All Property articles – Page 258
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NewsWickes to shrink stores as web transforms retail
1.4 million sq ft to be ditched as online reduces need for physical store space
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NewsGame resists City calls to close more stores
Game has insisted it needs a large bricks-and-mortar presence despite analysts calling for more store closures to cut costs as the retailer posted widening first-half losses.
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NewsArgos will not close stores, says Duddy
Argos has maintained it needs a 750-strong store estate despite growing calls from the City to slash store numbers.
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NewsRiot-hit furniture store House of Reeves to be rebuilt
The family–run Croydon furniture business devastated by a blaze during rioting in August is preparing to apply for planning permission to build a new store on the same site.
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NewsRetailers to press Scottish Government on supermarket levy
Retailers will meet with Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Richard Lochhead this morning as they tackle the proposed levy to increase business rates for large retailers of alcohol and tobacco in Scotland.
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NewsM&S fined £1m for asbestos breaches
Marks & Spencer has been fined £1 million at Bournemouth Crown Court today after being found guilty of breaching health and safety laws governing the use of asbestos in 2006.
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OpinionBirmingham's BID to get shoppers back
Birmingham’s Style Live event showed the role Business Improvement Districts can play in creating excitement which brings shoppers back.
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NewsPoundworld to launch smaller format store
Single price point retailer Poundworld is to open a smaller convenience store format as it continues to expand across the UK.
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NewsThe Range rolls out new stores
Furniture, leisure and homeware chain The Range is pressing ahead with expansion plans with six more stores due to open before the year is out.
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NewsBimba & Lola to make UK debut in Westfield London
Spanish fashion chain Bimba & Lola is to make its UK debut in Westfield London, as tipped by Retail Week in March.
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GalleryWestfield Stratford City: Best in show
Westfield Stratford City is now a tangible reality, but with the dust settled and the opening crowds dispersed, what are the standout features of London’s latest mall? John Ryan reports.
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NewsHarris mounts audacious assault on beds market
Floor coverings giant aims to take share from bed specialists Dreams and Bensons
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Analysis10 ways to counter the gloom
A raft of updates has revealed that many well-known retailers have successfully faced tough conditions. We pick out some of the ways they have achieved it.
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NewsJohn Lewis at Home to open in Chichester
John Lewis at Home is to open in Chichester in spring 2012.
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NewsScottish Government to impose levy on supermarkets
The Scottish Government is planning to increase business rates for large retailers of alcohol and tobacco in Scotland, meaning major food retailers would have to pay an extra half a billion pounds in tax over the next four years.
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NewsShop void rates likely to rise, BCSC warns
The number of empty stores on the high street is unlikely to fall and may rise to unprecedented levels, research published by the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) has shown.
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AnalysisWhat makes a successful retail scheme?
Development largely disappeared in the wake of the recession and remains subdued. What will be the characteristics of those schemes that get off the ground? Tim Danaher reports
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AnalysisDoes the digital age mean the end for traditional store formats?
As multichannel retailing continues to make rapid progress forwards, Ben Cooper asks if the digital age spells the end for traditional store formats?
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NewsEconomic recovery in jeopardy from planning system, say leading retailers
Britain’s economic recovery is being put in jeopardy by a “creaking” planning system which is frustrating investment and excluding many businesses, a group of leading retailers said.
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AnalysisMary’s regal retail roadshow in Rotherham
Mary Portas is touring the country on her review of the high street. Tim Danaher joins her in Rotherham for an insight into her thinking