All Property articles – Page 323
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Opinion
A step in the right direction
Magnanimity isn't a characteristic regularly associated with major retailers, but the deal which New Look's Phil Wrigley and Sir Philip Green brokered with landlords to help small retailers will be a huge boon to beleaguered independents.
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News
Card Factory snaps up Celebrations stores
Card Factory has bought 76 stores from greetings card retailer Celebrations, which fell into administration in October.
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News
Smaller retailers toast rent triumph
Smaller retailers are celebrating an agreement with landlords that allows them to pay rents monthly without incurring a financial penalty.
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NewsWoolworths circled by potential buyers
Potential buyers have come flooding in for both Woolworths’ stores and for the business as a whole.
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Analysis
BCSC and MAPIC: The best of a bad situation
The atmosphere at this year’s BCSC and Mapic conferences was unsurprisingly subdued, but there are still some rays of hope for cautious optimists. Ben Cooper reports from the events.
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Analysis
Leasing IT systems: Up for rent?
Leasing IT systems can free up cash for retailers while still allowing them to invest and upgrade. But with banks increasingly wary of lending to the retail sector is it still an option, asks Liz Morrell.
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News
Macclesfield renewal plans submitted
Plans have been submitted to transform the centre of Macclesfield, Cheshire, with a major mixed-use scheme.
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News
More American Apparel stores to open in UK
American Apparel has taken two further stores to open before Christmas as part of its plans to open eight additional stores in the UK over the next year.
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News
Oxford Street site gets go ahead
Developer Salmon Harvester is to make a speculative start on a 35 million retail scheme on Oxford Street after planning permission was secured for the redevelopment of numbers 175 to 195.
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Opinion
RMUs: Barrowloads of bother
You know times are hard when landlords start packing in tacky stalls into the public areas of their malls, or RMUs to use the rather ugly technical term.
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News
Westfield London passes 2 million visitors
Westfield London, the capital's newest shopping centre, has had more than two million visits in just over three weeks, greatly exceeeding expectations of its Australian owners.
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Analysis
UK property debuts: Safe trip
Making the first bold steps into the UK can be daunting for overseas retailers but getting in on the excitement of a new shopping centre can ensure a soft landing. Ben Cooper reports.
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Analysis
Rate rage: £300m in 2009, £1bn from 2010: Why soaring business rates matter to retail
Retailers already pay £6 billion a year in business rates. As things stand, that will increase by about £300 million in 2009 and by as much as £1 billion in 2010.
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Analysis
Sir Terry Leahy: Retailers' vital role in regeneration
Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy believes retailers have a vital role to play in regenerating areas – even in the downturn. He shows Jennifer Creevy how his native Liverpool has benefited.
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Opinion
Conference season is not quite the party it was
Conference season is the perfect litmus test for the state of the property industry. So if last week’s British Council of Shopping Centres Conference is anything to go by, the next year will be one of the utmost caution.
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News
Jane Norman to land in Bury St Edmunds' Arc scheme
Fashion retailer Jane Norman will open a store at Arc in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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News
West End at risk of losing top Euro ranking
London’s West End is at risk of losing its title as Europe’s number one shopping destination as pressures from Westfield London and other developments begin to take their toll.
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News
Cult Clothing owner steps up UK growth
Fashion retailer Supergroup, which owns brands Cult Clothing and Superdry, is pressing ahead with major UK and international expansion plans after doubling its store portfolio over the past year.
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Analysis
Rent holidays: Survival of the weakest
For retailers staring into the abyss a break from paying rent can be a last-gasp solution but, asks Ben Cooper, is it really always going to be the lifeline they are hoping for?
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News
Kent & Curwen to move UK store as it rethinks growth
Luxury men’s retailer Kent & Curwen has shelved plans for UK expansion two years after opening its London flagship store.