Evolving retail environments: from shopping centres to revitalising the high street

Friday 29 January 2021

Benjamin O'Connor

Director

Katerina Mercury

Senior Asset Manager, Retail
The Crown Estate

Mike Stiff

Director
Stiff + Trevillion

Jamie Dean

Area Manager – North East Team
Greater London Authority

Jessica Marsden-Smedley

Senior Asset Manager
Argent

Over the last decade and a half, the retail sector has undergone fundamental structural changes. From the successful development of global shopping centres to the urgent need to revitalise our local high streets, the responsive evolution of the sector can be clearly traced in some of London’s new and established retail districts.

With the ongoing shift away from brick-and-mortar retail into the digital landscape – a disruption accelerated by covid-19 – the sector has the chance to learn from this last 15 years and reinvent itself amidst future challenges.

This webinar, part of The Changing Face of London, will present lessons learned from the last 15 years of retail-led development in the capital and how the sector is planning to face future flux.

PROGRAMME

Welcome from Chair

Ben O’Connor, Director, NLA

London’s High Streets

Jamie Dean, Area Manager, North East Team, GLA

The West End

Katerina Mercury, Senior Asset Manager, London Retail, The Crown Estate

Brent Cross Town

Jessica Marsden-Smedley, Senior Asset Manager, Argent

Panel discussion
Speakers above plus
Mike Stiff, Director, Stiff + Trevillion

DOWNLOAD NLA'S RETAIL REPORT (published July 2019)

Insight

London’s Retail: exploring what works

The retail sector faces an unprecedented era of flux. With the rise of rents, online retailing, new technologies and changing consumer expectations, London’s retail landscape is... Find out more by downloading the full report here, and make sure to take part in the ongoing conversation throughout the NLA community from around the sector.