All South West & Wales articles – Page 5
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News
Swarovski set to open Oxford Street third store
Swarovski will open its third store on Oxford Street later this summer.
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Julian Graves on track to make profit
Holland & Barrett Group has vowed that its Julian Graves chain will be profitable in the 2010/11 financial year as it gears up to revitalise the business.
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Greater brand mix lifts Jones Bootmaker sales
Jones Bootmaker has delivered improving trade this year with like-for-like sales up 17% in the four months to the end of May.
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SouthGate Bath 75% let
Shopping centre SouthGate Bath has signed a raft of fashion and electricals retailers ahead of opening in September, meaning the scheme is now 75% let.
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Analysis
The new North-South divide
With looming public sector cuts and job losses set to hit the North harder than the South, will regional disparities return?
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Disney sprinkles stardust on three of its UK stores
Disney is to unveil a new format in at least three of its UK stores this year as it seeks to make them destination stores for children.
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Topshop eyes Chicago launch as Knightsbridge store opens
Arcadia sets sights on further US Topshop flagships following opening of its latest London store
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Green light for Leeds Trinity scheme
Land Securities plans to resume work on its 750,000 sq ft Leeds Trinity scheme this year as long as deals which are at an advanced stage are completed.
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Gallery
JD Sports’ king of stores in Cardiff
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has opened a store in Cardiff with a glossy take on a traditionally lacklustre sub-sector.
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Analysis
What’s the benefit of retailers’ TV exposure?
Can participation in a TV show be beneficial to a retailer’s image or is it a gamble that can do long-term damage?
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Morrisons hopes England World Cup backing will drive footfall
Morrisons retail director Mark Gunter expects the grocer’s support of England’s FIFA World Cup 2018 bid to drive new shoppers to its stores.
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Traditional toys aid Modelzone growth
Model and hobby retailer Modelzone is benefiting from consumers returning to more traditional toys and games, with like-for-like sales up 7% last year.
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New look for Jones Bootmaker
Jones Bootmaker has launched a new retail identity at its Milton Keynes store.
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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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Reiss redesigns stores for luxury
Luxury fashion chain Reiss has refreshed areas of selected stores in support of its capsule 1971 collection, the year in which the retailer opened its first store.
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Analysis
Arcadia: will fewer, bigger shops translate to better?
Arcadia plans to rationalise its property portfolio so that it has fewer stores, but with more space. But, as the public steadily changes the way it shops, it’s not the only retailer starting to think that focusing on bigger and better stores makes sense, says Sara McCorquodale.
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Analysis
Is the property market moving in favour of the landlords again?
The property market has swung in favour of retailers during the recession, but is it about to move back the other way?
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Analysis
Today’s market: a matter of space and time
With void rates soaring in some locations and still low in others, John Ryan looks at how developers are dealing with this changed market, and what this means for retailers
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Analysis
Mall retailing: opportunity knocks
The big shopping centre openings of this autumn in Cardiff and Aberdeen mark the end of the late noughties development boom. And the inevitable empty units stand testimony to the new reality of shopping centre development.
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Analysis
St David’s centre extension will invigorate Cardiff
The opening of the extension to the St David’s centre in Cardiff may have coincided with the economic downturn but the scheme will still invigorate the city, says Tim Danaher.