All Property articles – Page 219
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NewsTown Teams to receive extra Government support
More than 300 towns that were not selected as Portas Pilots are to receive funding and support from the Government.
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NewsArgos to step up store closures
Argos is set to step up its store closure programme as it completes its strategic review.
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OpinionComment: Has the Portas review made a difference to our high streets?
Almost a year has rolled by since the Portas review was published and I wonder if anything has been achieved.
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InterviewQ&A: DFS chief executive Ian Filby
DFS enjoyed an EBITDA rise of 2.5% to £82m despite a fall in sales of 2.1% to £624.7m in the year to July 28. Retail Week speaks to chief executive Ian Filby about the performance.
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NewsAnalysis: Hobbs set for international expansion
The retailer is launching international websites as a precursor to physical overseas expansion.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Iceland’s bullish boss holds the grocer steady
Despite a tough six months, Iceland founder Malcolm Walker insists the frozen food retailer can excel and explains why staff should think of him as Father Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Homewares retailers move with the times
The homewares and furniture sector has faced trying times, and difficult trading conditions have hit retailers unprepared for change. Anna Richardson Taylor speaks to those who see opportunities for innovation and growth.
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NewsNew JD format Pro to fill gap left by JJB collapse
Retailer to open JD Pro fascia in the City to appeal to wealthy sports enthusiasts.
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OpinionComment: Postponement of rates revaluation piles more pain on retailers
For the second time in three days, the Government has put a rates-shaped hole in retailers’ hopes that the business climate might be getting that little bit easier.
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NewsGovernment postpones business rates revaluation to 2017
The Government has been accused of delivering a “further blow to the country’s struggling high streets” by postponing the revaluation of business rates from 2015 to 2017.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Vacancy rates in Britain
The number of stores shuttered across Britain jumped in the first half of 2012, according to consultants PwC and the Local Data Company (LDC). Retail Week takes a closer look at the numbers.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must adapt and change to survive
It is absolutely futile trying to save the high street or the ‘traditional retailer’, or in fact any retailer, be it multiple or independent, with a flawed product strategy and trading execution.
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NewsWestfield sells Bradford shopping centre site to Meyer Berman
Shopping centre developer Westfield has sold its controversial stalled Bradford scheme to European fund manager Meyer Bergman, it is understood.
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Migros Zürich to takeover German grocer Tegut
Migros Zürich, a co-operative of Swiss retailer Migros, is to complete a takeover of German grocer Tegut by January 2013.Tegut operates about 290 outlets in Germany. In 2011 it generated sales of e1.17bn (£944m). Migros Zürich said the takeover will strengthen its business.
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OpinionComment: There must be a fairer way of setting business rates for retailers
Given the current state of the market, some of Britain’s leading retailers have called on the government to freeze business rates next year – and can you blame them?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are rents poised to rise?
Rents tend to be higher out of town than on the high street. Gemma Goldfingle finds out whether they are likely to rise or fall in the future.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The out-of-town pipeline
A slowdown in the development of new shopping centres and continuing problems on the high street mean some retailers are focusing on the pipeline for out of town.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Enticing retailers back to big-Box units
A raft of administrations has left landlords with empty big-box units including some that are difficult to re-let. Alex Lawson finds out what can be done to entice retailers and consumers to them.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How is big-box retail changing?
Value retailers are moving out of town. Tiffany Holland finds out why, and looks at the implications as they switch focus from the high street.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using warehouses to promote multichannel
Retailers are using warehouses to promote their multichannel credentials in out-of-town schemes.