All North East & Yorkshire articles – Page 4
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OpinionComment: Retailers’ stores must offer an innovative experience to customers
As online retail become increasingly popular retailers must provide an in-store offer that can’t be experienced on a computer or smartphone.
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GalleryStore gallery: Mr Arkwright’s Tool Emporium celebrates a bygone age
Mr Awkright’s Tool Emporium has opened in central Leeds and uses shoppers nostalgia to its advantage with its throwback store design.
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OpinionComment: Asda’s continual innovation drives the retailer forward
Asda has continued to thrive in a rapidly changing retail environment by using innovation to make customers’ lives easier.
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GalleryStore gallery: Trinity Leeds opens Tour de France pop-up shop
Trinity Leeds shopping centre has monopolised on the Tour de France, recycling an empty store unit to create a themed pop-up shop.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why catering has become so important for retail locations
As retailers start to invest in quality in-store catering, will restaurants cannibalise retail sales or enhance customer experience?
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OpinionComment: Now is the time to futureproof our retail jewels
There’s clearly a consumer appetite for after-hours markets, can retailers really afford to ignore our changing shopping habits?
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NewsMaplin steams into stations and ramps up its online offer
Maplin is to aggressively expand its online arm and push its fledgling travel format into railway stations.
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GalleryStore gallery: Signage now contributes to entire store experience
John Ryan reports on the latest displays at Trinity Leeds shopping centre, where store signage is becoming part of the store experience in its own right.
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NewsFrench Sole to open first store outside London in Leeds' Victoria Quarter
Premium footwear retailer French Sole is to open its first store outside of London in the Victoria Quarter in Leeds.
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NewsJD Sports to open national chain of gyms
JD Sports is to open a string of low cost health clubs as it eyes significant market share in the fitness sector.
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NewsOne million customers log on to wi-fi at Intu shopping centres
One million people have connected to wi-fi at Intu shopping centres, including the Metrocentre in Newcastle, Manchester’s Trafford Centre and Lakeside in Thurrock, as the landlord continues to invest in multichannel to drive footfall.
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NewsWestfield to restart controversial Bradford development
Westfield is to begin construction works on its stalled Bradford Broadway shopping development in January next year.
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NewsMaplin to open trade fascia to target businesses
Maplin is to target businesses with a new fascia offering bulk discounts, which it plans to pilot in Sheffield.
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NewsPrimark to open onesie pop-up shop at Leeds' White Rose centre
Value fashion giant Primark is understood to be opening a pop-up store selling only onesies in the White Rose centre in Leeds this weekend.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The pick of the best UK town centre redevelopments
Across the UK, property developers are getting the green light for major retail regeneration projects. Ben Cooper’s pick of the best town centre redevelopments reveals just how much the pipeline has improved.
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NewsWestfield to start work on stalled Bradford development later this year, MPs told
Work on the stalled Bradford shopping centre development site is set to restart later this year, MPs have been told.
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NewsLand Securities to roll out digital elements of Trinity Leeds as footfall hits 4 million
Land Securities is to roll out the digital elements trialled at its new Trinity Leeds scheme to the rest of its centres as it revealed it has attracted around 4 million shoppers to the development since opening in March.
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NewsTrinity Leeds beats footfall target with 2.7 million visitors in first month
Trinity Leeds, the UK’s only major shopping centre to open this year, has attracted 2.7 million shoppers in its first month of business.
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OpinionComment: Trinity Leeds opening is a welcome boost for retail
The opening of Trinity Leeds today is welcome news for the UK retail property market. Despite the economic gloom, retailer demand for space in the 1 million sq ft shopping centre has been impressive.
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GalleryIn pictures: Trinity Leeds shopping centre opens for business
Trinity Leeds, the only major UK shopping centre to launch this year, has opened for business this morning in Leeds city centre.