All articles by Ben Cooper – Page 17
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NewsBoris Johnson launches campaign to promote West End business
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled a campaign to encourage more people to visit London’s West End.
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NewsTK Maxx ‘not posh enough’ for Piccadilly
TK Maxx is locked in a bitter dispute with the property company that runs the Queen’s estate over a deal to open a flagship store at London’s Piccadilly Circus after it decreed the retailer was “not posh enough” to trade at the capital’s famous landmark.
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AnalysisFulfilment: Delivering the goods
Home delivery can make or break an online shopping experience, but for many retailers care stops at making a sale. Ben Cooper evaluates the technology at hand for efficient fulfilment
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AnalysisThe e-tail recruitment challenge
Online retail specialists are in short supply and huge demand, Ben Cooper discovers
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NewsThree retailers set to open in Cambridge’s Grand Arcade
Calvin Klein, Kurt Geiger and Jack & Jones are set to open stores in Cambridge for the first time.All three have taken stores at the Grand Arcade shopping centre, which is owned by Grand Arcade Partnership, a joint venture between Grosvenor and Universities Superannuation Scheme.They join brands already trading in ...
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OpinionShopping centre security is a balancing act retailers must get right
The news that the averted Easter bomb plot was targeting shopping centres will have come as a sobering reminder to retailers and landlords about how vulnerable a position they are in.
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Retailers’ expansion abroad continued in 2008 despite downturn
International expansion by retailers continued throughout 2008 despite the tough global economic climate, a report has revealed.
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UK retains position as most international market
The UK has retained its position at the top of the international market rankings.According to a survey conducted by property agency CB Richard Ellis, the UK is still home to more international retailers than any other market.As part of the study, How Global is the Business of Retail?, 280 retailers ...
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Shopping centre plans for Europe slow down
More than 75 million sq ft of planned shopping centre development space in Europe has been axed or put on hold as a result of the global downturn.According to a report from property agency Cushman & Wakefield, about 107.6 million sq ft of new shopping centre space will open across ...
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NewsMen’s fashion brand Boggi enters the UK
Italian menswear retailer Boggi has entered the UK market with a store in the West End of London and plans to open at least four more in the Southeast.It has opened on Jermyn Street – famed for its upmarket tailored menswear stores – and has signed for a second unit ...
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AnalysisService charges: Lip service to retailers or a plan of action?
The 10-point plan to reduce service charges announced last week promised action on an issue that has long infuriated retailers. Ben Cooper investigates how it is going to work in practice
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Opinion
Second time lucky for Butlers?
Butlers had all but pulled out of the UK retail scene, but now it is on the verge of reinventing itself and having another crack at the market. Will it be successful?
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NewsOpening date set for Bath's Southgate scheme
Multi Development has confirmed the opening date for the first phase of its Southgate project in Bath.
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NewsMarks & Spencer signs to Aberdeen's Union Square
Marks & Spencer has signed to anchor Union Square in Aberdeen when the scheme opens this autumn.
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NewsWork under way on Oxford Circus diagonal crossing
Work began this week on a project to transform London’s shopping mecca Oxford Circus.A new diagonal crossing, based on Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing, will be built on the intersection between Regent Street and Oxford Street in the West End.Westminster Council said the work will make ...
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Analysis
Why hard times call for high spirits
In a downturn morale can take a hit, but confidence is vital for performance
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NewsGermany’s Butlers plots UK comeback
German homewares retailer Butlers, which offloaded all but one of its UK shops last year, is gearing up to open a tranche of new stores.
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OpinionNow we need real action on service charges
It’s not the most glamorous of subjects, but service charge is one of the areas where retailers have been paying through the nose for decades. Finally, it seems, landlords are willing to have a serious conversation about it.Retailers will delight in any plan to save them money in these tight ...
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NewsAsda to build its largest store in Northern Ireland
Supermarket retailer Asda has been given the nod to build what will be its largest store in Northern Ireland after nearly three years of awaiting a planning decision.Asda will now develop the 54,000 sq ft store at a cost of £25m at outlet centre Junction One in Antrim.The decision to ...
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NewsSpecsavers relocates Leeds store
Optician Specsavers is to relocate its store in Leeds into a unit double the size of its existing city centre shop.