About Us
The company was formed in 2009 when the recession began and we noticed that shops were being vacated at alarming rates. We had two shops we had to dispose of and the opportunities to do so were limited by specialist commercial companies that wanted absolutely horrendous amounts to find us a lessee, or an upfront fee for selling the business that we felt would take to long to resolve. We wanted out and there was no quick way to get our properties onto the market in a flash and in a way that the whole of the country could see at a glance.
Whilst the home market has plenty of opportunities we felt the shop and office market was severely lacking so decided to start our own Agency to help others in the same position we had found ourselves.
Why we are different?
We operate an open system that anyone can use and advertise on by payment of a small fee that places their property in front of thousands of internet users every day. There is no interference by us in how you do this and so long as your property meets the criteria of one of our commercial categories you should have no problem getting it seen by your target audience. You can remove, change or add properties at any time and as often as you want so long as you do not exceed the properties you have paid for. To add more properties it is simply a matter of purchasing the advertising slots and then adding them into your portfolio.
One of the dominant trends that we’ve seen in online activity over Christmas is that popular interest in shopping is higher on Christmas Day than during many of the traditional shopping days preceding it.
With more and more traditions being set aside and the increase in cheap netbooks and easy internet access this trend seems likely to continue well into the next decade. How this will effect retail shops in the high street is unknown but there might be a revival coming with a reverse trend that is beginning to appear in the UK
Pop-up shops are springing up all over as previously exclusive on-line brands bid to liven up the high street and fill empty stores in the run-up to Christmas.
Ebay is opening a pop-up store in New York. Nick Gray, managing director at creative retail marketing agency Live & Breathe, says this not only “gives eBay a physical presence” for the first time, but is a “great opportunity to draw attention to a brand that does not normally appear on the high street”.
Other brands are capitalising on the effects of the recession on the retail market to test the waters for future expansion. HMV is taking empty space in ten locations across the UK. Those stores deemed successful may remain open, according to HMV property director Mark Bowles. He believes the pop-up shops “could well become a feature of our trading in future” especially in the run-up to Christmas where about 40% of the annual consumer demand is generated. Book publisher Phaidon is also taking advantage of vacant property by opening two stores in London for the festive period.
