All East & West Midlands articles – Page 3
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Analysis
Analysis: Shopping centre owners power up their portfolios
Radical shifts in technology and consumer behaviour are compelling shopping centre landlords to increase the innovation stakes.
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News
Bullring launches pop-up scheme to attract start-ups
The Bullring in Birmingham is launching a pop-up scheme to encourage start-up firms to open stores in the shopping centre.
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News
Morrisons to begin online grocery deliveries this week
Morrisons has sold out its delivery slots for its long-awaited online grocery debut on Friday as homes in the Midlands await to receive its maiden food orders.
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News
Former Kiddicare boss launches digital start-up investment vehicle
Former Kiddicare chief executive Scott Weavers-Wright has launched an investment vehicle for retail technology start-ups.
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Opinion
Comment: No time like the present for the retail property market
Bullring’s 10th birthday is a timely reminder of how far UK retail outside of the capital has come in the past decade.
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Analysis
Analysis: The pick of the best UK town centre redevelopments
Across the UK, property developers are getting the green light for major retail regeneration projects. Ben Cooper’s pick of the best town centre redevelopments reveals just how much the pipeline has improved.
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Analysis
Analysis: Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre 10 years on
Bullring was hailed as Europe’s largest city centre, retail-led, urban renewal project when it opened in 2003. Laura Heywood finds out what changes have taken place over a turbulent decade.
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News
Tesco trials new family carvery restaurant Decks in Coventry store
Grocer Tesco has created a new family carvery restaurant called Decks, which is to open this week in the Tesco Extra at Coventry Arena.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: The changing face of the high street
British retail has been revolutionised in the last 25 years. Laura Heywood looks at some of the most dramatic shifts.
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News
Midcounties annual profits rise as like-for-likes edged up 1%
The Midcounties Co-operative has reported a £1.3m increase in group operating profits to £19m in the year to January 29.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Bullring shopping centre boosts Birmingham’s retail offer
Birmingham city’s Bullring shopping centre and locality add up to an impressive offer and a retail destination.
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News
Urban Outfitters signs up for first East Midlands store
US fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has signed for a new 14,500 sq ft store at the Victoria Centre in Nottingham.
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Analysis
Analysis: Leisure revolution for property development
A new generation of shopping centre is emerging, with food and leisure at its heart. But while the extra footfall this brings is always welcome, Ben Cooper asks if it is all good news for retailers.
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Analysis
Retail Week on the Road: Midlands
We visit Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Nottingham and Leicester.
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Analysis
Trinity Leeds: A new heart of the city
Big property developments have all but ground to a halt. Next year only one major shopping centre scheme will open – Trinity Leeds. Ben Cooper takes a tour and assesses its prospects.
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News
Hammerson occupancy levels up as it sheds office to focus on retail
Shopping centre owner Hammerson said its occupancy level edged up from 97.3% to 97.9% last year.
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News
Paphitis' Boux Avenue signs three stores
Boux Avenue has signed three more stores as the Theo Paphitis-owned lingerie chain expands across the UK.
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News
Vacancy rates show sharp north-south divide
Shop vacancy rates have stabilised at 14.3% during the second half of last year, although the latest figures show a sharp north-south divide.
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Analysis
Retail Week On The Road: Midlands
We visit Birmingham, Leicester, Derby, Market Harborough and Nottingham
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News
Birmingham city centre looting terror
Retailers in Birmingham faced a night of terror on Monday as organised gangs carried out an orchestrated spree of rioting that left many stores severely damaged.