All Stores and property articles – Page 135
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GalleryStore gallery: Schuh’s gender-neutral Oxford Street store
Schuh has revamped its Oxford Circus flagship to appeal to its Generation Z audience.
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NewsIntu to explore options after £1.5bn equity raise fails
Intu has failed to raise the £1.5bn needed to refresh its credit ahead of publishing its full-year financial results next week, but said it remained hopeful of fixing its balance sheet.
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NewsBusiness leaders make fresh call for rates reform ahead of budget
Business leaders have written a letter to the new Chancellor ahead of his first budget this month calling for a number of reforms to business rates.
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GalleryStore gallery: Holograms and automation at Asda Stevenage
Supermarket chain Asda is trialling a number of futuristic pieces of technology in its designated tech hub store in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, including 3D holograms and an automated click-and-collect machine.
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GalleryStore gallery: London hosts Gymshark’s longest-ever pop-up
Open for one month only, Gymshark has launched its first-ever retail-only store, after previously playing host to a series of pop-up events.
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NewsCard Factory rolls out international partnership
Card Factory has rolled out hundreds of branded concessions in a new partnership with Australian retailer The Reject Shop.
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NewsBRC criticises government over business rates recommendations snub
The BRC has criticised the government’s response to the Treasury Select Committee business rates inquiry, saying the recommendations appear to have “fallen on deaf ears”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Homebase got back in the black
This time last year Homebase had just reported a £114.5m loss following several bad decisions by its former owner Wesfarmers.
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NewsHomebase returns to profit and launches new store format
Homebase has hailed a return to profit ahead of plan in its full-year results and plans to open new smaller-format stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Ecommerce trailblazer Eva Pascoe on how tech is still transforming retail
Twenty-five years ago, Cyberia opened as the first cafe with full internet access in the world, located at 39 Whitfield Street in London’s Fitzrovia.
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NewsIntu credit extension dependent on raising £1.3bn equity
Embattled landlord Intu has agreed on an extension to its credit facilities with its lenders as long as it can raise at least £1.3bn of equity.
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OpinionOpinion: Hammerson’s issues are symptomatic of a broken property market
Hammerson’s latest set of financial results are symptomatic of the wider issues plaguing the UK retail property market and the institutional landlord is unlikely to be the only one feeling the effects.
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GalleryStore gallery: Tesco unveils first city-centre cashless store
Tesco has opened a cashless store as the number of customers paying with physical money declines in its Express stores. The store format in High Holborn, central London, is the second of its kind.
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NewsBoux Avenue calls in advisers as it mulls store closures
Boux Avenue has reportedly appointed advisers from Deloitte to discuss a potential insolvency process resulting in store closures.
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NewsHammerson profits fall against challenging retail backdrop
Shopping centre owner Hammerson has posted falling profits and rental income during its full-year results.
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Retail VoiceDoes print have a place in the store of tomorrow?
Javier Lopez, head of vertical solutions EMEA at OKI Europe, explores the future of print in the retail environment as countless digital technologies come to market.
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NewsHammerson sells remaining retail parks at a discount
Institutional landlord Hammerson has confirmed the sale of its remaining portfolio of retail parks at a “wider than expected” discount, as it looks to shore up its balance sheet.
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GalleryStore gallery: Inside Allbirds’ 'quintessentially London' store
Following the success of its Covent Garden flagship, sustainable footwear brand Allbirds has opened a second London store near Regent’s Park.
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NewsLidl pledges £1bn investment to reach 1,000-store target
Lidl has pledged to invest more than £1bn in new stores over the next two years as it ramps up expansion plans to reach its target of 1,000 stores in the UK by 2023.
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GalleryStore gallery: Primark launches Wellness range in Boxpark pop-up
Primark has opened the doors to its first pop-up space in Shoreditch’s Boxpark in order to launch its new Primark Presents… Wellness collection.
