Market Harborough Named One of Britain’s Leading Shopping Locations

Market Harborough has been named as one of Britain’s leading shopping locations.

The town is ranked the 27th best performing, and the best in the East Midlands, in a list of 1,000 retail centres compiled by strategic retail property consultancy, Harper Dennis Hobbs.

Despite the impact of the pandemic on the High Street, the town scored highly as consumers’ shopping habits switched to becoming very localised.

Several factors were taken into consideration, including retailers being able to meet shoppers needs, and vacancy rates.

Harborough has climbing 92 places compared to last year’s rankings.

Jarrod Burke, Chairman of the Harbs Collective, which represents the town’s independent retailers, says it testament to the way businesses have adapted to continue to serve customers during the pandemic:

The rankings

Market Harborough