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Retail and leisure
Retail and leisure insight: merging the macro with the micro.
Our research provides a comprehensive understanding of every facet of the retail and leisure industry.
We cover all channels, including high street stores, shopping centres, retail warehousing, supermarkets, food and beverage facilities, and leisure. We work across geographies, with full UK market coverage, and cater to a variety of stakeholder bases, including consumers, occupiers, landlords, investors, and developers.
Our published research and thought leadership is also deployed on a local- or asset-specific level, in a deal support, advisory or consultancy capacity.
Retail Renaissance 2026: Still tough at the top
Our six-part insight series explores retail’s reset, examining the forces reshaping the £480bn market, from the evolution of online to renewed investment in physical stores and shifting investor behaviour.
The opportunity is real, but increasingly complex. Success now depends on being more selective, more investment-led and more operational in approach.
Latest research on Retail and leisure
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance: Store wars - a new hope
In paper 2 of the Retail Renaissance, the high street is gaining new momentum as retailers go back to basics.
07 July 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance 2026
The first of six papers exploring key themes that are defining the Retail landscape and will play out going forward.
07 July 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance: Death of online?
Explore how multi-channel retailers have caught up with pure-play online retailers, signalling the end of exponential online retail growth.
29 June 2026
Retail & Leisure
UK Retail Sales Dashboard
A monthly overview of UK retail sales performance, including key metrics on core sub-sectors, and ecommerce.
19 June 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance 2026
The first of six papers exploring key themes that are defining the Retail landscape and will play out going forward.
07 July 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance: Death of online?
Explore how multi-channel retailers have caught up with pure-play online retailers, signalling the end of exponential online retail growth.
29 June 2026
Retail & Leisure
UK Retail Sales Dashboard
A monthly overview of UK retail sales performance, including key metrics on core sub-sectors, and ecommerce.
19 June 2026
Market updates
Quarterly updates and data dashboards covering consumer, occupier, and investment markets.
Retail & Leisure
Retail Monitor
The Knight Frank Retail Monitor provides a quarterly update on key data across all retail sub-sectors and current market sentiment.
05 May 2026
Investment
UK Real Estate Navigator
The UK Real Estate Navigator outlines the key occupier and investment trends across the different sectors within commercial real estate.
18 May 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail Warehousing Dashboard
A concise quarterly synopsis of activity in the UK retail warehousing market.
06 May 2026
Retail & Leisure
Central London Retail Market Dashboard
The Knight Frank Central London Retail Market quarterly update on key data and current market sentiment.
06 May 2026
Retail & Leisure
UK Retail Sales Dashboard
A monthly overview of UK retail sales performance, including key metrics on core sub-sectors, and ecommerce.
19 June 2026
Thought leadership
Insight publications exploring the latest themes and trends shaping the industry landscape.
Retail & Leisure
Retail Renaissance 2026
The first of six papers exploring key themes that are defining the Retail landscape and will play out going forward.
07 July 2026
Retail & Leisure
Retail News Issue 14
Foodstores are back in vogue with investors – we explore why the investment case is so compelling, from a detailed consumer, occupier, channel, asset class and performance perspective.
20 November 2023
Retail & Leisure
Retailer Watchlist
Retailer distress, CVAs, administrations and fall-out. Our Retailer Watchlist is designed to give markets early warning of potential retail occupier distress.
10 September 2024
Retail & Leisure
Retail News Issue 13: A Retail Renaissance
Assessing how the UK retail market has responded to its 10 Structural Failings to become the top performing CRE asset class in 2023. And explore what future structural change is likely to unfold, particularly around ESG, online and AI.
30 October 2023
The Retail Note
Our weekly recap on the latest happenings in the retail sector.
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail sales: they’re coming home
This week’s Retail Note focuses on the May retail sales figures from the ONS, which were as strong as expected.
19 June 2026
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail sales: a yoyo rather than a no-no
This week’s Retail Note focuses on the April retail sales figures from the ONS, which were not as weak as has been reported.
22 May 2026
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail sales: spend baby spend
This week’s Retail Note focuses on the March retail sales figures from the ONS, which defied all expectations.
24 April 2026
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail sales: more of the same
This week’s Retail Note focuses on the February retail sales figures from the ONS, which were strong but predate events in the Middle East.
27 March 2026
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail sales: broken clock syndrome
This week’s Retail Note focuses on the January retail sales figures from the ONS, which were incredibly strong in every sense of the expression.
20 February 2026
Retail & Leisure
The Retail Note - Retail – outperforming the economy (again)
This week’s Retail Note analyses the full year retail sales figures from the ONS and explores why they deviate from 1. The wider economy and 2. The narrative.
30 January 2026
A series of six insight papers exploring what other real estate sectors can learn from retail’s fall and unlikely rise again.
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