Today’s better-than-expected retail sales data will do little to halt the polarisation in values evident in the IPD retail sub-markets. Even if this is the start of a modest spending upturn, until the problem of excess capacity on high streets is tackled, the main beneficiaries will be retail landlords in London and the dominant regional shopping locations.
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