All Property articles – Page 263
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AnalysisRetail Week On The Road: Wales and the Southwest
We visit Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bristol.
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News12 further Life & Style shops shut
The administrator to fashion and homewares chain Life & Style are to shut a further 12 shops making another 181 staff redundant.
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NewsM&S found guilty over asbestos failings
Marks and Spencer has been found guilty of putting construction workers, staff and shoppers at risk of exposure to asbestos during refurbishment work at its Reading store.
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NewsLand Securities reports fall in retail void rate
Property giant Land Securities has reported a drop in void rates within its shopping centres in its first quarter as it attracted retailers such as Primark and Gap to its schemes.
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NewsSuperquinn bought out of receivership by Musgrave
Irish supermarket chain Superquinn has been bought by rival Musgrave, a day after falling into receivership.
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NewsWednesday deadline for first-round bids for Comet
Up to 10 would-be buyers consider whether to table offers for 249-store electricals chain
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AnalysisHigh hope for the high street?
With many of the UK’s high streets under the economic cosh, can local initiatives save the day? John Ryan reports from Maidstone
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NewsJohn Lewis reveals details of Stratford Olympics store
John Lewis has revealed details of its London 2012 shop in its Westfield Stratford City store, which will open two months today.
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OpinionProperty panic
The retail property industry is worried that they might be made the whipping boys in the Portas high street review
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AnalysisThe great space race
Supermarkets are opening up new stores at ever faster rates, but is there much space left in the crowded market and are there enough sales to support the growth? Rebecca Thomson reports
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NewsMulberry founder to open shopping village
Roger Saul, the founder of Mulberry, is to open a designer shopping village alongside the luxury brand’s Somerset-based factory later this month.
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NewsEastgate Quarters retail centre given go-ahead
Leeds City council has approved construction of a retail centre as part of Hammerson’s proposed £600m regeneration scheme for the city’s Eastgate Quarters.
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News20 stores a day shut by multiples, report says
Multiple retailers closed 20 stores a day on average between January and May as they slashed costs amid punishing trading conditions.
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NewsBACI comes to Cardiff
US lingerie brand Baci is opening its first UK store at St David’s in Cardiff.
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NewsSports Direct to beef up fashion portfolio with Van Mildert chain
Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley is believed to be on the brink of adding Northeastern mini-chain Van Mildert to his fledgling branded fashion portfolio as he seeks to replicate the success of rival JD Sports.
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NewsForever 21 signs blogger Bip Ling as its new face as it gears up for Oxford Street opening
US fashion giant Forever 21 has signed fashion blogger Bip Ling as the new face of its brand as it prepares to open its Oxford Street flagship.
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NewsCrate & Barrel to make a play for the UK
US homeware chain Crate & Barrel is planning to bring CB2, a smaller version of its store, to the UK.
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NewsForever 21 to open new flagship at Lakeside
US fashion giant Forever 21 is to open a store at Lakeside, Essex, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsAquascutum to open stores in Milan and Rome
Luxury British fashion brand Aquascutum has pushed the button on expansion plans and is set to open its first stand-alone stores overseas in the next year.
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NewsWaitrose targets London for convenience store format
Supermarket chain Waitrose is to open 20 “Little Waitrose” convenience stores in and around London over the next 18 months as it goes head-to-head with Marks & Spencer on the high street and Ocado online.