John Timpson knows a thing or two about the high street. The chairman of the UK shoe-repair chain that bears his family name was, after all, entrusted to lead a 2018 government review into what the ...

Once a bastion of affordability and accessibility, the high street is now in the throes of an identity crisis. Where shoppers once popped in for polyester dresses and trend-led basics they’re ...

For politicians and pundits, the death of the British high street has long been a refrain. The pandemic has accelerated the existing trend towards online shopping. In its recently published “levelling ...

The Government needs to take urgent steps to reverse the deterioration of England's High Streets—particularly in the North, and in more deprived and coastal areas. A new report, involving Newcastle ...

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland's striking flags with messages to say thank you to NHS and key workers for their support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here in the UK, stores are now in a constant cycle of ...

Retail has long been associated with British culture—a reputation bolstered by the resurgence of the high street after the challenges of lockdown. If anything, lockdowns showed that people enjoy ...

When British discount retailer Wilko shut its remaining 68 stores in October 2023, people mourned what they took these closures to signal: the demise of the high street. In the 1970s and 1980s, ...

I came to Poole, along Britain’s southwest coast, because its residents, businesses and a major landlord are doing interesting things to improve the downtown shopping area — known across Britain as a ...