All South East & East Anglia articles – Page 3
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why catering has become so important for retail locations
As retailers start to invest in quality in-store catering, will restaurants cannibalise retail sales or enhance customer experience?
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News
Perfume retailer Jo Malone to open at Bluewater in July
Jo Malone is to launch its first out-of-town standalone store when it opens at Bluewater shopping centre next month.
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Southampton's Guitar Store amplifies its store front
Pound shops and supermarkets rely on turning high volumes to keep revenues up, but Southampton has a different high-volume retailer.
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Analysis
Interview: Paperchase boss Timothy Melgund writes the retailer's future
Paperchase’s chief executive Timothy Melgund speaks exclusively to Retail Week about paper versus digital and his global ambitions for the premium stationery retailer.
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Opinion
Comment: Renew and revamp, it’s the only way forward
Stores and shopping centres that fail to take a critical look at themselves and evolve with industry trends are doomed.
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Video: Ann Summers transforms its Bluewater store window for Easter
Ann Summers has converted its shop windows to its new Easter ‘Pleasure Hunt’ campaign, which focuses heavily on its iconic Rampant Rabbit.
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Gallery
In pictures: Adidas launches sports stadium-themed store in Bluewater, Kent
Adidas has opened an interactive sports stadium format store in Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre where customers enter to sounds of a cheering crowd.
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Brighton shopping centre trials two-hour store to door deliveries
Brighton’s Churchill Square shopping centre will trial a two-hour store to door delivery service from this week.
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Volvo opens Bluewater pop-up to bring cars directly to shoppers
Volvo has opened a temporary pop-up store at Bluewater in a bid to “take cars to buyers”.
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Intu gets green light for £100m Watford development
Shopping centre owner Intu has received planning consent for its £100m plan to redevelop Watford town centre and refurbish its existing shopping centre.
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Adidas to open digital format store in Bluewater
Adidas is to open a new format store in Bluewater shopping centre featuring innovative technology.
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One million customers log on to wi-fi at Intu shopping centres
One million people have connected to wi-fi at Intu shopping centres, including the Metrocentre in Newcastle, Manchester’s Trafford Centre and Lakeside in Thurrock, as the landlord continues to invest in multichannel to drive footfall.
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HMV and Paperchase latest signings at Intu Watford
HMV and Paperchase are the latest retailers to sign for stores at Intu Watford shopping centre following the opening of Theo Paphitis’ lingerie brand Boux Avenue last month.
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Victoria’s Secret extends UK presence with Bluewater store
US lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret is to open at Bluewater shopping centre along with sister brand Pink.
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News
Jack Wills to open store at Bluewater
Fashion retailer Jack Wills is to open a shop at Bluewater in what will be its first store in an out of town shopping centre.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s Verdict: Shopping Centres - Can they adapt to an online shopping world?
Shopping centres have a tough job to compete with online retailing these days, but the big landlords seem surprisingly confident.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: The changing face of the high street
British retail has been revolutionised in the last 25 years. Laura Heywood looks at some of the most dramatic shifts.
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News
Swarovski opens first Cadenza store outside of London
Swarovski is to open its premium Cadenza brand’s first store outside London in Bluewater shopping centre before Christmas.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Shopping centre Bluewater still draws in the crowds
Bluewater faces more competition these days but it still merits a visit. John Ryan reports on what it has to offer.
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Waitrose ramps up London expansion in capital convenience push
Upmarket grocer Waitrose is to launch an assault on the capital as it concentrates all of its convenience store openings on London in the next year.
