All Property articles – Page 291
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NewsSignet to revive UK sales by investing in stores
Signet will focus on investing in its UK store portfolio and close some underperforming stores as the jewellery giant’s sales begin to improve.
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AnalysisHMV: Music to investors’ ears?
HMV continues to diversify its offer but will its new ventures pay off?
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NewsWickes to cash in on MFI gap with new-format trial
DIY retailer Wickes is opening standalone kitchen and bathroom stores to expand geographically and soak up market share left by MFI’s collapse in 2008.
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OpinionUgly word, ugly concept?
Commercialisation of malls is a concept hated by retailers but becoming more and more important to centre owners. But if they’re going to do it, they have to think of their tenants.
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Green light for Dublin retail development
Dublin’s retail centre was given a boost yesterday when planning authority An Bord Pleanála granted full planning permission for the 800,000 sq ft, retail-led Dublin Central development on the city’s iconic O’Connell Street.
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NewsIsraeli cosmetics chain Laline targets UK via Land Securities tie-up
Israeli cosmetics chain Laline is on the hunt for stores in the UK as part of a deal with landlord Land Securities’ Brand Empire venture.
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NewsSainsbury’s doubles size of ‘carbon-negative’ store
Sainsbury’s has opened a store extension in Durham today which although increasing the building’s square footage by 50% has at the same time reduced the amount of energy it uses by 10%.
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NewsJohn Lewis at Home wants high street site
John Lewis is seeking a site to trial its John Lewis at Home format in a town centre after the success of its first retail park store in Poole.
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Landlords pledge flexibility for rent quarter day
Landlords have vowed to “go the extra mile” for retailers as rent quarter day hits this week.
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NewsFocus close to signing first ‘compact’ store
Focus DIY is poised to sign its first small-format store as it vowed not to be drawn into the DIY price war gripping the sector.
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NewsWaitrose to debut new format in Cambridge
Waitrose will open its first small convenience store this summer in Cambridge, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsSmall shops to get rates relief in mixed budget for retailers
Around 100,000 small shops will have a year off business rates from October Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed in this week’s Budget.
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OpinionThe unsustainable growth in property costs
Rents may not be rising at the speed they were, but the growth in overall costs of occupying retail property is still out of control.
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NewsSuits You CVA takes effect
The Speciality Retail Group company voluntary arrangement today passed through the 28-day challenge.
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NewsDSGi steps up roll out of 2-in-1 shops
DSGi is to accelerate the roll out of its 2-in-1 Currys and PC World stores with 60 locations identified.
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NewsLakeland cooks up overseas debut
Homewares retailer Lakeland opened its first international store on Tuesday at the Mirdif City Centre Mall in Dubai.
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Cash Generator draws up plan for expansion
Second-hand retailer and pawnbroker Cash Generator is gearing up for expansion beyond the UK mainland after like-for-like sales soared 16.4% in the year to January 31.
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AnalysisCapital Shopping Centres opens Eldon Square extension
Capital Shopping Centres may not be a high profile developer but it owns more of the UK’s top 30 centres than any other landlord.
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Opinion
The UK’s poshest Council House
Everyone always says how ugly Birmingham is but its easy to forget that it has some of the UK’s finest civic architecture, and we were privileged today to hold our future of the high street conference in the splendid Victorian setting of the city’s Council House.
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OpinionUnlikely bedfellows
The property debate at the Retail Week Conference revealed that landlords and retailers actually have a greater level of common interest than might first be thought.