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Danish Design and Hygge Homeware - variety store trends in the UK
17th March 2025
Josh reviews the grand opening of Søstrene Grene in Leeds along with other Danish brands taking the UK by storm. Who could be next?
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Oxford Street Reinvented
14th August 2024
Ben recently took to Oxford Street to ask the question "can it make sense to have 4 stores in the same vicinity, no matter how strong that Retail Place is?"
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Debenhams: Two years (& two months on)
2nd August 2023
Over two years since the physical presence of Debenhams on our high streets ended, we review 126 units they left vacant. What’s become of them?
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The Importance of Site Visits for Location Planners
1st June 2023
While data driven insights are essential, site visits are indispensable for Location Planning. Alison interviewed our Location Planners to find out why we do them and 10 top tips that might help you next time.
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A visit to Rossmann
20th March 2023
Rossmann - the place to buy your health & beauty, children's toys, cat food, chia seeds, a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and some boxer shorts...
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New towns are not built too often in the UK: Exploring Sherford
17th January 2023
The UK is known for its many historic towns but new towns are occasionally built. Sarah explores Sherford which welcomed its first residents in 2017.
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Gymshark's Regent Street Flagship is definitely worth the weight
19th December 2022
Imogen & Rachel recently visited the flagship Gymshark on London's Regent Street. They review their full experience; from a workout in the Sweat Room to a Joe & The Juice shake.
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Is the opening of the first Warsaw Uniqlo the icing on the cake in changing retail trends in Poland?
2nd November 2022
Uniqlo opens its doors in Poland. Jacek visited the new store in Warsaw and shares his excitement about the potential shift in retail trends the country is experiencing.
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Inside the Corner Store - ALDI Melbourne
24th October 2022
While Rachel was in Australia working on a client project she took time out to explore Melbourne CBD and visited the new ALDI format Corner Store.
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Experiencing IKEA’s First City Centre Store in China
7th September 2022
This summer Coco had her first business trip back to Shanghai, one of the key things she ticked off right upon arrival was to visit the IKEA Jing’an City Store.
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Filling the gaps with {mydentist}
24th August 2022
How Europe’s biggest dental provider uses GEOLYTIX MAPP to manage their network of practices and target the most appropriate opportunities for growth.
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Where the FAANGs live.
22nd August 2022
Blair visited Battersea Power Station over the weekend and shared some of his thoughts.
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The Sweeter Side of Life
18th August 2022
Rachel suggests a sweet spot to visit in St Albans, The Waffle House. We recently supported their team with customer and location analysis.
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LondonShuffle
27th July 2022
Six years ago we had a team social to a newly opened Shuffleboard club called LondonShuffle. We were delighted to support them recently with some location data and analysis.
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Providing The Original Factory Shop with the tools to make Informed Network Expansion Decisions
22nd June 2022
The Original Factory Shop were looking for a forecast model and network blueprint to help guide their latest phase of new store expansion across the UK. GEOLYTIX rose to the challenge of forecasting sales for this bargain retailer with a somewhat unusual store portfolio.
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Welcome to Oxygen!
18th May 2022
Back at the beginning of April we were invited to embrace our inner children and bounce our way around Oxygen Freejumping at the O2.