All North East & Yorkshire articles – Page 8
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OpinionAspiration perspiration
Do shopping centres dedicated to aspirational brands work? The evidence suggests not.
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AnalysisHow the plus-size market is becoming a big deal
With mainstream retailers targeting plus-size and specialists ramping up their offers, how is this expanding market best exploited, asks Joanne Ellul
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NewsHMV broadens range with fashion brands offer
Entertainment group HMV is expanding its fledgling fashion offer with the introduction of a raft of big-name brands next week.
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GalleryCult following
The new Cult store at Lakeside is parent company SuperGroup’s largest to date. John Ryan visits and talks to chief executive Julian Dunkerton about the group’s approach to store branding
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Fossil’s best year ever fuels store expansion
Accessories and fashion chain Fossil wants to double its store portfolio as it expands across the UK and Europe.
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AnalysisShopping centre Grade II listing alarms retailers and mall owners
The decision to give a shopping centre in Milton Keynes a Grade II listed status is a concern for both its owners and the retailers that trade there. What are the wider ramifications, asks Mark Faithfull
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NewsFly53 reveals plan to open string of stores
Young fashion label Fly53 is to open its first shop as part of a three-year, 26-store roll out programme as the brand expands rapidly into retail.
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AnalysisLeeds: The holy Trinity?
Work is recommencing at Land Securities’ Trinity Leeds development, but does this bode well for the development pipeline or is it too soon to call an upturn in retail property?
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OpinionA sobering lesson for Ocado’s founders
Well, they got it away, but there won’t have been too many champagne corks being popped in Ocado’s Hatfield headquarters on Wednesday morning.
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NewsJoules eyes major city centres as profits soar
Lifestyle retailer Joules is targeting major city centre locations for store openings for the first time, after reporting net profit soared 200% to £3.6m in the year to May 1.
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NewsSuperGroup to expand in UK and abroad after good results
SuperGroup, the fashion retailer that owns the Superdry and Cult chains, is on the expansion trail following a strong set of annual results since becoming a quoted company.
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AnalysisResort trading: Sun, sea and selling on a summer holiday
Huge sales spikes in certain products are a boon, but life’s no beach for retailers trading in holiday resorts
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NewsSuperGroup posts £22.5m in pre-tax profit
SuperGroup, the young fashion business which owns brands Superdry and chain Cult, has posted £22.5m in profit before tax in its first set of annual results since it joined the stock exchange.
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NewsSpain’s Cortefiel picks sites for first UK shops
Spanish retailer Grupo Cortefiel is to open its first UK stores by the end of the summer in Leeds, Livingston and the yet-to-open One New Change development in the Cityof London.
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NewsKütchenhaus steps up expansion trail
German kitchen specialist Kütchenhaus is on the expansion trail with plans to open up to seven stores in the next 12 months.
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AnalysisThe local post
Social media works well for advertising store job opportunities, says Liz Morrell
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Analysis
The new North-South divide
With looming public sector cuts and job losses set to hit the North harder than the South, will regional disparities return?
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NewsGreen light for Leeds Trinity scheme
Land Securities plans to resume work on its 750,000 sq ft Leeds Trinity scheme this year as long as deals which are at an advanced stage are completed.
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AnalysisPark life: retail parks bouncing back
Retail parks have been on the back foot, but new names are now starting to freshen up their offers and draw footfall.
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NewsHMV presses play on fashion
Entertainment retailer HMV revealed its new-look store this week in Leeds, which features a large fashion-focused area called The Studio.