Kent
This coverage highlights retail developments, openings, and trends across Kent, examining store launches, commercial property activity, consumer footfall, and local economic factors shaping the county’s retail landscape. Reporting is aimed at retail managers, landlords, and executives interested in regional performance, location planning, and opportunities within one of the UK’s key retail areas outside London.
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Aug- 2018 -30 AugustAnalysis
How accessible are shopping centres in the UK?
In 2016, the UK’s population peaked at 65.6 million. Reportedly, 18% of the population were aged 65 and over. With an ageing population, are businesses accommodating for elderly people and their differing needs? Similarly, are they making themselves accessible to those with disabilities? Despite Britain’s disabled population having a spending…
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Jun- 2018 -1 JuneAnalysis
Why you should take business advice from psychologists, not economists
In 1980, economics students at Harvard walked out of a class and refused to return. They were striking to protest their belief that the standard economics they were being taught had an inherent bias which affected students, their universities, and society at large. What was this inherent bias? And were…
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May- 2018 -25 MayHigh Street
April retail sales see recovery
Retail sales saw an unexpected boost in the month of April as consumers returned to the high street following the good weather. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), retail sales rose 1.6% in April. When compared with March 2018 the quantity bought in April…
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