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Retail may lag behind as investors shift to non-prime property

Past experience suggests that the current trend for investors to target the income generating qualities of the best secondary stock is a comparatively low-risk strategy. Yet, even leaving aside any possibility of a double-dip recession, the weak consumer spending outlook means that investors might be wise not to place too much weight on the past outperformance by non-prime retail property.

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