All Property articles – Page 28
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NewsArcadia CVA decision postponed after stalemate
Arcadia has delayed the result of its crunch CVA vote for a week in a last-ditch bid to convince more creditors to back the deal.
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NewsFarfetch to relocate flagship Browns store
Fashion retailer Browns is marking its 50th anniversary by relocating its flagship store next year in order to combine retail, experiential elements and technology features.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon could be source of new ideas on retail property
In a week in which Arcadia took its proposed store closures to a creditor vote, Amazon was opening shops.
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GalleryIn pictures: Waitrose pilots packaging-free concept store
Waitrose & Partners is piloting a new environmentally friendly concept store that will offer customers refillable options on items such as rice, alcohol and cleaning materials.
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OpinionPeter Williams: Boots closures show what must change for stores to thrive
The news that Boots is reviewing its UK store portfolio has been met with a large degree of shock and surprise. Given what is happening to virtually every retailer with a mature store estate, why should this be the case?
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OpinionLeader: Backing Arcadia's CVA is best bet for creditors
As the fate of Arcadia hangs in the balance, there is a danger that this week’s CVA vote will turn into a popularity poll on owner Sir Philip Green.
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NewsAmazon launches 'Clicks and Mortar' pop-up shops
Amazon is opening 10 pop-up stores across the UK to champion the products of more than 100 of its small business partners.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven retailers defying the gloom and opening stores
While many retailers – Boots is the latest – are shutting stores, others have ambitious opening programmes. Here we shine the spotlight on some of the big names that are laying down square footage.
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NewsTopshop to sell on Asos in turnaround push
Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green will plough £135m of investment into the business and will sell product from his flagship Topshop brand on Asos for the first time as part of a turnaround programme.
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VideoWatch: As Boots mulls closures, is there still value in shops?
As Boots reviews the future of more than 200 of its shops, the Retail Week team debate whether there is still value in operating large store estates.
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NewsBig four shopping centre landlords face 'long-term risk' from CVAs
One fifth of shopping centre floorspace being let by the four biggest real estate investment trusts is to retailers in administration or with shrinking sales, according to new analysis by UBS.
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NewsGovernment to challenge £300m cash machine ruling
The government has won the right to appeal a court ruling over whether retailers should pay business rates for cash machines outside their shops.
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NewsMicrosoft to launch Oxford Circus flagship in July
Microsoft has revealed the opening date for its first UK store as it throws down the gauntlet to rival Apple.
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NewsArcadia refuses to pay more into pensions as CVA hangs in balance
Arcadia is refusing to pump more cash into its pension deficit as part of its CVA proposal, despite increasing fears pension regulators could vote against the group’s restructuring plan.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Boots store closures will devastate the high street
When Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) warned in April that it was going to be “more aggressive” in its transformation plans, alarm bells started ringing with landlords either side of the Atlantic.
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NewsSelect administrators launch CVA
Select has filed proposals for a CVA in order to slash rents, after it fell into administration earlier this month.
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VideoWatch: Can a CVA stave off Arcadia's collapse?
As landlords prepare to vote on Arcadia’s CVA, the team discuss whether Sir Philip Green’s business can be saved.
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OpinionOpinion: How retailers and landlords can restore faith in CVAs
With Arcadia Group becoming the latest high street retailer to pursue a CVA to close stores and slash rents, retail landlords are increasingly reaching the end of their tether. British Property Federation boss Melanie Leech outlines how the gulf between retailers and landlords can be closed
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NewsRevealed: Arcadia's three-year plan to restore its glory
Arcadia has set out a recovery plan focused on digital growth and developing new avenues to market, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsArcadia CVA: The stores proposed for closure
Fashion giant Arcadia aims to shut 23 stores and as part of a proposed CVA.