Don’t let the sun mask a fake recovery

The ebb and flow of consumer confidence is something economists track religiously. For years it’s been sinking to new depths, but the sudden change of weather, allowing Britain to enjoy the best summer in years, has seen a striking turnaround. Or so it appears.Once...

Retail space………Enough already!

Insanity is, as Albert Einstein once said, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I’m not sure retail developers got the memo on this one though. Earlier this month (21 June) Cushman & Wakefield announced that UK shopping centre...

Alternative High Street Review

“If you don’t like change,” a famous army general once warned, “you are going to like irrelevance even less.” While huge structural changes continue to sweep the high street, lessons like this seem oddly not to be registering with policy makers. During my 45-year...

The High Street is a mirror image of the UK Economy

The High Street is a mirror image of the UK Economy As we enter spring and say goodbye to winter it is a good time to reflect on the first two grizzly months of 2013 for retailers and the UK economy. The Christmas lights were still up when the shutters came down on...

Jackie Sadek CEO of UK Regeneration writes…..

The danger of building a future on retail By Jackie Sadek on February 25, 2013 2:16 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks My last post on the LDC Retail Summit gave rise to a bit of commentary. People really care about what is going to happen to the British high street and...

Horse Meat Scandal and Retailers

It’s what it says on the packet After a week when Phil Clarke, the boss of Tesco, promised his customers that, in future, what it says on the packet will be what’s in the packet, when Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, started a probe into his own department...

The Spitfire Iconic symbol of World War 2

I am outraged that M&S are selling a plastic toy Spitfire with “made in Germany” on the pack. I understand that we should move on and I have. I have owned German cars, promoted their food and love their country. But I cannot see the Spitfire...