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e-Retail 2006
An extensive analysis of this new sector using consumer research data from 3000 interviews conducted in October 2005 to build a profile of internet use and buying behaviour, also identifying strategies that retailers should adopt if they are to appeal to a wider market outside of their traditional customer base.
www.verdictonline.co.uk/Selection/VSelRep.asp?Rep=446

High Street Britain 2015
This report provides the analysis of the evidence, both written and oral, submitted to the Inquiry held by the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group, entitled ‘High Street Britain: 2015’, concerning the long term prospects of the United Kingdom’s small retail sector.
www.bcsc.org.uk/research//research/forp/documents/High_Street_Britain_2015.pdf

Managing the Retail-Led Development of the Future
The report is the work of the Henley Centre and investigates how the shopping centre industry can become more involved in the management of town centres and make a full contribution to their vitality and viability.
www.bcsc.org.uk/publication.asp?pub_id=2

Shopping Centre Futures
An analysis of the social, economic and technological factors that will be conditioning consumer demands and needs over the next 20 years, commissioned by Grosvenor and BCSC and carried out by Future Foundation.
www.bcsc.org.uk/publication.asp?pub_id=129

Shopping Environments - Evolution, Planning and Design
This design guide has over 600 illustrations that present the core values and considerations that make a successful retail centre: location, catchment user needs, as well as access and layout.
www.architecturalpress.com?isbn=0750660015

State of The English Cities (ODPM)
State of the English Cities is a study focussed on 56 major towns and cities in England, covering five main themes: demographics, social cohesion, economic competitiveness & performance, liveability, governance & the impact of policy.
www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1127498

What's in the Pipeline 2005
The results of a survey of all retail-led pipeline development projects, from proposal phase through to completion and opening, compiled for BCSC by Lunson Mitchenall. Available as a poster showing the full list of the schemes in alphabetical order. The database covers schemes that are over 5,000 sqm in total gross leasable retail floor space, which once completed, will be under single management control.
www.bcsc.org.uk/publication.asp?pub_id=182