All Property articles – Page 262
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NewsCos to open two new stores in London
H&M-owned retailer Cos is to open two new stores in London this autumn.
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NewsVIDEO: London riots - Peckham people stop store from burning
The riots of the last few days have shown Britain at its best as well as worst.
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NewsRetail Trust pledges £50k to riot-hit retailers
Retail Trust will donate £50,000 to support retailers affected by this week’s widespread rioting and looting, as part of a campaign the charity has launched on Twitter called #highstreetheroes.
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NewsRetailers count the cost as looters attack stores
Retailers are weighing up their next steps after hundreds of stores were looted as the worst rioting in living memory swept through England.
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OpinionOpen for business
Watching the pockets of trouble break out across London and then England over the past few days has brought home to me the vulnerability of the retail sector in the face of mindless thuggery.
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NewsRiot clean-up: Londoners sweep the streets
Gemma Goldfingle reporting from the London riot clean-up Thousands of Londoners took to the streets brandishing brooms, dustpans and bin bags in an effort to help retailers clean up the streets trashed by the riots this week.
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OpinionRetailers’ spirit will not be crushed by riots
This week’s riots across the UK weren’t just an attack on our cities. They were an attack on retail. Retailers have been in the front line of sickening theft and violence on an industrial scale.
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NewsTrevor Reeves: "I felt total despair"
The owner of The House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon has described the “extremely emotional” moment when the store was demolished after being razed to the ground amid the riots.
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NewsAdministration looms for Lombok
UPDATED: Furniture chain Lombok has filed an intention to appoint an administrator and is danger of going bust in the next few days.
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GalleryIn pictures: Manchester riot damage
Retailers in Manchester were faced with cleaning and repairing damage to stores this morning after rioters took to the streets last night.
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NewsTwo further TJ Hughes stores saved by Lewis Home Retail
Two more TJ Hughes stores have been bought out of administration by Lewis’ Home Retail.
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NewsBRC tells Home Secretary to deal with "escalating lawlessness" after rioting
Industry body the BRC is to seek “urgent reassurances” from Home Secretary Theresa May that everything possible is being done to address “escalating lawlessness” on the streets of London and other cities after three nights of rioting resulting in the destruction and looting of stores.
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NewsACS urges retailers to make insurance claims as soon as possible
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging retailers to make insurance claims as soon as possible after the riots.
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News16,000 police officers to be deployed in London today, says PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the number of police on the streets tonight will be upped to 16,000, compared to the 6,000 officers deployed last night, in anticipation of more rioting across London today.
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NewsShopping centre construction falls to early 1990s levels
The rate of shopping centre construction activity has fallen to levels not seen since the early 1990s recession, according to a new report from property firm CB Richard Ellis.
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NewsRetailers hit by third night of rioting
UPDATED: Retailers across London and beyond found themselves under attack in a third night of rioting.
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GalleryIn pictures: stores ransacked in London rioting
Many shops in London have been looted and some destroyed during two nights of rioting in the capital.
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Opinion
Retail and rioting
If retailers don’t get more protection from marauding gangs, who could blame them for quitting our inner cities?
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NewsHouse of Fraser to open new format click-and-collect store
House of Fraser is to open a new format click-and-collect store in Aberdeen next month.
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NewsCapital Shopping Centres reports rising retail sales and footfall
Property developer Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) said retail like-for-like sales in its centres have risen by an estimated 3% in the six months to June 30.