LDC data to support growth and regeneration strategy for the city

Manchester City Council’s Growth and Regeneration team is focused on supporting sustainable growth across mixed use commercial, residential, tourism and leisure development. The main objective for the team is to ensure that Manchester continues to ...

2 min Read October 20, 2021

InLinkUK: Using LDC data to understand hyper-local economies to prioritise locations

InLinkUK is a high-street digitisation project launched through a collaboration between leading out-of-home media company, Primesight, technology company, Intersection and telecoms giant, BT. The InLinkUK project will see over 1,000 redundant ...

3 min Read October 20, 2021

NoteMachine: Using LDC insights to drive profitable ATM portfolio expansion

NoteMachine is one of Europe’s leading ATM businesses which provides fully managed free-to-use cash machines to retailers and financial institutions. NoteMachine currently operates over 10,500 cash machines across the UK and processes around 1 ...

3 min Read October 20, 2021

O2 Telefónica: Estate strategy planning and enhancing strategic partnership opportunities

O2 is the commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited and is the mobile network operator with the highest customer satisfaction in the UK according to The Institute of Customer Service. O2 was also awarded Best Network Coverage in 2018 by uSwitch. ...

5 min Read October 20, 2021

LDC's latest report on H1 2021 is available now!

LDC's latest bi-annual report is out today and provides an update on the impact of market activity across the first six months of this year.  Key findings from this report include:

2 min Read September 16, 2021

Key findings from our retail and leisure analysis on 2020

Our latest report on retail and leisure market trends across 2020 is out now and available to download for free. 2020 was a year like no other, defined by one word - COVID-19.

2 min Read March 24, 2021

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.

1 min Read November 4, 2020

First look COVID insight pack out now

After a short hiatus, the Local Data Company field research team returned to the field on the 23rd May and since have been working on a specific project to capture the immediate impact of the pandemic in the UK.

5 min Read July 16, 2020

NEW Report - Resilience in the retail and leisure sector

We have released a report today introducing a brand new metric developed to measure resilience across the retail and leisure market. In this latest analysis, we use 10 years of granular occupancy data to review the 'survival rate' of stores across ...

2 min Read February 11, 2020

AI in retail, flexitarianism and simplicity driving efficiencies- a roundup of LDC's 18th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit

Last week saw our 18th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit, held at the beautiful BCLP LLP offices at London Bridge. We had some fantastic speakers who joined us to discuss the theme of ‘Driving Retail Intelligence with Big Data’. For those that missed ...

6 min Read January 1, 2020

Rethinking the rental model, really knowing your customer and converting space for community services- a roundup of LDC's 19th Retail & Leisure Trends Summit

Last week we held our 19th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit at the BDO offices at Baker Street. The theme for this event was ‘Retail Done Differently’ and we were lucky to be joined by some fantastic guest speakers including Sophie Michael from BDO ...

6 min Read January 1, 2020

How to reinvent retail and reinvigorate the high street- a roundup of LDC's 20th Retail & Leisure Trends Summit

We were delighted to host the Local Data Company’s 20th Retail & Leisure Trends Summit on 26 September.  Once again, the afternoon offered a great insight into the sector’s performance for the first half of 2019 from Lucy Stainton followed by ...

3 min Read January 1, 2020