ESRC Retail Industry Business Engagement Network (RIBEN)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Abstract
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Publications
C Thompson
(2010)
The changing grocery market in Yorkshire and Humber
in The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Review
N Wrigley
(2013)
Towards a Policy Engaged Retail Geography, in Advances in Commercial Geography: methods and applications
in Towards a Policy Engaged Retail Geography, in Advances in Commercial Geography: methods and applications
Neil Wrigley (Author)
(2009)
Linked Trips and Town Centre Viability
in Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-
Newing A
(2013)
Visitor expenditure estimation for grocery store location planning: a case study of Cornwall
in The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research
Newing A
(2014)
Exploring Small Area Demand for Grocery Retailers in Tourist Areas
in Tourism Economics
Newing A
(2013)
Identifying seasonal variations in store-level visitor grocery demand
in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
Norman P
(2012)
Estimating detailed distributions from grouped sociodemographic data: 'get me started in' curve fitting using nonlinear models
in Journal of Population Research
| Description | RIBEN was not a research project per se, but a project involving a network /platform created to facilitate and promote engagement between universities and the retail sector and in particular to provide the oportunity to university-based researchers to work closely with experts in the retail industry. As such, due to the nature of RIBEN, we cannot report on specific research findings. RIBEN has arguably has played a not insignificant background role in helping shape, a new environment of knowledge exchange and enriched understanding between ESRC and the retail sector - this highly important sector of the UK economy. RIBEN was 'ahead of the curve' in many of the co-funding and co-governance relations it was obliged to pioneer with its industry partners. What it pioneered has been of considerable value more widely - not least in helping shift the 'culture of engagement' in ESRC towards the flexible, realistic, facilitating and supportive approach which has increasingly defined ESRC practice. Moreover, it can be argued that RIBEN's achievement provided encouragement and an emulation target for the successful ESRC Retail Data Navigator 'capacity building' scheme which was launched in 2012. |
| Exploitation Route | In recent years there has been a noticeable shift in the way the ESRC engages with the retail industry. A new environment of knowledge exchange and understanding has been created between the ESRC and this highly important sector of the UK economy which had previously been regarded as extremely difficult to penetrate. The RIBEN Capacity Building Cluster (CBC) has arguably played an important background/facilitating role in helping shape this new 'culture of engagement'. As such, we anticipate that the 'legacy' of the RIBEN CBC will be reflected in this shift in the 'culture of engagement', and in the dividends which are beginning to flow from the flexible, realistic, facilitating and supportive approach which ESRC now adopts in respect of co-funding and co-governance arrangements with the industry. Feedback received from industry partners suggests that efforts made by the RIBEN co-Directors have resulted in retailers and retail trade bodies increasingly appreciating the value of evidence-based research and being willing to consider long-term collaborative research projects with academic partners - a trend which contradicts the short-termist stereotype of firms operating in this industry. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Retail |
| URL | http://www.riben.org.uk |
| Description | RIBEN is now recognised has having pioneered the development of approaches to, and methods for, successful collaboration between social science and the retail sector in the UK |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Retail |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | BIS and Portas |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | RIBEN's activities coincided with growing policymaker and practitioner concern over the viability and vitality of the UK's High Streets. In 2011, the Prime Minister commissioned Mary Portas to lead an independent review into their future. Profs Wrigley & Reynolds were invited both to the launch of the Portas review in May 2011 and to engage with the inquiry as it progressed during 2011. The launch event provided an opportunity for RIBEN directors to seek to influence the development of the inquiry and the priorities that would emerge, through a structured discussion process in the Innovation Lab at DBIS. Prof Reynolds was invited to be a member of a second, non-governmental, group of experts investigating options for High Street revival, initiated by retailer Bill Grimsey in 2013. Whilst he declined to be a panel member, because of a conflict of interest, Oxford's work within the RIBEN initiative with the Local Data Company played a central role in developing an evidence-based set of recommendations in the eventual Grimsey Review, which was launched at the House of Commons in London in late 20133. As part of the BIS committee evidence enquiry, the work conducted by the RIBEN CBC featured highly as key evidence of high-quality collaborative research and effective engagement with the retail industry. The relevant evidence submitted by the ESRC refers to both past and on-going research projects undertaken by the RIBEN cluster and draws attention to the wide range of partners RIBEN has collaborated/engaged with (ranging from corporate retailers such as Sainsbury's, ASDA and Tesco, to local government and NGOs); in addition, the document also draws attention to the impact of RIBEN projects in informing the retail planning policy agenda and retail planning practice in the UK. |
