INTRODUCTION

James Rayner

Argent LLP

Retail Lead Kings Cross

“EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE”

MIKE TYSON

LONDON’S DESIGN DISTRICT Design in the DNAThomas Heatherwick, Tom Dixon, Paul Smith, Wilkinson Eyre, B.I.G., David Chipperfield, Stanton Williams, Conran, Jacques Rival, Ooze, Varini, Amelia Pica, It’s Nice That

A home for cultureEngaging public art programme, London Design Festival, Design Junction, Lewis Cubitt's Sessions, The Great Outdoors screeningsHOW CAN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

GENERATE A RESILIENT RETAIL LANDSCAPE POST-COVID-19 IN LONDON AND NEW YORK?

NEW RETAIL REALITY` WHAT TRENDS ARE EMERGING?

Remote working

Conscious consumerism

Localism

Physical distancing

PEOPLE & PLACES` Outdoor space is the living room of mixed use offering a comfort blanket to visitors

NEW RETAIL REALITY` WHAT ARE RETAILERS DOING

TO RESPOND

Entertain & Engage

Streamers

Connected experience

Click & Connect

E-Commerce

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE HIGH STREET?

LOCAL

NOT GLOBAL`

Relevance

Bespoke

Not Mass

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE…

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD

Structural not cyclical

Convenience is reinvented

Local Not Global

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Experts not generalists

Niche not ubiquitous

Contactless becomes frictionless

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD

WILL THE POST-COVID-19 SCENARIO BRING THE EMERGENCE OF NEW BUSINESSES AND MIXED-USE

SPACES?

EMERGENCE OF NEW BUSINESS OR A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS?

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TRUE PARTNERSHIPS WILL EVOLVE

Flexibility

Transparency

Investment

THE VALUE OFMIXED USE

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THE ROLE OF A STORE IS CHANGING

Innovation

Liberation

THE ROLE OF THE LANDLORD HAS

CHANGED

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