High Street : how our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis / David Rudlin, Vicky Payne and Lucy Montague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudlin, David, author.

Payne, Vicky, author.

Montague, Lucy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retail trade--Great Britain.

Retail trade.

Stores, Retail--Great Britain.

Stores, Retail.

City and town life--Great Britain.

City and town life.

City planning--Great Britain.

City planning.

Shopping--Great Britain.

Shopping.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects--Great Britain.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : RIBA Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"The high street is in crisis. How did we get here and what happens next? The global pandemic has made the crisis immeasurably worse but it wasn't the cause. The crisis was already raging in 2019 with thousands of store closures. Large retailers became complacent and failed to respond to changing consumer behaviour. Town centres are the victims of these changes rather than the cause of them. To understand the current crisis and how it might be addressed, this book takes a long view of retailing based on a hundred case studies. It looks at the way town centres responded to previous crises and explores current trends affecting town centres and how places are responding. The message is optimistic: adaptable town centres can once more become the diverse, characterful, independent places that existed before they were homogenised by big retail. Explore the past - understand the present - find a better future"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: The root of the crisis. Places of exchange ; Death by supermarket ; Heading out of town ; From boom to bust

Part 2: Future retail. Independent and creative ; Grocers and purveyors of fine food ; Food and beverage ; Online and e-commerce ; Sound and vision ; Home and garden ; Fashion and beauty

Part 3: Future High Street. The city ; The mall ; The town ; The High Street ; Conclusions: New life for town centres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1914124308

9781914124303

OCLC:

1329421793

Publisher Number:

99994201731