All East & West Midlands articles – Page 6
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AnalysisLeicester: Time to mix it up
Never one of the UK’s more glamorous retail destinations, Leicester is about to have its shopping offer transformed. Ben Cooper visits the city to find out what is so different about its scheme
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AnalysisSoft centred
Shopping centre investment is dropping off as the market shows signs of strain, with falling yields and the prospect of a squeeze on consumer spending. Adrian Morrison investigates
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Gamble for Merry Hill
Chelsfield has signed a deal with the Aspinall Packer Group to bring an Aspers casino to the Merry Hill complex in the West Midlands. Aspers Brierley Hill is proposed for a site between Merry Hill, the UCI cinema and the canal. It will include bars, restaurants and a performing ...
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Martin Illingworth quits Selfridges to work for Harrods
Selfridges head of store design and development Martin Illingworth is leaving the department store group to join London rival Harrods.
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Bullring joins craze for in-store TV marketing
The Bullring in Birmingham has contracted consortium NEC to install a media network of 28 plasma screens. The shopping centre is the latest in a string of retailers to move from paper-based promotional media to video screens.
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Massimo Dutti enters Birmingham Bullring
Zara’s sister fascia Massimo Dutti has taken a 5,835 sq ft (540 sq m) unit at the Street Seven fashion level of Birmingham’s Bullring centre, which opens in September. The outlet is Massimo Dutti’s sixth UK store.