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News
Exclusive: Nike secures former Victoria’s Secret site for new flagship
Sportswear giant Nike has secured the former Victoria’s Secret premises at the Trinity Leeds shopping centre for its newest flagship, Retail Week can reveal.
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Farmison & Co relaunches butcher counter and click and collect
Direct-to-consumer butcher Farmison & Co has reopened its butcher counter in Ripon, Yorkshire, and click-and-collect service.
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Made opens first bricks-and-mortar store since Next takeover
Made.com has opened its first bricks-and-mortar store since being acquired by Next last year, marking its return to the high street.
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Gallery
First look at Flannels’ ‘revolutionary’ new flagship
Flannels has opened a new luxury flagship store in the Metrocentre shopping centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, which promises to be “the UK’s leading destination for new luxury”.
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Next eyes warehouse closure, putting 780 jobs at risk
Next is set to close its warehouse in Bradford next September, putting 780 jobs at risk as part of plans to “expand its facility in South Elmsall” upon closure of the site.
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Retailers angry as works disrupt trading on Europe’s ‘oldest shopping street’
Retailers on Europe’s ‘oldest shopping street’ are concerned about the impact of works on trading and may take legal action against the local authority.
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Amazon to open £450m fulfilment centre
Amazon is opening a new £450m fulfilment centre in Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees, which is due to start operating in October.
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Analysis
Revealed: The 25 most vibrant retail locations in the UK
Location, location, location. Whether you’re opening another store to better serve your core market or looking for new eyeballs to thrill and excite with an experiential flagship, where to open is a topic bandied around boardrooms up and down the UK all year long.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Marks & Spencer unveils ‘bigger, better’ branch in former Debenhams
Marks & Spencer has opened the doors of its latest full-line store, at the White Rose centre in Leeds – the city in which the business began as a market stall in 1884.
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Fenwick unveils plans for £40m investment in Newcastle flagship
Fenwick has revealed plans for a £40m multi-year investment in its Newcastle flagship store as it celebrates its 140th anniversary.
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British Land and Landsec seek £800m shopping centre swap
UK landlords British Land and Landsec are looking into an £800m asset swap in a bid to revive their respective share prices.
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Gallery
First look: Flannels Beauty flagship brings ‘world-first beauty experiences’ to Sheffield
The opening of the flagship Flannels Beauty store marks the beginning of a major long-term investment in the category as the retailer aims to transform the way consumers shop for beauty.
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Gallery
In pictures: Primark, JD Sports and John Lewis lure back shoppers for reopening
As non-essential retail reopens its doors in England on April 12, Retail Week visits key shopping locations to gauge retail offers and shopper appetite.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Iceland’s new Swift c-store format
Iceland has opened the first of its new Swift convenience store formats in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Frasers Group snaps up fashion retailer Psyche
Frasers Group has acquired fashion retailer Psyche’s stores and online business for an undisclosed sum.
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Interview
Interview: Fenwick boss on delivering the ‘best Christmas’ despite Covid
John Edgar took over at the department store chain during the first lockdown, but betting big on online and taking a novel approach to Christmas are paying off for the new CEO.
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Intu Metrocentre taken over by Sovereign Centros
Shopping centre operator Sovereign Centros has taken ownership of the Metrocentre in Gateshead, as the assets of former institutional landlord Intu continue to be sold off.
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Liverpool footfall plummets to July levels in first week of Tier 3 restrictions
Footfall in Liverpool has plunged to levels last seen at the end of the national lockdown in the summer, in the week since it became the first city to be placed into the government’s highest tier of Covid-19 restrictions.
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Opinion
Opinion: Fenwick leadership changes are a huge roll of the dice
Department store group Fenwick is taking a risk as it parts company with both chair Richard Pennycook and chief executive Robbie Feather.
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News
Coronavirus: Morrisons to give frontline staff bonus increase
Morrisons will give frontline staff a bonus three times larger than normal for continuing to work during the coronavirus crisis.