The Benchmark

How The best retail teams read the market.

Candid conversations with the people deciding where retail goes next, on expansion, site selection, and using real-world data to make better calls. Grounded, every episode, in huq's location intelligence.

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Ep 07 - 38 min

Market recovery

Is the high street actually back ?

Priya mensah - Property Director , national fashion retailer

Episodes

Conversations with the decision maker

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35 min

Expansion

Site selection when every pitch looks good

Tom Breamley
Hand of expansion, QSR group
the data behind the conversation

Every episode is grounded in real data

Whe A guest talk about how the market is moving, you can dig into the number behind it,
live , in the huq platform

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The High Street Recovered faster than our board believed

Priya mensah - Property Director

What we talk about

The question every retail team is wrestling with

Expansion & site Selection

How teams Decide where to open next, and what matters

Reading the market

Evening dwell time has expanded where recovery is real, and where the high street is still under pressure.

Catchment & Customers

Who really shows up, and whether they’re the right fit.

Using data to decide

turning real-world evidence into confident, defensible calls.

Who We Talk To

The People Who Actually make the call.

We sit down with the operators and investors shaping where retail goes next, across occupiers, owners and capital.

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