Yesterday morning, the retail industry woke up to more scaremongering headlines that serve only to feed public pessimism over the high street. I was called up to discuss the matter on Sky News, primarily because I felt more than able … Continue reading
Too often, major supermarkets, such as Tesco, are blamed for the “death of the high street”. My belief is that larger, out-of-town retailers can be to blame for this: within towns, where supermarkets offer free parking and vital services, the … Continue reading
Retail Champion and high street campaigner, Clare Rayner, announces the first Future High Street Summit in a bid to ditch the rhetoric about “death of the high street” and to kick-start positive ACTION to accelerate the transformation and regeneration of … Continue reading
The 2012 increase in rates has been a huge blow to independent retailers who are already struggling with the financial impacts of reducing footfall and increasing costs. ALL retailers, large and small, who trade in “prime” locations suffer a massive … Continue reading
Later today I am speaking to radio 4 about the new “virtual high street” schemes that are popping up. I’m also filming for a feature that goes out on Sky TV News. I’m the one who has to say why … Continue reading
In my last blog I made reference to the fact that if retail vacancy rates in the UK were static, and if multiples had closed more stores than they opened then there must have been a sector in growth otherwise … Continue reading
TOWNS REGENERATION CONTEST LAUNCHED From the press release “The Government today (4th Februray 2012) launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres. The move followed last year’s review of high … Continue reading
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Clare is a retail expert, speaker, writer, mentor, consultant, analyst and trainer. Through The Retail Champion programmes she shares her expertise with both retailers and suppliers to retail, developing strategies to increase profit, customer base, revenue streams & channels to market.
