All articles by Ben Cooper – Page 24
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Analysis
Retailers snap up former pub and petrol station spaces
As many petrol stations and pubs fold in the unforgiving climate, canny retailers are snapping up their space for its convenience.
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News
Landlords believe switch to monthly rents is inevitable
Landlords increasingly believe they will have to cave in to retailers’ demands to pay rent monthly rather than quarterly, as a study this week revealed the landlords’ weakening position in the difficult economic climate.
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Opinion
Monthly rents cease fire?
Last week’s coming together of retailers and landlords over the vexed question of rental payment periods was more of a détente than a clash of the titans.
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Analysis
Westfield: Down and out in Derby?
Westfield’s UK centre debut in Derby has been a success, but its arrival has unsettled the rest of the city centre. A year on from its opening, Ben Cooper examines the extent of the fallout.
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News
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5 per cent
Bank of England has unexpectedly cut interest rates by half a point to 4.5 per cent.
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News
Slowing food inflation prompts BRC call for interest rate cut
The rate of food price inflation has fallen for the first time in six months, prompting the British Retail Consortium to call on the Bank of England to bring in an immediate interest rate cut.
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News
Bestseller eyes sites to treble UK stores
Danish multibrand fashion retailer Bestseller Group plans to treble its UK store portfolio by the end of next year.
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Analysis
It's goodbye from them...
The out-of-town market has had a turbulent year, with several big players falling by the wayside. But there is a new breed eager to fill the voids they have left, reports Ben Cooper
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Analysis
Planning: Appetite for development
The Government’s latest report on out-of-town planning has raised more questions than it has answered, but if anything is certain it is that the sector must up its game, says Ben Cooper
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NewsWestfield tenants angry over ‘nightmare’ charges
Major retailers have criticised Westfield London this week over problems they are facing fitting out their stores ahead of the scheme’s opening at the end of this month.
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Analysis
Bristol Cabot Circus: The circus comes to town
Bristol may be the UK’s eighth-largest city, but in retail rankings it barely makes the top 30. Ben Cooper goes to the opening of Cabot Circus, the scheme about to change all that
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News
Grosvenor opens Liverpool One second phase
The second phase of Liverpool One opened on Wednesday with a ceremony attended by The Princess Royal.
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News
Cabot Circus: Bristol retail scheme opens
The much-awaited Cabot Circus scheme in Bristol opened its doors today.
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Analysis
Edinburgh: A capital idea for Scotland at St James Quarter
Despite Edinburgh’s cultural richness its retail portfolio has long been in the shadow of its neighbour Glasgow. Now an overhaul of its most unattractive scheme is set to give the city the offer it deserves. By Ben Cooper
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News
Blaze holds up shopping centre development
A fire that tore through a shopping centre construction site in Bath has brought the project to a standstill while fire investigations are carried out.
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News
Fire at Bath's Southgate centre
A fire has broken out on the construction site of Multi Development’s Southgate scheme in Bath.
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News
Bolton's Market Place shopping centre unveils £40m retail extension
The extension to the Market Place shopping centre in Bolton opened last week, bringing an extra 96,415 sq ft (8,955 sq m) of retail space and new retailers to the city centre.
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News
Jacques Vert sales slide
Sales at womenswear retailer Jacques Vert fell 7 per cent in the first 21 weeks of the financial year compared with the same period last year.
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News
Jacques Vert sales slide
Sales at womenswear retailer Jacques Vert fell 7 per cent in the first 21 weeks of the financial year compared with the same period last year.
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News
Asda launches online recruitment drive
Asda has kicked off a drive to tempt staff to its stores with the launch of a 100,000 online recruitment campaign.