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Is a digital world a threat or a boon for the High Street?

Moderator: Neville HobsonLondon - June 19, 2013

…and other interesting questions

A PANEL DISCUSSION

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http://www.thinkspacelondon.com/static/digitalk2.html

Luke Brynley-Jones@lbrynleyjones

Brandon Butterworth@bbzaaa

Neville Hobson@jangles

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331879/High-Street-Armageddon-1-5-High-Street-stores-face-closure-years-unstoppable-rise-internet-shopping.htmlhttp://www.govtoday.co.uk/business-news/26-economy/16013-uk-retail-facing-a-crisishttp://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/403104/60-000-stores-to-close-in-five-years-as-our-high-streets-begin-to-diehttp://www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/one-in-five-shops-to-close-as-ecommerce-grows/4006787.article

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By 2018, the picture looks bleak…

• Total stores down by 22%– From 281,930 to 220,000

• 316,000 jobs gone compared to today• Online retail sales up from 12.7% (2012) to 21.5% by

2018• Additional 164 companies going into administration:

loss of 22,600 stores and 140,000 employees– Many of these companies will survive but at the cost of

closing more than half their stores

• The High Street will continue to suffer: 41% of town centres will lose 27,638 stores

“Retail Futures 2018: Shop Numbers, Online and The High Street - A Guide to Retailing in 2018” - http://www.the-cma.com/research/cma-research-reports/retail-futures-2018/1

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http://www.maryportas.com/portaspilots/

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http://www.irisys.co.uk/people-counting-blog/bid/61846/How-do-you-know-if-your-customers-are-showrooming

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Imaginative Thinking

• At this year's London Fashion Week Top Shop partnered with Google to fit a runway model with a real-time camera so shoppers could experience their fashion show from a unique perspective.

• At the flagship branch in London's Oxford Street, a specially designed animated photo booth linked to Google+ was set up, allowing customers to try on their favourite outfits and have their photograph instantly uploaded on the store's web page, as well as see it displayed in an interactive digital window.

http://www.channel4.com/news/high-street-shops-close-retail-crisis-warninghttp://www.elle.co.za/topshop-x-google-puts-you-in-the-front-row/

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Is all you need just a little

Imagination?

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Is a digital world a threat or a boon for the High Street?

Neville Hobson

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London, June 19, 2013

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