All Greater London articles – Page 8
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News
Marks & Spencer to quit Oxford Street flagship if rebuild plan rejected
Marks & Spencer has warned that it will cease trading from its flagship store on London’s Oxford Street unless redevelopment plans are given the go-ahead.
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Asda launches ‘Express’ convenience store format
Supermarket giant Asda will open its first ‘Asda Express’ c-store format next month in the Midlands, with a further 30 store openings planned for 2023.
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Gallery
In pictures: Battersea shopping centre powers innovation at Zara, The Body Shop and Adidas
Battersea Power Station switched the lights back on today, opening its doors to unveil the long-awaited shopping mall south of the River Thames.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can Battersea power London’s retail revival?
With the long-awaited opening of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment set for next week, Retail Week revisits this feature from June which looked at whether its opening could supercharge the capital’s post-pandemic retail revival?
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Marks & Spencer details Oxford Street redevelopment plans as inquiry date set
Marks & Spencer has elaborated on the public realm and sustainability benefits of the proposed redevelopment of its flagship Oxford Street store ahead of an inquiry into the proposals.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Lego goes big on experience at revamped Leicester Square flagship
Toy brand Lego has unveiled an expanded and refurbished Leicester Square store.
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M&S prepares for battle with heritage groups over Marble Arch redevelopment
A group of campaigners has launched crowd-funding to argue against M&S’ Marble Arch redevelopment plans.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Apple launches click and collect and AR experience at new store
Apple has opened a new store on Brompton Road in London.
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Opinion
‘Refusal to allow M&S to modernise Marble Arch will further diminish West End’s appeal’
Retail businesses, shops and the locations where they trade cannot be preserved in aspic. But that is what opponents of Marks & Spencer’s plans to redevelop its flagship Marble Arch store seem to want.
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M&S ‘bewildered and disappointed’ by Gove’s Marble Arch intervention
Marks & Spencer has reacted angrily to Michael Gove’s decision to call in the planned redevelopment of its flagship Marble Arch premises.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Hugo Boss unveils digital-led London flagship
Hugo Boss has opened a new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street.
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News
West End retail property giants press button on merger
Property companies Shaftesbury and Capco are to merge, bringing the control of some of central London’s best-known shopping districts under single ownership.
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Oxford Street candy stores investigated over tax affairs
Thirty American-style candy stores on London’s Oxford Street are under investigation for allegedly failing to pay £7.9m in business rates.
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Gallery
Store gallery: French fashion retailer IKKS opens first UK store
French fashion and lifestyle brand IKKS has opened its first UK store on London’s Carnaby Street.
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John Lewis names first three locations for house-building scheme
John Lewis has confirmed the first three locations for its build-to-rent scheme as it aims to build 10,000 homes by 2030.
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Opinion
In pictures: ‘A tribute to a remarkable man and a social history of local retailing’
On Christmas Eve 2019, Maurice Dorfman flipped the sign on his haberdashery shop door to ‘closed’, just as he, and before him, his parents, had on 60 previous Christmas Eves. This time he would never flip it back. He died two months later, at the age of 87.
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Gallery
Store gallery: McDonald’s unveils first ‘convenience of the future’ branches
McDonald’s has opened new stores in London and the North West offering 11 different ways to order.
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Opinion
M&S executive: ‘Oxford Street must innovate to avoid becoming a mishmash of poor, idle shopping space’
Marks & Spencer’s modernisation of its flagship Marble Arch store will help restore the glory of West End shopping and bring big sustainability benefits, maintains M&S group property, store development and technology director Sacha Berendji
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Store gallery: Uniqlo and Theory join forces to celebrate ‘spirit of London’
Sister brands Uniqlo and Theory have opened a joint store on London’s Regent Street.
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News
Gove hits pause button on M&S Marble Arch redevelopment plans
Communities secretary Michael Gove is expected to order a pause on Marks & Spencer’s plans to knock down its Marble Arch flagship so the plan can be scrutinised further.