| Description | DCLG and Future High Streets Forum |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | In February 2013, RIBEN Director Prof Neil Wrigley was the sole academic to be asked by the then Local Growth Minister Mark Prisk to join the national 'Future High Streets Forum', formed to advise the government on the challenges facing high streets, and to assist with the development of practical policies to enable town centres to adapt and change. Supported by ESRC funding, Prof Wrigley, currently leads a research team -which includes RIBEN Engagement Director Dr Dionysia Lambiri and RIBEN Case Award graduate Dr Les Dolega- which was asked to undertake a high-profile review of the evidence base which will feed into the wider work of the Future High Streets Forum. |
| Description | KEO with the Local Data Company: 'The State of UK Retail Places' |
| Organisation | Local Data Company |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The co-existence of town centres and out-of-town is only one dimension of the complex and evolving structure of locations and channels to which consumers have access in developed retail markets. The broad objective of this project is to develop contemporary insight and explanations of the ways the geography of retailing, specifically retail places, is changing in the UK. Combining the data and expertise of the Local Data Company (www.localdatacompany.com) and the insights of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, led by Dr Jonathan Reynolds, will allow the production of the first of what could become a series of annual reports on this subject which we believe will be highly regarded and of significant value to investors, policy-makers, retailers and academics. The project has four inter-related objectives: 1. To consider the character of retail places, classifying, clustering & ranking them in ways which, in the absence of contemporary data, has not previously proved possible. 2. To develop appropriate & objective measures of vulnerability & resilience of places as measured through the extent and nature of their retail provision. 3. To understand and explain the ways in which retail places have changed over the past year. 4. To consider what UK retail places might look like in five years time, given what we know about present trends and drivers, and in the context of the existing longitudinal data set. The output of the project will be a summary "State of UK Retail Places" report. A subsidiary output will be the development of a data set which will have the potential to act as a Town 'Tool Kit' that will enable retail places to better understand how they are evolving against national trends. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions were in kind. The LDC provided data which allowed a detailed assesment of change of the state of UK places |
| Impact | Disciplines involved: geography, retail management. For outputs please see research outputs for RIBEN |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | KTP with the Association of Convenience Stores |
| Organisation | Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | It is popularly thought that small retail businesses play a vital role in safeguarding the viability and vitality of local communities. But little objective, authoritative evidence exists to support this view. It is also held anecdotally that embedded within the sector can be found countless examples of good practice. However, the suspicion is that many of these examples are poorly understood and rarely shared. This project brought together the Association of Convenience Stores (representing 33,500 small shops) and the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, based at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. This project was designed to conduct new research aimed at (i) assessing the role of local shops within communities (ii) assisting in policy debate and (iii) embedding best practice in community retailing, with accompanying broader social and economic benefits. In addition, such work was designed to allow the further development of a research and evidence-based culture within the Company Partner and the development of effective insights and analysis of the SME retail sector for the Knowledge Base team. This partnership provided an opportunity for a trade association representing local shops to develop an authoritative evidence base of the contribution of local shops to the communities in which they operate and, cumulatively, to the nation as a whole. Such an evidence base is of direct use to the Association?s membership, but also an important pre-requisite for the association in developing its case with policy-makers at local, regional and national levels. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Revisiting the impact of large foodstores on market towns and district centres |
| Organisation | Tesco Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This large-scale project was based on a major three-year, two-region, before/after study of the impacts of foodstore developments on UK market towns and district centres. The aims of the study were to move forward highly-polarised policy debates, which have disputed the nature of such impacts. The study was designed to reflect the store development consequences of more than a decade of retail planning regulation which has prioritized a 'town centres first' approach to retail development and enjoyed strong cross-party political support. The study represented a revisit of the findings of the influential, but increasingly outdated, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) report on the same topic (DETR, 1998). In particular, following the implementation of PPG6 and the 'sequential test' in 1996,there was a growing need by the late 2000s to revisit and update the DETR commissioned research to reflect the consequences of the decade of more flexible 'town centre oriented' foodstore developments. The study was timely for two major reasons. Firstly, because research on this topic since the publication of the DETR report has been limited in quantity, scope and depth - giving rise to an increasingly outdated evidence base to inform policy debates. Secondly, because the 2009 planning policy guidance has reiterated and underlined the importance of 'impact' assessment to the consensus 'town centres' first' approach to retail development. |
