All articles by Jennifer Creevy – Page 117
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New Look chairman steps down
Richard Lapthorne, chairman of value fashion retailer New Look, has stepped down from the board and retired from his position.
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Hollister targets Covent Garden for UK debut
London’s Covent Garden is the favourite destination to land the first UK store for Abercrombie & Fitch’s teen brand Hollister.
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Blacks allays City fears by hiring external chief
Outdoor specialist Blacks has calmed City fears about a leadership vacuum with the appointment of former Esporta boss Neil Gillis as chief executive.
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Bata mulls its return to the UK high street
Global footwear giant Bata is mulling a return to the UK high street after pulling out of the market more than 40 years ago.
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TK Maxx to shake up market with new homewares chain
Value retailer to bring its Canadian HomeSense fascia to the UK next year with Southeast stores.
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Moscow retail rent most expensive in Europe
Moscow is the most expensive retail location in Europe and second in the world, according to property agency CBRE.
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UK is not the only country
While the activity at property conference Mapic last week was much the same as last year – doing deals, networking and dashing around – there seemed to be a shift in retailers’ mindset.
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Bluewater has Christmas all wrapped up
Bluewater in Kent has covered parts of its shopping centre with gift wrap as part of its Christmas marketing campaign.
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Clinton’s reports slowing October sales
Clinton Cards has reported like-for-like sales up 2 per cent for the 16 weeks to November 18.
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Blacks appoints chief executive
Blacks Leisure Group has appointed former Esporta boss Neil Gillis as its chief executive with immediate effect.
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New Bond Street rent is most expensive in UK
London’s New Bond Street remains the UK’s most expensive shopping street to rent space on, buoyed by a glut of new luxury retailers opening stores there.
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Deichmann plans tenfold increase in UK store count
German shoe retailer Deichmann Shoes has revealed its long-term ambition to become one of the UK’s largest shoe retailers.
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Little Miss Matched eyes 50 UK stores in five years
Children’s clothing retailer Little Miss Matched intends to open up to 50 shops in the UK in the next three to five years, after opening its first store in the UK at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent this summer.
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St Pancras is a shopping haven
Last week, the Queen reopened St Pancras station and the new Channel Tunnel rail terminal for Eurostar and said she hoped that people would consider it as a destination and not just as a station.
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Grocers face turkey shortages
Supermarkets could face a shortage of turkeys this Christmas as tests are carried out on a farm in Suffolk where the turkeys are understood to have contracted avian flu.
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Former Jimmy Choo boss to build fashion brands
Robert Benoussan, former chief executive of designer shoe retailer Jimmy Choo, is understood to be on the hunt for investment opportunities in British fashion brands, with a view to take them onto an international platform.
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Athlone Towncentre scheme opens to 15,000 shoppers
Ireland’s Athlone Towncentre scheme opened last weekend with more than 15,000 shoppers converging on the 500 million ( 348.3 million) mixed-use development.
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Developers pick town centre jobs over out-of-town
Three quarters of developers would prefer to develop a town centre scheme rather than an out-of-town equivalent, according to research from Hartnell Taylor Cook.
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PMA launches shopping mall benchmark scheme
The Property Managers Association (PMA) has created an audit programme designed to help retailers see exactly what they’re paying for at shopping centres.
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Leases shorten as challenging market conditions take effect
Average lease lengths were cut this year as retailers struggled to maintain flexibility in a tough market.