All Property articles – Page 298
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NewsElton John AIDS Foundation to open a pop-up shop
The Elton John AIDS Foundation will open a pop-up shop called Out the Closet in Covent Garden tomorrow.
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Dyson creates pop-up shop at Bluewater
Upmarket vacuum cleaner brand Dyson has opened its first bricks-and-mortar shop, with a 1,200 sq ft pop-up store at Bluewater that opened yesterday.
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GalleryStreet of the week: Carnaby Street London
Anyone familiar with the Batman movies will know the one in which Jack Nicholson, playing the role of the Joker, heads into Gotham with a load of sinister-jolly balloons that spray poison gas onto the celebrating street revellers. Take an evening walk down Carnaby Street at the moment and something ...
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AnalysisShopping centre marketing part funded by service charges: Money well spent?
Shopping centre marketing part funded by service charges should lead to increased footfall and sales. So why don’t retailers know where the money is going, asks Sara McCorquodale?
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OpinionCVAs are the lesser evil
Company voluntary arrangements are not ideal but I do believe that they are a much better solution than the alternatives of full administration or the pre-pack, says Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis
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NewsTill malfunctions hit John Lewis Oxford Street during key trading
Trade at John Lewis’ flagship London Oxford Street store was hit by failures at its tills last week as shoppers flocked to the store in the important Christmas trading period.
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NewsLaithwaites to open Vinopolis flagship
Wine merchant Laithwaites Wine wants to up its brand profile with the opening of a flagship London shop and the relaunch of its website next year.
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NewsTraffic-free Oxford Street and Regent Street a success
More than £200m in sales were predicted for last Saturday along Oxford Street and Regent Street in London as the district welcomed over 2 million shoppers for the West End’s fifth traffic-free VIP (Very Important Pedestrians) Day.
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OpinionCan’t win ’em all
Nokia’s failure to make its Regent Street store work shows that a great location is no guarantee of retail success.
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NewsLondon West End reports best trading day in two years
More than £200m went through the tills in the West End on Saturday as three miles of London’s shopping streets were pedestrianised.
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NewsBRC poised to restart battle against upward-only rents
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is braced to launch a campaign to ban upward-only rent reviews if its members demand it, after the Irish government scrapped the reviews this week.
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NewsAnother raft of First Quench outlets offloaded
The administrator of First Quench Retailing has sold a further parcel of shops to off-licence chain Rhythm & Booze and is in negotiations with individual franchisees about transferring leaseholds.
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NewsSuitors eye Borders stores as break-up fears escalate
Major high street retailers are circling Borders UK stores as fears mount that the business will be broken up.
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Government called on to help development
Retail property body BCSC has written to the Government asking it to make a firm commitment to help boost the retail property development pipeline in its pre-budget report next week.
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NewsSupergroup to launch stores in Irish Republic
Superdry and Cult parent Supergroup is to open its first Republic of Ireland shops before Christmas.
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NewsNokia to withdraw from Regent Street
Nokia is to pull out of its flagship Regent Street store on the back of disappointing sales after just two years.
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OpinionFlannels CVA signals continued woes for the luxury market
The economic crisis has well and truly taken the shine off the luxury market with excessive spending off the agenda for many.
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NewsHaldanes unveils expansion plans
New supermarket chain Haldanes Stores has acquired 13 new shops, bringing its total to 18.
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NewsUpward only rent reviews banned in Ireland
Upward only rent reviews have been banned in Ireland by its Government.
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NewsTesco's plan for biggest Irish shop refused
Grocery giant Tesco’s plans to build its largest store in Ireland have been scuppered as its proposals have been refused for a second time.