All Property articles – Page 3
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News
Morrisons kicks off supermarket sale and leaseback plans
Morrisons has kick-started plans to sell off some of its supermarkets in a bid to raise cash during difficult economic conditions.
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Gallery
In pictures: Battersea shopping centre powers innovation at Zara, The Body Shop and Adidas
Battersea Power Station switched the lights back on today, opening its doors to unveil the long-awaited shopping mall south of the River Thames.
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Marks & Spencer considers moving head office outside central London
Marks & Spencer has raised the prospect of leaving or radically downsizing its central London head office space.
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Marks & Spencer speeds up store churn programme
Marks & Spencer is to accelerate its churn of space, including store closures, as part of a ‘reshape for growth’ strategy.
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Ikea and Tesco join forces on car park collection points
Ikea has partnered with Tesco to launch click-and-collect points in the grocer’s car parks.
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Wilko moves to monthly rent payments to manage cash flow
Wilko has shifted to monthly rental payments in a bid to conserve cash heading into the crucial golden quarter.
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Analysis
Does size matter? How Frasers and Jigsaw are rethinking fashion flagships
Post-pandemic, a number of fashion chains have started to rethink their all-encompassing flagship outlets, opting instead for concise and more targeted stores, prioritising product focus and property diversity over scale. Others still believe that only size can deliver the wow factor
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Retail Voice
Top three tips for dealing with post-Covid rental woes
From being open and transparent to having a well-thought-out forecast, there are certain key factors to keep in mind when undergoing discussions around the Covid Rent Arrears Arbitration scheme, writes FRP’s Phil Reynolds
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Analysis
Bargains, brands and brunches: How outlet centres are fending off cost-of-living crunch
As consumers tighten their belts amid the cost-of-living crunch, Retail Week explores whether outlet centres can buck the trend and retain a large share of their wallets
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News
Department stores could be given protected status
Department stores in England could be given protected status after the body that looks after historic buildings launched a review of high streets across the country.
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Amazon pulls back on UK grocery store expansion ambitions
Amazon has paused the rollout of its checkout-free store grocery format in the UK following disappointing sales.
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Flannels and Sports Direct secure Next Beauty & Home store for new flagship
Frasers Group has swooped on the Next Beauty & Home store in the Metrocentre in Gateshead as the site for a new two-in-one North East flagship.
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Waitrose launches food hall partnership with Dobbies to drive convenience ambitions
Waitrose has teamed up with Dobbies to roll out a dedicated food offer across 50 of its garden centres over the next two years.
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Footfall hammered by cost-of-living concerns despite platinum jubilee boost
Shopper numbers were boosted by the platinum jubilee in June, but footfall is expected to remain behind pre-pandemic levels for the “foreseeable future” as the cost-of-living crisis impacts consumer behaviour.
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Pret a Manger strikes deal with Reliance to expand into India
Pret a Manger has joined forces with Reliance Industries to expand into India.
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Exclusive: Freshly Cosmetics shutters Carnaby Street store after six months
Spanish beauty brand Freshly Cosmetics has closed its store on Carnaby Street, London, after just six months of trading.
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M&S ‘bewildered and disappointed’ by Gove’s Marble Arch intervention
Marks & Spencer has reacted angrily to Michael Gove’s decision to call in the planned redevelopment of its flagship Marble Arch premises.
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West End retail property giants press button on merger
Property companies Shaftesbury and Capco are to merge, bringing the control of some of central London’s best-known shopping districts under single ownership.
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Oxford Street candy stores investigated over tax affairs
Thirty American-style candy stores on London’s Oxford Street are under investigation for allegedly failing to pay £7.9m in business rates.
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Home-working shift threatens ‘permanent scarring’ for city centre trading
The switch to working from home will hit urban retail locations permanently if sustained at present levels, a leading shopper footfall monitor has warned.