Data released by cloud-based point of sale software Vend and LDC as a partner with the British Independent Retailers Association (bira) reveals that the retail sector could be strengthening in 2017 after years of decline and small gains. However, growth
Multiple retailers’ store closures reached 20 a day on average across the UK’s top 500 town centres in 2012, according to new analysis by PwC and the Local Data Company. From a net increase in 2009 of 1.2%, multiple retailers
Town centres in the North West and Midlands dominate the league tables for the highest number of shop vacancies, according to the latest research by The Local Data Company’s (LDC). Its new report, ‘More Clicks, Less Bricks’, provides insight and
Monthly shop vacancy rates rose to an all time high of 14.6% (+0.1%) in February 2012, according to the Local Data Company’s monthly barometer. It is the highest figure recorded since LDC began its index in 2008. Town centre vacancy rates
Independents opened three times more stores (15,233) than multiples (5,094) in 2011, according to the latest report on the openings and closures of all retail and leisure outlets in the UK’s top 500 town centres from The Local Data Company (LDC). Last
Shop vacancy rates in the UK stabilised in 2011 but the future looks bleak with vacancy rates forecast to rise again in 2012, according to the Local Data Company’s latest Shop Vacancy report. Its Good and Bad News study reviews
