SLIDE 1 Professionalising Markets – Retailing in the 21st century
Presented by
Ken Greig: Director, Greig and Stephenson Architects
SLIDE 2 Good morning!
The rise of independent retail and the increased consumer interest
- Home shopping and the internet
- Polarisation of shopping centres
- “the death of our high streets”
- The discounters are coming / are here!
- ‘the great British leisure experience’
SLIDE 3 Markets and their competition
‘the great British leisure experience’
- Home shopping and the internet
- Polarisation of shopping centres
- “the death of our high streets”
- The discounters are coming / are here!
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Markets today Building on a tradition ‘as old as the hills’
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What makes our markets special?
People
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What makes our markets special?
Location
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What makes our markets special?
Architecture
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What makes our markets special?
Autonomy and the retail mix
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Lessons learnt
So what lessons can we learn from looking at and working with markets?
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“Designing markets”
Designing the ideal market – there is no formula…
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Designing Markets
Back of house / front of house
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Food is the driver
It is the key to attracting customers…
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Food is the driver
Fresh food sales combined with cooking
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Food is the driver
Street food – Trinity Kitchen, Leeds
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Food is the driver
Refuelling Madrid – Market research
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Food is the driver
Developing and adding value to the core business…
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Street Markets
How are they changing?
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Composite markets and flexibility
Creating different scales of opportunities for a wide variety of business…
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The importance of infrastructure
Enabling traders’ businesses
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Notable Market successes
Dunelm – Leicester
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Notable Market successes
Franco Manca & Honest Burgers - Brixton
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Notable Market successes
Marks and Spencer - Leeds
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Space
Borough Market - Before
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Space Borough Market - As Developed
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Space
Borough Market – then and now
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Space
Tai Yeun, Hong Kong – Plan Analysis (Before)
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Space
Tai Yeun, Hong Kong - Before
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Space
Tai Yeun, Hong Kong – Plan Analysis (After)
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Space
Tai Yeun, Hong Kong – after refurbishment
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Educating the customer: new skills
Cookery school
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Traders liaison
Maximising the traders’ business
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Birmingham
Renewal opportunity - existing wholesale market
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Birmingham
Rag Market, sports centre? Indoor Market, car park?
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Birmingham
Masterplan
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Birmingham
New composite market
