Data Investment L LDC Alex Singleton, Barnes Oswald, Les Dolega, Michail Pavlis, Dean Riddlesden ! Department of Geography and Planning / Local Data Company ESRC KEO: e-Resilient Retail
partner with leading academic institutions to build new indices and insight which have credibility and academic rigour: • UCL (CLG boundaries – update) • Oxford Institute of Retail Management (Diversity Indices) • Liverpool (e-Resilience & Business Rates) • Stirling – (Top 100 Towns, Booze/Charity/Money/Gambling Index) • Loughborough (Consumer Journeys) • Manchester (Local Shopping Provision) • Cardiff (Role of Town Centres in Large Urban Areas) • Cambridge (Undergraduate & Post Graduate Work) • Over 15 undergraduates supported through licences to LDC’s analytics and consultations with management
dynamic boundaries updated every 6-months • Catchment Areas – fit for purpose for current retailing trends • Typology of Places • Investment Dynamics (role of an asset and the surrounding centre and competing centres)
the catchment area for retail centres • A better understanding of the drivers of vacancy rates • Of which use of the Internet engagement is widely attributed