Trading places: how are retailers reacting to the online revolution?

While e-commerce continues to grow rapidly, physical shops still have an important role to play

More and more retailers are now moving fast to embrace the potential of multi-channel retailing

The ongoing revolution in online shopping is the single biggest influence on today’s retail property market. Yet the sheer pace of change and the number of variables involved make it increasingly difficult to predict or react to emerging trends.

The headline figures for the growth of online retailing make for interesting reading for those of us who grew up in an era of bricks and mortar. The web is predicted to account for ...