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Site title: Stirlingretail | Comments on retail and towns issues from Leigh Sparks, University of Stirling, with a focus on Scotland

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The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee on the Future of Scottish High Streets

The morning of the 21st January saw me in the Parliament’s Committee Room 6 with members of the Scottish Affairs Committee and two other academics on the panel – Professors Cathy P...


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Retail and Town Vacancy Rates: ‘Audit, Engage, Encourage, Promote’

The last post set the long-run and broader context for vacancy rate ...


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Retail and Town Centre Vacancy Rates – Implications and Actions

Retail and town centre vacancy rates have been discussed on this blog before, but I make no ...


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Stirlingretail.com in 2025: the recap

As has become traditional, one of the opening posts of the new year is a reflection on the posts that were popular in the old year.

In terms of visitors and views, 2025 has been the best performing year on stirlingretail.com since it began over 15 years ago, beating even the Covid years (13% up). The number of visits and their duration/breadth has continued to incre...


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Retail Eats Itself (Again): Christmas, Black Friday and Boxing Day Sales

By the middle of October, I felt that retail was a mess. Stores had Christmas, Halloween and Black Friday stickers, signs and merchandise up and out. Carols thronged the air (well, Slade) and the TV was full of adverts for all sorts of sales and events. At exactly the same time the media (mainstream, social, real and imaginary) were full of terrible prognostications for the l...


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