Richmond is a busy and popular commercial business centre with a flourishing retail offer encompassing an extensive array of mass market and specialist retailers which attracts a significant number of tourists and visitors. The compact nature of the town centre means there is little threat to the existing retail offer from new, large scale developments and Richmond is forecast to see a significant above average percentage growth in comparison spending by 2021.
Richmond’s prime retail activity is focused on George Street with House of Fraser anchoring its southern end with other notable retailers represented including M&S, H&M, Topshop/Topman, Boots, Tesco, WH Smith, Anthropologie, Reiss, Massimo Dutti, Gant, Jo Malone, Molton Brown, Crew, Office and Links.
The pitch at the top end of George Street is increasingly synonymous with high end retailers and food operators including Whole Foods, Tesco, Pret a Manger, Leon, Itsu, Joe & The Juice , Lulu Lemon and Sweaty Betty.