All Property articles – Page 257
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NewsNew chief at Clintons reveals recovery plan
Greetings card retailer Clintons is leading a four-pronged strategy to turn the struggling business around, including a property review that could include closing underperforming stores.
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NewsStore Twenty One to push trend-led fashion
Value clothing and homewares retailer Store Twenty One is to further increase its fashionability after its trendier lines helped it bounce back into the black.
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NewsNew flagship store for Hallmark
Greetings card retailer Hallmark unveiled its new flagship store in Leeds last week, showcasing its “less formal” brand positioning.
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AnalysisProperty pipeline: What do retailers need to know?
The opening of Parkway in Newbury a week ago heralds the last of the major shopping centres – at least until the economy is back on its feet
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NewsJohn Lewis to open smaller format store in York
John Lewis has revealed plans to open another smaller format department store, in York. -
OpinionProperty and retail
Over the past seven years the relationship between property and retail has improved and some stunning schemes have been built. But there remains much more to do.
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NewsH&M brands Monki and Cheap Monday open first UK stand-alones
H&M-owned brands Monki and Cheap Monday have signed for their first UK stand-alone stores on London’s Carnaby Street.
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NewsAurora-backed Bastyan brand to open pop-up store
Contemporary womenswear label Bastyan, which is backed by Coast, Warehouse and Oasis owner Aurora Fashions, is to open a pop-up store.
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NewsLush eyes central London for its biggest ever store
Lush is mulling plans to open its largest store in the world in central London.
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AnalysisKingfisher’s Turkish adventure
It might not attract as much attention as some overseas markets, but Turkey is one of Kingfisher’s big hopes for the next decade. Rebecca Thomson reports on its plans there.
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NewsParkway shopping centre opens
Parkway, the last new shopping centre to launch before a development hiatus until 2013, opened its doors in Newbury today.
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NewsBooths eyes 10 new stores in Northwest
Northern grocer Booths plans10 new stores as it plans to roll out its new store format across its portfolio.
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NewsAustin Reed flagship is ‘future of the brand’
Austin Reed has opened its new flagship store on Regent Street, which chief executive Nick Hollingworth described as a “stake in the ground” representative of the future of the fashion retailer.
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OpinionUncharitable me
Saying there should be fewer charity shops is viewed a bit like taking sweets from children or not giving up your seat to an old lady on the bus. But Mary Portas is right that too many of them can be a bad thing.
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NewsVideo: Dundrum shopping centre evacuated after severe flooding
Dundrum shopping centre in Dublin has been flooded after more than a month’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours yesterday (Monday).
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NewsLosses widen at Austin Reed
Losses have widened at menswear retailer Austin Reed despite sales growing.
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NewsSuperstore roll-out on the cards for Kiddicare
Morrisons-owned nursery retailer to open national chain of destination stores in multichannel push.
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OpinionRates rise could render Portas plan irrelevant
It was standing room only in Committee Room 9 in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday morning.
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NewsMake life tougher for out-of-town retail, Portas tells MPs
Mary Portas has told MPs her review of the high street will be about “making life easier for town centres and tougher for out-of-town.”
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NewsLa Senza to open four stores in October
Lingerie chain La Senza is to open four new stores this month taking its store portfolio to 160 after reports earlier this year it was looking at restructuring its retail business.