All Property articles – Page 249
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NewsMountain Warehouse targets Poland for new phase of growth
Mountain Warehouse plans to aggressively expand in eastern Europe as it eyes 50 stores in Poland following its launch in the country late last year.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill in the frame to buy Peacocks
Edinburgh Woollen Mill has emerged as one of the four bidders in the running to buy collapsed value clothing retailer Peacocks, Retail Week understands.
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NewsPeacocks receives four bids in second round
Peacocks administrator KPMG has received four second round bids to buy the business, or parts of it, out of administration, it is understood.
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AnalysisIn the news: Incoming Home Retail chief executive John Walden profiled
UPDATED: Argos managing director John Walden was an obvious choice to replace outgoing Home Retail chief executive Terry Duddy.
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NewsAmazon considers first physical store
Amazon is to open its first physical shop as it looks to showcase its Kindle.
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NewsVacancy rates show sharp north-south divide
Shop vacancy rates have stabilised at 14.3% during the second half of last year, although the latest figures show a sharp north-south divide.
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OpinionRetailers must keep up with the pace of change
Ian McGarrigle has been writing about and publishing for the retail sector for over 20 years. He was a member of the launch team for Retail Week.
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NewsGA appointed to manage Bonmarché store closures
Retail restructuring specialist GA Europe is working with Bonmarché’s new owner Sun European to manage the 165 stores marked for closure.
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NewsAsda property chief leaves following shake-up
Asda’s property boss Steve Masters is leaving the grocer following an overhaul of its property and retail development.
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NewsHeathrow Terminal 2 retail tender takes off
Bosses of retailers including Harrods, Hamleys and Hugo Boss attended the launch of the tender process for the revamped retail offer at Heathrow Terminal 2 last week.
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NewsGeneral retail flat as food groups suffer
General retailers trod water over the week in a flat market, but food groups underperformed as investors continued to fret about supermarket prospects and Kantar data showed the grocery market growing below the rate of food price inflation.
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AnalysisMaternity retail: What do retailers need to know?
As Kiddicare increases its bricks-and-mortar presence and Mothercare’s star seemingly wanes, it’s all change in maternity retailing.
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NewsHigh street crisis ‘irreversible’, Wrigley warns
The former boss of New Look, Phil Wrigley, has sounded the death knell of the traditional high street, and described Mary Portas’s review as the “right diagnosis, wrong prescription”.
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Carrefour franchise partner to open new stores
Carrefour’s franchise partner Majid Al Futtaim plans to open 15 Carrefour hypermarkets and 30 supermarkets this year. Majid Al Futtaim chief executive Iyad Malas said: “We will complete the construction of two malls (Fujairah City Centre and Beirut City Centre) and expect to start construction in Cairo at our Mall ...
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AnalysisThink local, think loyal
Local loyalty schemes can bring footfall and revenue to beleaguered high streets, but are they worth the cost and how can they realise their full potential? Rebecca Thomson finds out.
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NewsGame to offload overseas operations
Entertainment group Game aims to offload overseas businesses as it seeks to stem widening losses in the face of a punishing games market.
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OpinionCustomers want convenience
Martin Newman has extensive e-commerce experience, having been involved in multichannel retailing for over 25 years. He is the founder and chief executive of Practicology.
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NewsMorrisons receives £40m payment to take on Best Buy stores
Morrisons is to be paid £40m to take on the 10 empty Best Buy stores it is converting to Kiddicare.
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AnalysisRetail 2012
Retail Week reveals the highlights from our latest free-to-subscriber research into forecasts from the UK’s leading retailers. Joanna Perry reports.
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OpinionPrimark is proving its value as others struggle
George MacDonald has written for Retail Week for more than 10 years, covering various sectors. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on retail trends and issues.