How will the retail landscape change through technology and what responses/business model changes might retailers require?
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BEIS is striving to create fairer, inclusive and flexible workplaces so that everyone has the change to succeed, whilst balancing home and work life. We will unlock enterprise and cut burdens to help businesses start and grow, while reforming corporate governance and improving boardroom diversity. To that end, BEIS needs research to better understand the following:
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Related UKRI funded projects
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The e-Resilience of British Retail Centres
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The project investigates the impact of e-commerce and m-commerce on retail, which is a part of the question's scope.
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Coordinator to ensure that research supported by the ESRC initiative represents value for money and achieves impact across the retail sector
The retail sector accounts directly for 5.3% of UK gross added value, employs one in nine working people and is a key route to market for other sectors of the economy. Although weekly press reports signal the demise of w...
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Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to ensure that research in the retail sector is impactful and relevant, which indirectly addresses the question.
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An Innovative Multi-Channel Platform for Digital Applications in the Retail Sector
The retail sector contributes over £300 billion per year to the UK economy and employs approximately 10% of the total number of people employed in all industries and services in the UK. Digital innovation is having...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on digital applications in the retail sector and how technology is changing the retail landscape, aligning with the question.