All High street & town centre articles
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NewsBadenoch vows to lower retail costs but rules out business rates cuts
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has told Retail Week she would lower costs for retailers to support job creation if she were to win the next election, but ruled out widespread business rates reform.
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AnalysisNext’s Lord Wolfson on economic prospects, AI adoption, healthy high streets…and menswear opportunity
Next chief executive Lord Wolfson provided a temperature-check for retail as the industry looks forward to the golden quarter and ponders the impact of the forthcoming Budget
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NewsGreggs opens first supermarket ‘Bitesize Greggs’ with Tesco
Food-to-go giant Greggs has opened its first smaller shops ‘Bitesize Greggs’ format in a supermarket.
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NewsClarks opens Marble Arch store as European expansion continues
The 200-year-old British footwear retailer Clarks has opened a new store at Marble Arch on Oxford Street, its second store on the street, as it builds on last year’s return to profit.
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NewsRetail sales cool as blazing hot summer ends
UK consumer demand cooled in August, as a summer marked by relentless heatwaves drew to an end.
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NewsBRC calls for retail ‘Budget boost’ after sluggish August footfall
The British Retail Consortium has called on the government to give retail a “Budget boost” after the secured endured a sluggish August.
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NewsBack-to-school shopping boosts retail footfall
Customers shopping for back-to-school items helped boost retail footfall in August, according to new data.
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NewsSkims to open second standalone UK store in Westfield London
Skims is set to open its second standalone UK store at Westfield London early next year.
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DataGovernment likely undercounting number of vape shops. That’s a problem
Prime minister Andy Burnham wants to crack down on vape shops to save the high street. First he’ll have to define what a vape shop is.
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NewsThe Works’ investor calls rejection of director appointment 'simply absurd'
The Works’ third-biggest shareholder has hit back at the retailer’s move to block its retired private equity partner from joining as a director.
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NewsBurnham hints at measures to ‘bring down cost of doing business’
The prime minister Andy Burnham has hinted at introducing measures to “bring down the cost of doing business” in the forthcoming Autumn budget.
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Chart of the WeekHow late-night shopping on Oxford Street compares to other destinations
Many flagships in London’s capital stay open until 9pm. We look at some of the cities that go even later.
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NewsSoaring temperatures stifle retail sales growth in July
The ongoing hot weather mixed with the tail end of the World Cup football tournament helped to lift retail sales in July, according to the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.
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NewsPM vows crack down on betting and vape shops to save ‘hollowed out high streets’
The prime minister has vowed to change the laws around 24-hour betting shops and planning permission for vape shops as part of the government’s plans to save “hollowed out high streets”.
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NewsHeatwave keeps consumers at home as retail footfall falls
Total UK footfall fell in July, as searing hot temperatures kept consumers at home and off the high street.
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NewsTime Out Market to open in Piccadilly Circus
Time Out Group is to bring a global flagship of its Market concept to the new 10 Piccadilly development in central London.
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Opinion‘Business rates change makes minimal difference to overall high street health’
By creating a system that protects one type of venue while leaving neighbouring retail spaces burdened, the government risks undermining its own local growth initiatives, believes retail and property adviser JDM Retail’s Jonathan De Mello
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AnalysisIced matcha and new heatwave hits power Greggs store growth
Has the UK reached peak Greggs? Not likely. Rising sales and profits off the back of matcha sales, new salads and cutting costs are driving the next phase of Greggs physical store expansion plans
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NewsGreggs profit rises following cost control agenda and grocery growth
Greggs has posted rising sales and a jump in profits following a period of strong cost discipline and growth in grocery channels.
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NewsShop price inflation falls despite mounting cost pressures
Shop price inflation fell in July as retailers competed to keep prices low during sweltering temperatures and with the World Cup on.