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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.
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Pop Up Horsham –helping pandemic entrepreneurs reinvent the high street.
18th November 2021
Kate visited Pop Up Horsham, a council led scheme aimed at helping both reinvent the high street whilst supporting local small businesses created during Lockdown...
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My Reading Roadtrip with Geolytix
9th November 2021
In September, back when days were longer and the weather a little warmer, Jasper and a few of the team headed out to Reading for a site visit. He writes about the day below...
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Ready, set, 'GetGo'
26th October 2021
Last week Tesco opened its first checkout-free store, 'GetGo' in High Holborn. We couldn't pass up the opportunity for a site visit!
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Marugame Udon - Liverpool Street’s new lunch and evening spot
29th July 2021
Last week, Jas, Chris and Kate were fortunate enough to be invited to the soft opening of Marugame Udon, an authentic Japanese Udon restaurant, located a short walk from Liverpool St Station in London.
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Will large malls be replaced by smaller, more convenient venues in Poland?
10th June 2021
As the world is slowly coming out of lockdown, we have been lucky enough to go on real site visits again; this week Jacek discusses his site visit in Warsaw!
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Need a site visit fix?
22nd April 2021
2020 was a year without travel, and in an industry where site visits are part of the job, we were restricted to site visits from a laptop! As the world is slowly coming out of lockdown, our location planners based in Australia have been lucky enough to go on real site visits again!
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Chocolat: At home and abroad!
14th February 2020
Valentine's is a peak in the chocolate gift-giving season (Xmas-through-Easter) and even Hotel Chocolat’s “Chocolate Metropolis” in Leeds was beginning to run out!
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Aldi in Shanghai
10th February 2020
Aldi opened it's first store in China on the 7th June 2019 in Shanghai after it launched an e-commerce platform on Alibaba’s Tmall Global in April 2017.
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India Retail Landscape… A decade on
30th October 2019
How exciting to be back in India, and particularly Mumbai, after almost a decade away.
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Paris Retail Landscape – First Impression
14th October 2019
I was always intrigued by the breath-taking history and the industry-leading fashion Paris presents to the world.
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Blackwell’s and the book buying experience
9th September 2019
A well-stocked bookshop, with the scent of new paper and an adventure on every shelf, has been a staple of the British high street for hundreds of years.
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How a fruit and veg supplier won my heart
22nd July 2019
I am a reluctant online shopper. I enjoy the actual shopping experience – choosing goods there and then and getting them immediately without expected delivery time.
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Geolytix in Dubai
11th June 2019
It has the aquarium, the waterfall, the ice-rink and of course the towering Burj Khalifa as a neighbour.
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Shanghai – A Flagship City
11th March 2019
From a fishing village in the 11th Century, to the world’s busiest port today, Shanghai has long been synonymous with international trade and commerce.
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From Ahmedabad to Zibo
18th May 2018
It’s gone unbelievably quickly but we are now six months in to our Asia Pacific adventure with Geolytix offices now up and running in Tokyo and Shanghai.
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Creamstastic: An explosion of ice cream parlours
9th December 2017
Ice cream parlours make me think of a Sunday afternoon, currant tea cake, jersey ice cream and miniature train ride at Charlottes in West Yorkshire. Times have changed.
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European Fast Fashion Sweeping the West End
17th October 2017
In my June blog, I discussed my view on the future of Oxford Street, coming to the conclusion that although it faced some challenges, it was still an attractive shopping destination that would remain strong well into the future.
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The changing face of Enfield. Ditching mainstream fashion for wine tasting, a pedicure and a Cuban night
24th July 2017
I moved to Enfield 13 years ago, leaving Crouch End to take advantage of the lower house prices.
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The Future of Oxford Street: Strength to Strength or Fighting for Survival?
6th June 2017
London’s Oxford Street is one of the busiest shopping destinations in the world with a history stretching back well over 100 years.
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Fresh Trader: Can a wholesaler succeed on the high street?
14th March 2017
We welcome back Angela, our guest blogger, who shares her view on a different kind of grocery store…
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Birmingham New Street/Grand Central: A space fit for the 21st century
3rd March 2017
On a fleeting visit to Birmingham I had some time to explore the redeveloped area at Grand Central/ New Street station.
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Bunnings first UK opening: An Aussie sausage sizzle in the snow
21st February 2017
The shake up of the UK DIY sector recently got underway in St Albans with the opening of the first UK Bunnings.
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Smiles and Giggles = Smiggle
6th February 2017
We’re excited to post our first guest blog. Angela shares her take on one of the new retailers to hit the UK…
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The Dining Club – IKEA
10th November 2016
“It doesn’t matter what you make, it’s the people that are the best ingredients.”
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Veggie Pret – Not just for Veggie’s
14th July 2016
During the month of June Pret A Manger opened a pop-up vegetarian store – not a ‘new concept store’, they acknowledged.
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Iceland Food Warehouse – Old Kent Road
23rd September 2015
It has been a hot topic in the industry for a while that the discounters are continuing to grow in popularity and share of market spend.
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The air is better up here – Trampoline parks
9th September 2015
Trampoline parks seem to be taking the UK by storm, they are opening all over. So Geolytix decided to have a team afternoon at Oxygen Free Jumping in Acton.
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Good Evenings at Pret a Manger
28th August 2015
In April of this year when Pret a Manger on The Strand introduced Good Evenings it went against the definition of their name.
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Shop in shop: The Google Shop
9th June 2015
If you go down to Tottenham Court Road today you’re sure of a big surprise. Those familiar Google colours have come down to earth at the Currys PC World store.
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Home of Smart Shopping
24th January 2015
I’m going to be honest I never went to a Netto when they were previously around in the UK during my school years.
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1000th Holland and Barrett store
29th October 2014
At a time when high street stores are still at risk of closure following the turbulent economic climate of recent years, what is Holland & Barrett’s secret?
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The Latest Phenomenon: Pop-Up Shops
21st February 2014
Flash retailing has become a popular concept. This is a new breed of pop-up shops, far from the tacky, messy seasonal shops that appear around a festive holiday.
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Food is the Focus and the new Warehouse style Morrisons store
13th January 2014
Morrisons recently opened a refreshingly innovative store that encourages good old fashioned food shopping in a clear yet theatrical fashion.
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New Destination Format Tesco combines High Street feel with Supermarket experience
13th August 2013
There is much to be said for Tesco's new approach to out of town shopping.