Out-of-town will feel the impact of consumer downturn more severely than other locations. With consumers shunning major purchases, especially those related to the housing market, big ticket retailers are set to suffer more than most as consumers cut back on non-essential spending. The dominance of big ticket retailers out-of-town makes the location more vulnerable to the consumer downturn as shoppers have little need to visit retail parks when their demand for furniture, DIY and electricals items all major out-of-town sectors diminishes. UK Out-of-Town Retailing 2008 is a new report published by Verdict Research that provides a definitive guide to out-of-town retailing in the UK. This new report examines the latest changes occurring in the out-of-town retail sector, those driven by both the market and retailers. This report details out-of-town market sizes and trends, detailed analysis of the key out-of-town issues, five year forecasts and analysis and profiles of the key retailers in the sector.
Published: August 2008 - UK. |