| Collaborator Contribution | provided us with detailed GIS data at a local level on retail units. |
| Impact | Findings from the study have been disseminated to the planning community via professional journals such as Town & Country Planning (see list of publications) and property industry and planning seminars (i.e. British Property Federation 'Supporting economic growth through planning reform' Seminar - 2 December 2010). Research evidence has been accepted as state-of-the-art in planning proposal submissions, decisions and appeals (over 20 uses). The Government's Planning Portal directs users to a clear summary of the study's key findings and examples of the use of those findings in the planning process continue to rise steadily. Evidence of the way the research has reinvigorated and reset the parameters of debates on retail competition and planning in the UK is illustrated by the opinion piece published by the ex-Director General of the BRC (Oct 6 2012) which focused on the Southampton research as an exemplar of the evidence -based contributions long needed on these topics. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Romsey town centre study |
| Organisation | Test Valley Borough Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The RIBEN team was aksed from Test Valley Borough Council to provide analysis of how Romsey town centre operates at a time of considerable Government concern about the economic health of British town centres and high streets. In particular, the questions the study answered were: i. to what extent were its retailers and service providers serving the needs of consumers in the town's main catchment area? ii. how well was it catering for the requirements of visitors, and to what degree was it meeting the requirements and aspirations of both consumers and traders regarding the centre's vitality and viability? The study focused in particular on the relationship between main food shopping trips to Romsey and other visits to the town centre for retail and services, on the frequency of shopping visits and on the modes of travel. In addition, the study looked at the extent of 'leakage' of catchment expenditure to competing retail centres, the potential for 'clawback' of that expenditure, and perceptions of what might encourage use of small and specialist stores. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Borough Council provided us with background policy documents which provided a good starting point for the design of the study |
| Impact | The project report is available on the Test Valley Borough Council website as part of the Council's Local Development Framework evidence base. The study findings were presented at the Romsey Chamber of Commerce and the Romsey Forum, were research evidence was discussed with the town's residents and stakeholders. Engagement with the Test Valley Borough Council directly led to a CASE studentship sponsored (in kind) by the Planning Department of Test Valley ('Evaluating the Economic Impact of Festivals and Events on Town Centres |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | The Impact of Small Format In-Centre Foodstores on Small Towns |
| Organisation | Tesco Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project provided rigorous, up-to-date research findings relating to the impacts of small-store corporate food retail entry within a cross-section of five small towns in southern England. Overall, the contribution of the study can be summarised as: i. the study moved forward the highly-polarised policy debates surrounding the impact of foodstore entry on town centres in the UK. ii. the study investigated in depth how new-generation corporate convenience stores ('Express', 'Local' or similar) opened in-centre, affect the existing retail composition of those town centres - providing new evidence on the trip generation, anchor potential and linked trip characteristics associated with the new stores. iii. the study provided evidence on the 'relocalisation' of food shopping and reduction in car dependency which has accompanied the new generation foodstores entry iv. the study considered community responses to in-centre openings of such stores, and examine the extent to which these small stores might have similar capacity to 'anchor' the existing retail offer of the centres in which they open, supplementing and enhancing rather than detracting from the diversity associated with small and specialist independent shops. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided their practical expertise in the field and also supplied us with detailed Geographical data on retail units at the local level |
