All North East & Yorkshire articles – Page 2
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NewsAmazon to open £450m fulfilment centre
Amazon is opening a new £450m fulfilment centre in Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees, which is due to start operating in October.
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DataRevealed: The 25 most vibrant retail locations in the UK
Location, location, location. Whether you’re opening another store to better serve your core market or looking for new eyeballs to thrill and excite with an experiential flagship, where to open is a topic bandied around boardrooms up and down the UK all year long.
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GalleryStore gallery: Marks & Spencer unveils ‘bigger, better’ branch in former Debenhams
Marks & Spencer has opened the doors of its latest full-line store, at the White Rose centre in Leeds – the city in which the business began as a market stall in 1884.
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NewsFenwick unveils plans for £40m investment in Newcastle flagship
Fenwick has revealed plans for a £40m multi-year investment in its Newcastle flagship store as it celebrates its 140th anniversary.
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NewsBritish Land and Landsec seek £800m shopping centre swap
UK landlords British Land and Landsec are looking into an £800m asset swap in a bid to revive their respective share prices.
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GalleryFirst look: Flannels Beauty flagship brings ‘world-first beauty experiences’ to Sheffield
The opening of the flagship Flannels Beauty store marks the beginning of a major long-term investment in the category as the retailer aims to transform the way consumers shop for beauty.
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GalleryIn pictures: Primark, JD Sports and John Lewis lure back shoppers for reopening
As non-essential retail reopens its doors in England on April 12, Retail Week visits key shopping locations to gauge retail offers and shopper appetite.
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GalleryStore gallery: Iceland’s new Swift c-store format
Iceland has opened the first of its new Swift convenience store formats in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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NewsFrasers Group snaps up fashion retailer Psyche
Frasers Group has acquired fashion retailer Psyche’s stores and online business for an undisclosed sum.
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InterviewInterview: Fenwick boss on delivering the ‘best Christmas’ despite Covid
John Edgar took over at the department store chain during the first lockdown, but betting big on online and taking a novel approach to Christmas are paying off for the new CEO.
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NewsIntu Metrocentre taken over by Sovereign Centros
Shopping centre operator Sovereign Centros has taken ownership of the Metrocentre in Gateshead, as the assets of former institutional landlord Intu continue to be sold off.
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NewsLiverpool footfall plummets to July levels in first week of Tier 3 restrictions
Footfall in Liverpool has plunged to levels last seen at the end of the national lockdown in the summer, in the week since it became the first city to be placed into the government’s highest tier of Covid-19 restrictions.
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OpinionOpinion: Fenwick leadership changes are a huge roll of the dice
Department store group Fenwick is taking a risk as it parts company with both chair Richard Pennycook and chief executive Robbie Feather.
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NewsCoronavirus: Morrisons to give frontline staff bonus increase
Morrisons will give frontline staff a bonus three times larger than normal for continuing to work during the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsMulberry opens immersive store at Victoria Leeds
Mulberry is opening a new immersive store in the Victoria shopping centre in Leeds.
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NewsHammerson launches Leeds City Quarters concept
Hammerson has unveiled plans for its latest City Quarters concept in Leeds, which will sit adjacent to its Victoria Gate shopping centre in the city.
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AnalysisFrom ghost town to high street of the year
How can you go from ghost town to boom town? We speak to those that have reinvented their high street to find out how they did it.
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NewsM&S, Next to join biggest regional mall since Bluewater
Developers have unveiled plans to build the UK’s biggest new out-of-town shopping centre since Bluewater, with construction work set to start later this year.
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AnalysisRoadtrip: City of Culture Hull's retail renaissance
Retail Week’s roadtrip continues with a jaunt around the Northeast and Yorkshire, including a look at Hull’s retail regeneration and a visit to family-owned Pavers.
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NewsVictoria Gate in Leeds to open to the public today
Victoria Gate will welcome shoppers for the first time today as the only major retail scheme to launch in the UK in 2016 throws open its doors.