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Day 12 | Economic concerns over the next six months We close out our 12 Days of Insights series with a brief outlook for the next six months. As we head into 2025, over half of shoppers remain concerned about rising living costs, but this is an imp…

Maximising space efficiency in your store isn’t just about making things fit, it’s about creating a shopping experience that feels intuitive and comfortable for customers. Did you know that strategic layout changes can improve sales by 20-40%? Whethe…

After a bruising few years, the retail sector has undergone a transformation on multiple levels, becoming more agile and responsive to change while adapting to changing consumer behaviour and preferences. With interest rates forecasted to fall over t…

As retail footfall stabilises after several challenging years, the sector has shown remarkable resilience, benefiting from a boost driven by sporting and music events. This resilience, however, is mainly attributed to the retailers’ ability to …

MRI Software announces insights partnership with Revo to deliver data and analysis to the retail, leisure, property and placemaking industry London, 5th August 2024 – MRI Software announces that it has partnered with Revo, the retail and leisure real…

MRI Software’s OnLocation solution has a long history, spanning over two decades, in providing our clients with industry leading insights for UK Retail Parks, Shopping Centres and High Streets with our dataset beginning back in October 2007. Since th…

Few could have predicted how disruptive the pandemic would be to the traditional office environment back in early 2020. Little did we know this would be the start of a seismic shift in behaviours and attitudes towards everyday life; at work, school a…

23rd March 2020, the world went into lockdown as the Coronavirus pandemic took hold across the globe. Little did we know this would be the start of a seismic shift in behaviours and attitudes towards everyday life; at work, in education and at home. …