| Impact | The research reported was particularly timely to debates on the health of UK High Streets and the recommendations of the Portas Review (2011). The findings of this study were presented at the All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting on Town Centres at the House of Commons on the 21st November 2012 (http://www.riben.org.uk/Current_&_recently_completed_projects/APPG%20 presentation%2021%20Nov%202012.pdf |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | 'New generation C- stores, small towns, & the high street crisis ' - Presentation at the All Party Parliamentary Group meeting on Town Centres |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research findings at the All Party Parliamentary Group meeting on Town Centres (House of Commons) on the 21st of November 2012 All-Party Parliamentary Group for Town Centres |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | 'Revisiting the impacts of large foodstores on Market Towns and District Centres'-Presentation of research project findings at British Property Federation Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the British Property Federation 'Supporting economic growth through planning reform' Seminar on the 2nd of December 2010. The seminar was attended by a large number of practitioners from the retail sector ( representatives from large retail companies, planners, etc). The presentation stimulated a wider discussion amongst practitioners and policy makers, and helped move forward highly-polarised policy debates on the controversial issue of the impact of large food stores on the economic vitality of small towns in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.bpf.org.uk/en/newsroom/press_release/PR101202_Industry_chiefs_call_for_localism__not_nimb... |
| Description | A Manifesto for High Street Bookselling, Warwick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | A Vision of the Future of Retailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 The Report - 19 May 2011:Tesco Riots in Bristol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112yds#synopsis |
| Description | Brighton & Hove News - 4 June 2013: Brighton and Hove offers shoppers a better mix, say researchers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2013/06/04/brighton-and-hove-offers-shoppers-a-better-mix-say-res... |
| Description | Britain in 2013 (ESRC) - Retail Therapy (p.41) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | CBRE - 11 February 2013: CBRE hosts University of Southampton - ESRC Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/cbre/pressreleases/cbre-hosts-university-of-southampton-esrc-conference... |
| Description | Daily Mail - 2 June 2013: Just a short back and sides: How Beckham and R-Patz are leading the trend for men going to the barbers rather than expensive salons |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334651/David-Beckham-Robert-Pattinson-lead-trend-men-going-... |
| Description | Drapers - 5 June 2013: Better research needed to inform high street strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.drapersonline.com/news/better-research-needed-to-inform-high-street-strategy/5049753.arti... |
| Description | Engaged Business Research: the example of retail research at Oxford - ESRC/AIM Researcher Development Initiative conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Estimating seasonal variations in UK food spend - 'Reporting Research' session at the Geographical Association's 2011 Annual Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Estimating seasonal visitor demand for use in retail location modelling, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Estimating tourist demand in retail location models - 17th European Colloquium on Quantitive and Theoretical Geography (ECQTG), Greece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Estimating tourist demand in retail location models - 51st Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Spain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Estimating tourist demand in retail location models - Presentation, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Examining the determinants of linked shopping trips - Spain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Exploring small-area demand for grocery retailers in tourist areas, Austria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Exploring the geography of e-commerce in the UK and investigating the implications for food retail store location - Spain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Exploring the geography of e-commerce in the UK and investigating the implications for food retail store location research - Greece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Exploring the spatial dynamics of UK convenience retailing: The emergence of major grocery retailers into the market, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Financial Times - 4 June 2013 : UK high streets to lose 5,000 shops in the next 5 years |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eced567c-cc65-11e2-bb22-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VzqawpEc |
| Description | Grocery Spending and Store Location during a Recession: An Analysis of Changing Consumer Behaviour and Interaction Patterns, Austria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Grocery Spending and Store Location during a Recession: An Analysis of Changing Consumer Behaviour and Interaction Patterns, Slovakia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | How did we get where we are today? Complex structural change and independent retailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | ITV - 26 April 2013: Dhaka collapse raises questions on where we get our clothes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.itv.com/news/2013-04-26/dhaka-collapse-raises-questions-on-where-we-get-our-clothes-from/ |
| Description | Initial approaches to estimate tourist demand in retail location, Bournemouth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Internet Retailing - 4 June 2013: The growing influence of online and multichannel retailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://internetretailing.net/2013/06/moving-inexorably-towards-online-and-multichannel-retail/ |
