NOTTINGHAM | Retail In The Great City of Nottingham

[craig lindsay]

Data: UK retail regions ranked by spend.

Don't know if every thread knows the new CACI report has been published?

London’s West End has been ranked the top centre in the UK to expand into based on potential annual spend from residents, tourists and workers in 2012.

The area, which takes in shopping Meccas Oxford Street and Regent Street, came top in CACI’s Retail Dimensions report. It found that £4.7bn is likely to be spent on non-food items in 2012.

Glasgow came second with Manchester coming in third.

They were followed by Birmingham (4), Liverpool (5), Westfield London (6), Leeds (7), Nottingham (8 ), Knightsbridge in London (9), and Bluewater (10).

Colchester came last (50) in the rankings.

The report also broke down the data to worker spend and tourist spend (see below).

CACI consulting partner Paul Langston said: “Increasingly, we’re seeing a divergence between the top centres and the rest of the country, and retailers have to make sure they’re in the right place, or face losing out.

“This year, London’s West End stretched out its lead. It has nearly double the spend of any other centres from workers, well over double the spend for tourists and a clear lead over Glasgow, the second placed overall centre by spending.

“There’s also a real disparity in centres’ long term health, with far fewer retail destinations that are likely to thrive over the coming years being based in the north.

“Moreover, the north-west in particular has a shortage of centres that we believe will be top destinations over the next few years, and a high number that could struggle to support non-food spend.”

Top 50 GB Centres

Ranked on total annual comparison spend from residents, tourists and workers. Excluding online spend.

Rank Name Expenditure £m
1 London West End £4,770
2 Glasgow £1,940
3 Manchester £1,800
4 Birmingham £1,640
5 Liverpool £1,370
6 Westfield London £1,250
7 Leeds £1,180
8 Nottingham £1,150
9 London - Knightsbridge £1,150
10 Bluewater £1,090
11 Westfield Stratford City £1,060
12 Edinburgh £1,020
13 London - Covent Garden £1,010
14 Meadowhall £980
15 Newcastle upon Tyne £970
16 Norwich £970
17 Trafford Centre £950
18 Milton Keynes £940
19 Bristol £910
20 Kingston upon Thames £890
21 Leicester £870
22 Brighton £790
23 Reading £780
24 Cardiff £760
25 London - Kings Road £700
26 Bath £680
27 Aberdeen £680
28 Sheffield £670
29 Croydon £660
30 Gateshead Metrocentre £660
31 Southampton £650
32 Cambridge £640
33 Dudley - Merry Hill £630
34 Derby £620
35 Plymouth £610
36 Brent Cross £590
37 Bromley £570
38 Exeter £560
39 Thurrock Lakeside £550
40 Cribbs Causeway £540
41 York £530
42 Cheltenham £500
43 Bicester Village £500
44 Hull £490
45 Oxford £480
46 Guildford £460
47 Ipswich £460
48 Watford £460
49 Chester £450
50 Colchester £440

Top 10 Worker Spend.

Rank Name Expenditure £m
1 London - West End £360
2 London - Canary Wharf £200
3 Glasgow £120
4 Manchester £120
5 City of London - Cheapsid £110
6 City of London - Fenchurch Street £90
7 London – Victoria £90
8 Leeds £80
9 Birmingham £70
10 City of London - Broadgate £60

Top 10 Tourist Spend.

Rank Name Expenditure £m
1 London - West End £1,750
2 London - Knightsbridge £760
3 London - Covent Garden £510
4 London - King’s Road £400
5 Glasgow £350
6 Manchester £350
7 Edinburgh £240
8 Birmingham £220
9 Westfield London £200
10 Bath £190

[Regeneration is cool]

It is about time we had good news on the retail front in Nottingham with news from CSC that construction work on the new Broadmarsh could start in 2014 and a refurbishment of the Victoria could start next year.

[Regeneration is cool]

Personally i would prefer a mix of both independent and national retailers in the new Broadmarsh but at the end of the day it is investment in Nottingham's retail sector that really matters. With Broadmarsh having a selection of independent shops it could become a nice attraction for the city. It would get very busy when it comes round to christmas shopping. It would also be alive into the night as well with its restaurants and cinema.

[Ranwolf]

AS long as they also link with the high end retailers at Bridalsmith too

[Bingethink]

Graham Chapman on radio Nottingham last week said the new Broadmarsh plans at the moment include a "glass roof" between Carrington St and Lister Gate.

I despair. I really do.

[Ranwolf]

Oh well, back to my first fantasy I suppose. Demolish it and forget about any expansion

[sherwood199]

The old Evans unit on Clumber Street has shop fitters in, anybody know what's going there? No planning application as yet. Also the old Sonnys place is being fitted out, again no signs up? Perhaps the new location for Cow which is moving from its current location?

[goosewing]

No idea about Sonnys/Dim t, also the old Snack Attack shop opposite is being overhauled with a complete internal strip-out and rebuild

[Skipping_Pig]

Apropos of nothing when the HSBC was being fitted on Clumber St a while back I couldn't help but despair at the hoarding outside that advertised "An Exciting New Branch Opening Soon!". A better example of marketing bullshit one could not hope to find. Unless of course you find a stack of ATMs exciting, in which case I'd recommend psychiatric help.

[pharmj]

I am not quite sure what you mean there skipping_pig. That posts was gobbledegook to me!

[PerfectDark]

I think he said something about ATMing your mother

[sherwood199]

Lots of retail activity at the moment....

Cath Kidson now open
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Thomas Sabo fitting out in Victoria centre also something happening at both the old Currys store and the old Garage Shoes store.

Goldsmiths being refitted on Clumber Street and definitely something happening with the old Evans stores.

Patisserie Valerie being fitted out in the Exchange Arcade
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Finally Hotter Shoes fitting out on Listergate

[pharmj]

Eon to re-enter retail high street market with trial concept store Open House in Nottingham.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/En...ail/story.html

[pharmj]

Details on the victoria centre letting to Thomas Sabo as well as details of a 'flagship store' for Everything Everywhere - a new mobile phone store that comes following the merger between Orange and T-Mobile. This will be one of their first stores.

http://shopping-centre.co.uk/news/fu...a_Centre_.html

[Trent Student]

The new Sainsbury's store on Carrington Street looks like it's being fitted out.

[robhood]

Strada restaurant is gone

[sherwood199]

These are replacing Strada in the Cornerhouse

http://www.turtlebay.co.uk/

Looks really nice :-)

[sherwood199]

Looks like Delilah are taking the old HSBC bank on Victoria Street, wonder if they are moving from Middle pavement or having two stores? Sadly it was a bum steer that Krispy Kreme might be interested in the site ;(

[goosewing]

Originally Posted by sherwood199

Looks like Delilah are taking the old HSBC bank on Victoria Street, wonder if they are moving from Middle pavement or having two stores? Sadly it was a bum steer that Krispy Kreme might be interested in the site ;(

wow, that'll be nice, their current store is so tiny, although that's perahps part of the charm. No outside seating space at HSBC though either...

[sherwood199]

Hugo Boss is being fitted out on Bridlesmith Gate, the old store is already closed. Ditsch is also being fitted out