BOOK NOW | Future of Retail
Find out the creative ways developers and investors are driving footfall and transforming the physical shopping experience – all while navigating the headwinds of debilitating business rates, the popularity of e-commerce and looming economic crisis.
Place North West’s Future of Retail event will bring together industry experts to discuss the opportunities that retail schemes offer. In addition to delving into how these projects can be agile in certain times, we’ll also be gazing into a crystal ball to see what the future holds for the industry.
Sponsored by TLT and Aew Architects, Future of Retail will take place on 15 September at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. The event will begin with networking and breakfast at 8am, followed by two panels and presentations. There will also be networking breaks to aid you in making valuable connections.
Confirmed speakers
- Matt Colledge, board member & project director, High Streets Task Force
- Danielle Purves, director, Aew Architects
- Joe Meredith, legal director, TLT LLP
- Rob Deacon, senior asset manager, Grosvenor
Book your ticket today by using the form below. If you cannot see the form, please contact events@placenorthwest.co.uk.
Seems strange to hold a future of retail event and not host it in the UK’s most resilient shopping city! Especially if you put a photo of it on the cover.
By Jeff
Hi Jeff! I’ve passed your comment along to our events team. We’re really excited to discuss what the future of retail will look like across the North West, and thrilled to have Grosvenor’s Rob Deacon (whose remit includes Liverpool One) speak. You can expect to hear lots about Liverpool, Manchester, Chester and more at the event.
We’ll be hosting our next event in Liverpool on 10 November and hope to see you there! – Julia
By Julia Hatmaker
The health of retail centres depends on a number of factors not least local wealth and spending power, the high street offering is also greatly affected by the large out of town complexes that we can drive to.
Making a destination attractive helps and we need to learn from Europe where they seem to have great landscaping with trees and planting, plus attractive paving, but we know shopping alone will not always be the pull and the provision of entertainment like bowling , go-karting , escape-rooms, and the like plays a part.
The very-local high streets seem to be suffering at present, especially butchers, greengrocers, luxury toiletries, and so on.
Your picture shows Liverpool One, and I feel they could expand it on the Police headquarters site with a mixture of retail, hotel, and residential.
By Anonymous
What does the ‘most resilient ‘ shopping city mean? Is that a measure referred to somewhere. Can someone point me at the report please.
By Tom
The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, that’s a great venue for what should be a very interesting seminar. The cradle of the industrial revolution to the cradle of retail !
By John
High Street retail will soon be as dead as VHS.
By Anonymous
Soon as dead as vhs? And the office is dead too apparently, nobody wants to build houses and apartment buildings will never catch on.
By Reality check