All Shopping centres articles – Page 65
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Opinion
Westfield will lift London retail
Writing on Wednesday about a shopping centre that was due to open on Thursday for a magazine that comes out on Friday is a hazardous business, particularly when a colleague who visited Westfield London on Tuesday was far from convinced it would open on time.
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News
Westfield London in UK top 10 retail destinations from day one
After today's opening, Westfield London is already ranked among the UK’s top 10 retail destinations in CACI’s annual Centre Futures league tables.
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Westfield London: M&S’s Sir Stuart Rose calls for Oxford Street to raise its game
Marks & Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose has called upon Oxford Street to raise its game at the opening of Westfield London this morning.
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Westfield London opens its doors
Thousands have turned out for the long-awaited launch of Westfield London, which opened its doors at 9am this morning.
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Analysis
Westfield London: Exclusive store image gallery
The opening of the eagerly awaited Westfield London is now less than a day away from opening and many retailers are putting their best foot forward. In an exclusive preview, John Ryan checks out some of its stores.
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Opinion
Property comment: Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
More than a decade of talking comes to an end on Thursday with the opening of Westfield London, and I for one am excited.
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News
Hollister’s house takes shape at Westfield London
US fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will unveil a Casa Mexicana-style store for its Hollister brand at Westfield London next Thursday.
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Harvey Nichols eyes Westfield Nottingham
Harvey Nichols is understood to have entered into negotiations to take an anchor store in the redeveloped Broadmarsh centre in Nottingham.
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Opinion
Property comment: Recession? What recession?
You could be forgiven for thinking that there’s not much to be optimistic about in UK retail at the moment. But maybe the foreign retailers still flooding into the UK have seen something we haven’t?
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News
Carphone Warehouse to launch new format at Westfield London
Carphone Warehouse this week revealed plans for a new-format store dubbed internally “Wireless World”, offering new product ranges such as games and digital TV content.
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Greek fashion brand to make UK debut at Westfield London
Athens-based fashion retailer No Name is to make its UK debut at Westfield London at the end of the month.
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NewsWestfield tenants angry over ‘nightmare’ charges
Major retailers have criticised Westfield London this week over problems they are facing fitting out their stores ahead of the scheme’s opening at the end of this month.
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NewsFour retailers at Liverpool One beset by delays with opening
Four retailers due to open at Liverpool One later this year are facing delays because of complications with the redevelopment of listed buildings.
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OpinionProperty comment: Westfield, retail's Marmite
Where Marmite is concerned, you either love it or hate it. Retailers fall into the same distinct camps when it comes to Westfield London.
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Analysis
In the pipeline
2008 has been a one-off year for shopping centre development, but the coming decade will have plenty of interest, despite tough timesAnother year of shopping centre openings like 2008 is unlikely to be seen again in the next decade. The changes in our projected list of 2018’s top towns reflect ...
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Opinion
Shopfitters are feeling the heat
You know things are not as good as they might be when the questioner becomes the questioned. Speak to almost any design consultancy or shopfitter at present and the question being popped is: “How are other people finding it?”
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AnalysisThe flight to value
Unlike many sectors, value players appear to be benefiting from the tough economic climate. So are they likely to feature more prominently in schemes in future? By Mark Faithfull
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AnalysisDriven to change
With petrol prices soaring, some have warned that out-of-town centres could suffer. Mark Faithfull discovers that they may need to evolve to keep hold of customers in uncertain times
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Analysis
Brought down to size?
The retail market has changed rapidly for the worse as the UK economy has toughened, but new developments are still letting well. John Ryan investigates the apparent paradox
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AnalysisCentres of attention
In the past 12 months a raft of new schemes have transformed the UK’s retail landscape, but the downturn means the challenges they face have intensified. Ben Cooper reports