To make a real change to our high streets, we need to think about about the social purpose and economic functions of these areas.
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UK retailers had a happier Christmas than expected, but consumers are changing how they shop due to the rising cost of living.
City by city, the data on CBD visitors vary with the severity of COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions. But none of the CBDs has recovered former activity levels, and some might never fully recover.
Good urban design and walkability boost local economic activity by increasing public activity, but cities need to pay more attention to the effects of microclimates on streets and public spaces.
There’s growing evidence the location and density of bottleshops influences the health and well-being of locals, particularly in disadvantaged areas.
In a recorded phone call to voters, Labor leader Bill Shorten said that “cuts to penalty rates will rip off 700,000 workers”. Is that true?
Q&A between the University of Melbourne’s Joshua Healy and The McKell Institute’s Edward Cavanough about methodologies for estimating the impact of the proposed Sunday penalty rate cuts.
The footwear retailer, once a staple of the UK high street, is being forced by falling sales to consider its options.
Pro-bike policies can boost local business. In one Melbourne case study, the average hourly retail spending from six bikes was $97.20 compared to $27 from one car occupying an equivalent space.
You might think the people who grow Christmas trees get to put their feet up for most of the year. You’d be wrong.
The use of slave labour in the global chain that supplies prawns to supermarkets in the US and the UK has been highlighted by a report in The Guardian. Following a six-month investigation, it was revealed…
After years of campaigning and lobbying, several evidence reviews, a draft government Bill (last September), and pre-legislative scrutiny from a joint select committee of peers and MPs, the UK government…
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