All Retail Week articles in October 2004 – Page 2
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RILA adds three to board
The Retail Industry Leaders Association elected three members to its board last month. They are: Jo-Ann Stores chairman, president and chief executive Alan Rosskamm; Accenture retail and consumer goods global managing partner Jeffrey Smith; and Unilever president, home and personal care, North America, Hanish Manwani.
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Stanfords - Putting travel stores back on the map
No one could be happier about the globetrotting obsession gripping us all than the owners of map and travel guide shop Stanfords. From city breaks to world trips, our love of travel rang the three-store chain's tills to the tune of 6.5 million last year.
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Saks to close 11 stores
Saks Fifth Avenue has announced the closure of eight eponymous stores and three Off 5th shops. Chairman and chief executive Fred Wilson said the decision was intended to rationalise the retailer's real estate portfolio and improve profitability.
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Lerner to lead Holt Renfrew
Canadian department store Holt Renfrew has appointed Escada US chief marketing officer Caryn Lerner as president. She replaces Andrew Jennings, who left the nine-store chain in February for Saks Fifth Avenue.
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Catalyst Capital nets £43 million for Green Lanes
A private Irish investor has paid Catalyst Capital 43.2 million for the Green Lanes Shopping Centre in Barnstaple, Devon, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8 per cent and an equivalent yield of 6.35 per cent.
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Cambridge's Grand Arcade plan gets the go-ahead from Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has cleared the way for the controversial Grand Arcade development in Cambridge city centre.
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Capital attracts raft to Watford's Harlequin Centre
Capital Shopping Centres has signed several more retailers for its Harlequin shopping centre in Watford, capitalising on the opening of Zara at the mall in April.
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Wilkinson takes control at Barry development
David McLean Developments has bought a key retail site in the centre of Barry, South Wales, and has pre-let the entire 13,000 sq ft (1,205 sq m) scheme to discount chain Wilkinson.
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Hawes & Curtis added to Eurostar's retail line-up
Shirtmaker Hawes & Curtis has opened its first non-high street store, taking a retail outlet at the Eurostar terminal in London's Waterloo International station.
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Asda to anchor Shannons Mill project in Walsall
Asda Wal-Mart is to open one of the largest town centre food stores in the UK in Walsall, West Midlands.
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Dawn signs up five for Dundee's Arnotts
Five retailers have signed pre-lets for the Dawn Group's 20 million redevelopment of the former Arnotts store in Dundee.
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Spitalfields revamp on track to open next year
Hammerson has launched the marketing campaign for its newest central London retail scheme, at Bishop's Square in Spitalfields, London.
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Agora to merge two top centres at Birkenhead
Warner Estate and Bank of Scotland's Agora Shopping Centre Fund has paid Performance Shopping Centres Limited Partnership 85 million for Merseyside's Grange Shopping Centre at Birkenhead.
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Thornfield to provide facelift for Thornaby town on Teesside
Thornfield Properties has been awarded full planning consent for the 20 million regeneration of Thornaby town centre on Teesside.
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Longwater park in Norwich sold to Royal London
Legal & General Life Fund has sold the Longwater Retail Park in Norwich to Royal London Asset Management for 28.5 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6 per cent.
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Brompton aims to rebrand area as retail Quarter
Brompton Estates, which took a large slice of Brompton Road in west London from the Wellcome Trust in October last year, has launched its strategy to turn the area into a retail destination. It aims to rebrand the area Brompton Quarter.
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Carrefour misses growth targets
Second-biggest retailer retrenches in face of price competition