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The State of High Street Retail 
Nico Liverani
Is high street retail dying a death? 
? National average vacancy rates 
are increasing as retailers relocate to out 
of town retail parks and diversify online 
? Arcadia Group (Topshop, BHS, etc) forced 
to close over 250 of their 450 stores 
? HMV nearly forced to close 
103 stores in 2011
But Why? 
? Recession ? E-Commerce
Who is reaping the rewards?
So what does the future hold for our 
high streets? 
? Will online stores move 
onto the high street? 
? Connected Retail 
? Technological improvements 
in store
The State of High Street Retail
References 
? The Telegraph, Business Section, pg 3 (15/10/14) 
? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/high-street-chill-as-online-sales- 
soar-by-222-per-cent-8756646.html 
? http://www.amaze.com/Images/Connect%20Retail_WhitePaper_Amaze2013_tcm 
22-4603.pdf 
? http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/ 
2013/jul/18/future-high-street-connected-retail-me-tailing-burberry 
? http://www.elevationnetworks.org/the-future-of-retail-is-the-high-street-dying/

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The State of High Street Retail

  • 1. The State of High Street Retail Nico Liverani
  • 2. Is high street retail dying a death? ? National average vacancy rates are increasing as retailers relocate to out of town retail parks and diversify online ? Arcadia Group (Topshop, BHS, etc) forced to close over 250 of their 450 stores ? HMV nearly forced to close 103 stores in 2011
  • 3. But Why? ? Recession ? E-Commerce
  • 4. Who is reaping the rewards?
  • 5. So what does the future hold for our high streets? ? Will online stores move onto the high street? ? Connected Retail ? Technological improvements in store
  • 7. References ? The Telegraph, Business Section, pg 3 (15/10/14) ? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/high-street-chill-as-online-sales- soar-by-222-per-cent-8756646.html ? http://www.amaze.com/Images/Connect%20Retail_WhitePaper_Amaze2013_tcm 22-4603.pdf ? http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/ 2013/jul/18/future-high-street-connected-retail-me-tailing-burberry ? http://www.elevationnetworks.org/the-future-of-retail-is-the-high-street-dying/