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INDEPENDENT RETAIL MARKET REMAINS RESILIENT IN 2020 DUE TO GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SCHEMES

March 24, 2021

Store Openings and Closures - 2021

March 15, 2021

VACANT UNITS INCREASE BY 47% IN THE CITY OF LONDON DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

February 11, 2021

GROUND-BREAKING RETAIL AND LEISURE PROPERTY LISTINGS PLATFORM WILL GIVE ACCESS TO 90%+ OF UK AVAILABILITY

April 10, 2021

CRISIS DRIVEN VACANCIES CONTINUE TO CLIMB

January 1, 2021

INDEPENDENT RETAILERS MORE RESILIENT THAN NATIONAL CHAINS IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

November 4, 2020

STORE CLOSURES: TWICE THE RATE OF LAST YEAR AS NET DECLINE NOW AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN FIVE YEARS

October 19, 2020

PANDEMIC BEGINS TO PUSH UP VACANCY RATES

July 31, 2020

CAUTIOUS RETAILERS OPEN JUST 52% OF NON-ESSENTIAL UNITS ELIGIBLE TO BE OPEN AS THE MARKET STARTS TO RECOVER FROM LOCKDOWN

July 16, 2020

NOT SO ‘SUPER SATURDAY’ FOR LONDON, LAGGING 35% BEHIND THE REST OF ENGLAND FOR CONSUMER ACTIVITY ON THE WEEKEND OF HOSPITALITY’S GRAND REOPENING

July 9, 2020

RETAILERS WELCOME SHOPPERS BACK, PRIMARK LEADING THE WAY WITH A 33% RISE IN CONSUMER ACTIVITY ACCORDING TO THE HUQ-LDC CONSUMER ACTIVITY INDEX*

June 26, 2020

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British high street lost 11,000 shops in 2020, study shows

Store closures hit record high of 48 per day in 2020

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Great Britain's high streets lost more than 17,500 chain store outlets in 2020

Store closures hit record 48 per day

Pandemic impact 'yet to be felt' on High Streets

Supermarket chains double rate of store growth in 2020

After Topshop owner Arcadia's demise, what now for UK clothes shopping?

Why ‘Essential’ Retailers Are Choosing Not To Reopen In London’s Financial Hub

Retail plea for help after its worst year

City workers’ favourite spots in trouble as vacant units soar over lockdown

Extra 15m sq ft of retail space now empty on UK high streets

Bleak future for Oxford Street after Arcadia's fall

Covid in Scotland: 'One in seven' shops lies vacant

Lost Britain: the true cost of Covid on our nation's retail soul revealed

Analysis: Seven consumer trends for 2021 that retailers need to know

Department stores endure worst year since BHS collapse

About the local data company

Local Data Company is the UK’s most accurate retail location insight company. We physically track every retail and leisure business across the entire country. Our data powers strategy and decision making for our clients, working across retail, leisure, out-of-home media, investment, property and financial services.

Our team of field researchers record the occupancy status of every business on a regular basis. This frequency enables us to track how the market is changing in close to real-time. The accuracy of our data is underpinned by our proprietary technology stack which supports the field research and quality control processes. This technology enables us to provide our clients with unrivalled insight on over 680,000 retail and leisure businesses, access to location insight dashboards and footfall tracking capabilities.

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