| The Worst of It |
The Best of It |
| Second- and third-tier shopping centres |
London retail |
| Out-of-town retail parks, particularly remote and/or nondescript
ones |
Internet retailing |
| Nondescript second and third rank towns such as Northampton,
Coventry, Bradford, Banbury, Huddersfield |
Centres of high-quality revamped major cities like Birmingham,
Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff |
| Landlords and property developers |
Food and drink retailers |
| Middle-of-the-road retailers selling to lower income consumers |
Smartish areas of towns with a good range of traffic-builder
stores and nice independent stores |
| Low-income areas, former industrial areas of England and Wales
|
Market towns with significant middle-class enclaves, e.g.
Newark, Chipping Norton, Harrogate, Malton etc |
| Badly-thought through, costly takeovers |
Large aggressive retailers with low cost base that gobble
up competitors without overpaying |
| DIY/hardware, furniture, carpets |
Discounters |
| Electrical retailing through stores |
Garden products |
| Clothing and footwear retailers, particularly middle-of-the-road
|
Holiday towns with a good reputation |
| Tired-out City centres |
Farmers |
| Butchers |
Electronic games |
| Premium products/retail formats not meeting valued customer
requirements. |
Green retailing formats that are more than middle-class twaddle |
| Newsagents, toys, |
Mother and baby stores |
| Coffee shops |
Bicycles, leisure outerwear, pet shops |
