Spotlight: Shopping Centre and High Street – Q2 2021
"The phased reopening of the retail and leisure market has prompted significant footfall improvements, albeit the gap to 2019 levels persists"
Retail sector
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Spotlight: UK Retail Warehousing
"Investment transactional appetite is ahead of pre-pandemic levels with the highest volumes in Q1 since 2017"
Market in Minutes: Central London Retail
"Occupational headwinds continue despite strong reopening"
Spotlight: European Food and Groceries Sector
Contains 9 articles"Consumer confidence remains suppressed; however, the grocery sector shows strong resilience. The key question remains, how to predict consumer behaviour in the new normal"
United Kingdom: Strong occupational growth set to continue
"With a significant pandemic-related uptick in grocery spending, strong annual portfolio growth is set to continue, particularly from the value-orientated brands"
France: Covid-19 has seen significant improvement in performance for the top 10 foodstore operators
"With significant pandemic-related improvements in trading results across all major foodstore operators, there has been little shift in their market share positions nationally"
Spain: Mercadona remains dominant in the market in what has been a positive year for all foodstore operators
"Pandemic-related uptick in trading results has been felt across all brands and sectors; however, independent retail operators have gained traction in the market in a year where consumers have stayed at home and increased their local grocery consumption"
Italy: Domestic brands dominate the market, giving them the confidence to expand as performance improves
"In a market where online grocery provision is less mature than in other European countries, it is the domestic operators with the confidence to grow, whilst the international brands take stock and rationalise"
Germany: Most brands have chosen to err on the side of caution amidst the pandemic
"With a significant pandemic-related improvement in trading results across all major foodstore operators, there has perhaps surprisingly been little acquisition activity from the top 10 retailer operators"
How are food retailers coping with the rise of online?
"Changes in consumer habits and the advancement of new technologies have led to one of the greatest transformations in the food sector"
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