| Description | Linked trips and town centre vitality: what relocation of an 'out-of-centre' foodstore to 'edge-of-centre' tells us - 49th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Territorial Cohesion of Europe and Integrative Planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Market Factors & Business Opportunities in International Convenience Retailing, Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Modelling non-residential demand for store location planning - a case study of visitor grocery expenditure in Cornwall, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Modelling regional and local tourist spend for store location planning, Australia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Modelling the opportunities for deep discounting in Great Britain - North American Regional Science, Denver, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | My Hermes - 5 June 2013: Online 'fuelling high street evolution' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://news.myhermes.co.uk/online-fuelling-high-street-evolution-1000008817.news |
| Description | New Boundaries, University of Southampton, Future of UK high streets, October 2013 Issue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | News release, University of Southampton 'Study provides new evidence on the impacts of supermarket development on market towns and district centres' 2 December 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2010/dec/10_129.shtml |
| Description | Planning Resource - 4 June 2013: Report highlights increase in payday lenders on high street |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/1184925/report-highlights-increase-payday-lenders-high-street... |
| Description | Presentation on the RIBEN CBC to the Society for Location Analysis, Location Analysis and New Economic Realities London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Progress in modelling non-residential (tourist) demand for store location planning, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Progress in modelling small-area tourist demand for retail location planning, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Radio: BBC Radio Sussex, Neil Pringle - 4 June 2013, 06:03 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Radio: Call You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 - 4 June 2013, 12:34 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0213yfz |
| Description | Radio: David Prever, BBC Radio Oxford - 4 June 2013, 17:10 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0198k7c |
| Description | Radio: Good Morning Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland - 4 June 2013, 06:04 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Resilience, fragility, and adaptation - insights from the performance of UK high streets during economic crisis and austerity, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Retail Week - 28 May 2013: Comment: What next for the landscape of our towns and cities? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.retail-week.com/comment/comment-what-next-for-the-landscape-of-our-towns-and-cities/50492... |
| Description | Retailer/HEI Collaborative project case study: The Impact of Large Foodstores on Market Towns and District Centres, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Romsey Town Centre Study, Romsey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Romsey Town Centre Study, Romsey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Saving the Town Centre - Putting the High Streets at the Heart of Recovery, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Scunthrope Telegraph - 5 June 2013: Hull one of top 30 destinations for retail in UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Hull-30-destinations-retail-UK/story-19191269-detail/story.html... |
| Description | Society Now (ESRC) - Autumn 2012, Issue14 (p.12): Retail Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | South Wales Evening Post - 11 June 2013: Clarks steps up to revamp its Swansea store |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Clarks-steps-revamp-Swansea-store/story-19250487-detail/stor... |
| Description | South Wales Evening Post - 5 June 2013: Swansea fails to make top 50 in league table of Britain's best shopping centres |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Swansea-fails-make-50-league-table-Britain-s-best/story-1919... |
| Description | Student Showcase Event - Estimating Tourist Demand in Retail Location Models - EXRC RIBEN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Sustaining the vitality and viability of town centres, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The ESRC RIBEN CBC, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The ESRC RIBEN Cluster 'engagement model', London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The ESRC Retail Industry Business Engagement Network: Evolution and Reflections, Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The Grocer - 6 October 2012: Decimating or Benefitting? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.riben.org.uk/Current_&_recently_completed_projects/grocer.pdf |
| Description | The Independent - 4 June 2013: Manicure mania: The business that nailed the beauty boom |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/manicure-mania-the-business-that-nailed-the-bea... |
| Description | The Road Map to the New Europe, Greece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The differential impact of corporate food retailers on market towns of England - 50th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | UK Retailing: Challenges and Choices |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | UK high streets terminal decline or evolutionary reconfiguration, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Understanding and Validating Acxiom's Research Opinion Poll Data for Social Science Research in Post-census Britain, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Using GIS for Supermarket Site Location - Estimating the impact of tourism, Stoke on Trent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Vintage Fashion as Elitist Second-Hand Clothing? - Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Visitor expenditure estimation for grocery store location planning, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Visitor expenditure estimation for grocery store location planning, Slovakia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |