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The Better Retail Property Guide - Henny Penny or If?
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Posted At: 24 April 2008 14:46 PM
Related Categories: Retail Property |
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Delays in five retail developments have recently been announced. In Cheste, Dumfries, Newbury, Newport and Portsmouth, respected and experienced developers have put major projects on hold. In each case, rising costs of construction, land acquisition and market conditions have been blamed. Who provides the better guide to the appropriate read more...
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Imagination is more important than knowledge
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Posted At: 20 March 2008 14:44 PM
Related Categories: Retail Property |
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Albert Einstein’s insight is surprisingly pertinent to retail property professionals who commission research projects. The retail property market has various sources of information about shopping catchment profiles. Each producer, whether CACI, Experian, the National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns (NSLSP) or one of the others, will argue that read more...
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Ethics and Retailing
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Posted At: 21 February 2008 14:42 PM
Related Categories: Environmental, General |
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The words “ethics” and “morality” are derived respectively from the Greek and Latin words for “customs”. In a society of increasing diversity, without universally respected traditions and heritage, whose ethics are relevant? In a purely market driven economy, the ethical stance of the target customer, constrained by the law of the land, would read more...
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Calling the tune in shopping centres
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Posted At: 24 January 2008 14:47 PM
Related Categories: Retail Property |
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The prospects for retail property in 2008 range from a disaster scenario, much loved by journalists in search of a good story, to an expectation that the bottom of the market will be established. What is certain is that active asset management will once more be prized. read more...
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