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News
Sephora expands with third store in Manchester
French beauty retailer Sephora has revealed plans to expand in the North of England, with a third UK store opening in Manchester’s Trafford Centre.
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Gallery
Red Run opens doors to flagship store in Liverpool One
Independent women’s active streetwear brand Red Run has opened the doors to its flagship store in the iconic shopping destination of Liverpool One.
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Data
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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Nike to bring concept store to Manchester Arndale
The global sportswear giant is set to open a Rise concept store in Manchester’s Arndale centre.
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News
Space NK set to make city debut with new store at Liverpool One
Space NK is set to open its first store in Liverpool at Liverpool One shopping centre, joining the extensive range of premium lifestyle brands on Peter’s Lane.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Ikea’s latest small-format store
At just 764 sq ft, the Ikea Plan & Order Point store in Stockport, Greater Manchester, is one of the smallest locations the home and furniture giant has opened in the UK.
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Gallery
Store gallery: First look at Sports Direct’s latest Manchester flagship
Sports Direct is opening the doors to its third and newest flagship store in the country in Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre.
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News
Marks & Spencer pumps investment into northern stores
Marks & Spencer is to invest £28.5m into flagship stores in the north of England next year, almost a third more than in 2022.
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Ikea targets North West for expansion
Furniture and home giant Ikea aims to expand its presence in the North West where it will open three Plan and Order Points.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Decathlon unveils ‘unique’ Liverpool city centre flagship
Decathlon has opened a new flagship store in Liverpool as the sports specialist ramps up its high street store network.
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Interview
Interview: Matt Moulding – Pandemic year was ‘time to prove what you believe in’
Matt Moulding talks about THG’s landmark year – from donating £100m of his shares to a charitable foundation to landing that Softbank joint venture deal.
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The Hut’s Matt Moulding on why donating £100m from IPO is just ‘good karma’
After launching the UK’s biggest IPO in five years, The Hut Group (THG) founder and chief executive Matt Moulding has made the bold decision to donate £100m of shares to charity.
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Opinion
‘Lockdown shambles is bad for retailers and consumers’
From Wales to Westminster, a confused and sometimes politically partisan response to the resurgent Covid-19 outbreak is threatening retail’s recovery.
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News
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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Analysis
The Big Question: Will Tier 2 lockdowns kibosh retail’s recovery?
As the Covid pandemic continues, swathes of the UK face local lockdown measures designed to lower rates of infection.
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News
PrettyLittleThing looks to launch homewares and expand HQ
The founder and chief executive of fast fashion etailer PrettyLittleThing has announced it will launch its first homewares range.
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The Hut Group launches £10m coronavirus support package for vulnerable communities
Online retail giant The Hut Group (THG) has established a £10m coronavirus aid package to support vulnerable communities, key workers and emergency services.
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News
Update: Arndale shopping centre evacuated after multiple stabbings
Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre has been evacuated after three people were stabbed in an attack.
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The Hut Group makes first foray into bricks and mortar in Manchester
The Hut Group has completed the purchase of a building that formerly housed a Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Manchester, marking its first move into bricks-and-mortar retail.
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Analysis
From ghost town to high street of the year
How can you go from ghost town to boom town? We speak to those that have reinvented their high street to find out how they did it.