Latest property news – Page 194
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NewsGuide to healthy high streets launched
The department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a high street health-check guide designed to promote successful high streets.
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John Lewis reveals plans for further 2 home shops
Department store John Lewis will open a further two home stores as part of its rollout plan for 2011.
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NewsAnthropologie to open Edinburgh store
US womenswear and homeware giant Anthropologie is to open its first UK store outside of London next summer, in a three-storey site on Edinburgh’s George Street.
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NewsLondon vacancy rates continue to outperform rest of UK
Central London continues to significantly outperform the rest of the UK in terms of vacancy rates, resulting in an exacerbated two tier retail property market.
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NewsPrimark gears up for UK growth
Primark, the value fashion giant, is poised to open six new UK stores before Christmas.
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NewsTraffic-free shopping on Oxford Street on November 27
London’s famous shopping Mecca Oxford Street will offer traffic-free shopping again this year, on November 27.
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NewsGrainger Games plans rapid store expansion
Grainger Games will have doubled store numbers year on year by Christmas as it bucks the downbeat trend in the games market with a focus on value.
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NewsForever 21 aims for 100 UK stores as it prepares for Bullring launch
US fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 has revealed plans to open more than 100 stores in the UK as it gears up to make its debut in Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre next month.
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NewsSegal: ‘I can’t open in UK’
Crate & Barrel’s legendary founder says rents and lease structures are a barrier to new entrants
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NewsSales at Westfield London leap 31%
Sales at Westfield London, which celebrates its second anniversary this weekend, surged 31% in the most recent quarter and jumped 26% like-for-like.
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NewsOne New Change opens
One New Change, the new shopping centre in the City of London, open its doors to the public today.
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NewsDevelopers must embrace internet to engage
Shopping centre developers must make more use of technology and the internet to engage with consumers if they want to remain relevant to a new generation of shoppers, delegates at the World Retail Congress in Berlin were told today.
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NewsUniqlo looks for large London store sites
Japanese fashion chain Uniqlo is on the hunt for larger London stores as it seeks to strengthen its position in the UK market.
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NewsBare Escentuals ready for UK expansion
US-based cosmetics retailer Bare Escentuals is on the expansion trail in the UK after a “successful” debut last year.
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NewsOne New Change opens this week
One New Change, which is 94% let, is due to open on October 28 and retailers including Topshop, H&M and Banana Republic will make their City debuts there.
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NewsGeorge Davies set to close all GIVe stores
George Davies is set to close all his GIVe standalone stores little more than a year after first opening.
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NewsGap guns for international and online sales
Gap is gunning to increase its share of the $1.4 trillion global apparel market with the aim that by its 2013 financial year international and online sales will account for more than a quarter of its total net sales.
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NewsTesco wins 14-year battle to open store in Norfolk town
Tesco has won a 14-year long battle to open a store in the Norfolk town of Sheringham.
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NewsConran Shop in talks to open US concessions in Bloomingdales
Furniture retailer Conran Shop is in talks with Bloomingdales that could result in the British retailer opening concessions in the famous US department store group.
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NewsLandlords join retailers in business rates battle
Retail landlords have lent their voice to the campaign against next year’s rise in business rates, warning that a disproportionate increase will endanger the economic recovery.