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Reports show that police drones are at risk of the data they gather ending up in cloud servers the Chinese government can access, but the benefits outweigh the risks.
Fibre2Fashion Toggle navigation 04 Pic: Shutterstock Shop prices in the UK fell by 1.3 per cent in April, a slower decline than the 2.4 per cent decrease in March. This is above the 12- and 6-month average price decreases of 1.8 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively. Additionally, in Q1 2021, the overall shop vacancy rate increased to 14.1 per cent, from 13.7 per cent in Q4 2020, as per a recent report. The vacancy rate was 1.9 percentage points higher than in the same point in 2020. This marks three years of increasing vacancy rates, from Q1 2018, accordi...
Central London has been named as the location with the highest amount of new fashion retail store openings between April 2020 and April 2021, exclusive research compiled for Drapers by Local Data Company shows. Recent store openings in central London include Ralph Lauren's flagship store, and Browns which opened in April. Versace, opened its London flagship store in December. Telford Shopping Centre and McArthurGlen's Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, which opened on 12 April, came in second and third place respectively in a list of the 16 UK locations with the highest new fashion chain store o...
Exclusive research: The high streets most at risk Local Data Company shows which locations will be worst hit by the closures of John Lewis, Debenhams and Arcadia Group stores. Out of the eight locations, Aberdeen and York have had the highest number of high-profile store closures between March 2018 and March 2021, exclusive research compiled for Drapers by Local Data Company shows. Both cities witnessed 17 “high-profile” retail closures each during the two-year period. Of the 17, nine were clothing retailers or department stores, including Debenhams, Topshop, Oasis, Cath Kidston, Dorothy ...
PA NEW research has shown a drop in the number of stores in Scotland of 652 last year. Accountants PwC said pre-pandemic trends continued in 2020 with closures outnumbering openings, while consumers switched to retail parks from the high street. More than 1,200 chain stores closed in Scotland last year, with 612 openings, continuing a path that has developed across high streets in recent years, leading to 14 per cent fewer stores compared to 2016 as shoppers migrate to online shopping. The 1,264 closures – which do not include stores temporarily closed because of lockdown restrictio...