All Stores and property articles – Page 2
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AnalysisThe questions readers are asking Retail Week – and how we answer them
In February, Retail Week upgraded its Intelligent Answers (iA) service, which uses AI to scour the archive to answer your pressing questions.
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AnalysisStore tour: Matalan accelerates transformation with latest shop revamp
Matalan’s store refurbishment programme is well underway, with its branch in Milton Keynes one of the latest to undergo a transformation.
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GalleryKookaï returns to the UK with London Carnaby Street store
Australian womenswear brand Kookaï opened the doors to its new London Carnaby Street store at the weekend.
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InterviewGreggs CEO Roisin Currie on prices, first international store and youth employment
After Greggs today announced it was packing its bags for Tenerife for the first time, its chief executive also discussed the ongoing Middle East conflict, price rises, and youth employment.
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NewsAdam Dury formally appointed as Jollyes Pets CEO
The former COO has been CEO-designate since last October, while Jollyes has also promoted internally for a new CFO, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion‘As public awareness of the horrors of retail crime increases, so too does the risk of a PR disaster’
With Sainsbury’s following Waitrose and Morrisons as the latest retail giant to find itself in the news on retail crime for all the wrong reasons, Charlotte Hardie questions whether there is still a disconnect on the issue between head office and the shop floor.
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NewsOner Active to make retail debut in New York City
Athleisure brand Oner Active is set to open its first-ever store in New York City later this year.
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News‘Lidl & Go’ pilot to be available across seven UK stores
Lidl’s customer trial, ‘Lidl & Go’, is being rolled out to a total of seven stores and is being made available for public use for the first time.
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NewsQuiz stores to trade through May as administrators wind down stock pile
Quiz stores are expected to remain open through the month of May and possibly into June as administrators wind down the fashion retailer’s stock pile, Retail Week understands.
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NewsTGJones could collapse into insolvency by summer
Modella Capital has told creditors to back its restructuring proposals or risk the business collapsing into insolvency by the end of July, according to restructuring plans seen by Retail Week.
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AnalysisTGJones’ restructuring plan reveals a business’ desperate fight for survival
Retail Week has seen the restructuring plan put forward to creditors and landlords by TGJones owner Modella Capital. The details make for grim reading.
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NewsTGJones owner details restructuring proposals putting stores and jobs at risk
Modella, the owner of TGJones, has launched a restructuring plan involving the shuttering of up to 150 branches and hundreds of job losses.
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DataRanking: Top 50 coolest retailers in the world
Retail strategy and creative agency The General Store presented its latest list of the world’s coolest retailers at this year’s World Retail Congress. We look at the top 10 in detail
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AnalysisFrom AI to attitude – how Thierry Garnier changed Kingfisher
Kingfisher chief executive Thierry Garnier is leaving the home improvement powerhouse. Big changes have been made at the business since he arrived with his retail toolkit.
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NewsGrocers say store expansion rules should apply to Aldi and Lidl
Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, and Iceland have responded to a CMA consultation on how restrictive land clauses apply to Aldi and Lidl.
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NewsPret a Manger opens first-ever drive-thru store
Pret a Manger has opened its first-ever drive-thru location in Warrington, as part of a trial with Motor Fuel Group.
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NewsUS childrenswear label Janie and Jack plots UK expansion
US childrenswear brand Janie and Jack has made its international debut with a new store on King’s Road in London as it plots an expansion across the UK.
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NewsTGJones closes in on debt refinancing deal
TGJones, the rebranded WHSmith high street business, is nearing a refinancing of debt facilities, it is understood.
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NewsClaire’s to return to UK high streets from next month
Accessories and jewellery specialist Claire’s is anticipated to reopen on UK high streets from next month.
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NewsModa in Pelle owners hire external advisers to ‘review financial position’
The majority owners of footwear retailer Moda in Pelle have appointed advisers to “actively review the company’s financial position, including its solvency”, according to internal emails seen by Retail Week.