All Property articles – Page 293
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OpinionNo guarantee of success for foreign retailers
Cortefiel’s decision to come to the UK is positive news for the high street. While there is a need for a clearout of brands that have had their day, our shopping streets and malls need to be continually refreshed with new names that will draw the shoppers.
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NewsDwell guns for growth in tenants’ market
Mid-market furniture retailer Dwell has laid out plans to reach up to 60 stores and 20 concessions in the next five years.
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NewsTesco fires up Dobbies
Tesco-owned garden centre chain Dobbies is to unveil a new model store next week as part of ambitious plans to quadruple its number of shops to 100 over the next 10 years.
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Tile Depot gears up for expansion with team rejig
Tile specialist Tile Depot has revealed expansion plans as it reshuffles its management team.
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AnalysisAndy Bond: Asda is ready for battle ahead
Asda hasn’t become ‘boring’ and is approaching 2010 in an aggressive mood with a raft of new initiatives, chief executive Andy Bond tells Jennifer Creevy
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NewsSuits You confident of profit breakthrough after CVA rescue
Speciality Retail Group chairman Peter Lucas has vowed that the struggling menswear retailer will make a profit in the year to January 2011, after it was rescued from administration by a company voluntary arrangement on Tuesday.
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NewsSuits You CVA succeeds
Suits You, the menswear retailer owned by Speciality Retail Group, has won backing for its Company Voluntary Arrangement.
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OpinionBuilding the brand
Land Securities’ Brand Empire is a bold venture, but the hard work starts now.
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NewsGrocers hit out at Tory planning proposals
Grocers have hit out at Tory plans to give more power to local councils to veto the development of shopping complexes.
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NewsIconic Liverpool department store Lewis’s to close
Lewis’s, the 154-year-old department store in Liverpool, will close in June with the loss of 200 jobs.
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NewsCortefiel to launch in UK via new Land Securities venture
Spanish fashion giant Cortefiel is to bring three of its brands to the UK in the first deal for property company Land Securities’ Brand Empire venture.
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NewsBest Buy eyes Homebase stores
Electricals group Best Buy Europe is close to acquiring two superstores from Homebase, it is understood.
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NewsBlockbuster in rent renegotiation talks
Blockbuster is understood to be working with restructuring firm KPMG on negotiations with more than 600 landlords as part of cost cutting plans.
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NewsTesco to launch property website
Tesco is expected to go head to head with estate agents within weeks with the launch of a property website, allowing home owners to advertise their properties for a flat fee of around £200.
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AnalysisShoppers hit out at high street neglect
It’s not just retailers who are angry at the neglect of UK high streets. In an exclusive ICM poll, shoppers tell us what they want to see happen to their local shops, and we report on Retail Week readers’ views
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NewsPast Times plans store and online expansion
Gifts retailer Past Times is hunting for new stores and will ramp up its online offer this year.
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NewsNewcastle’s Eldon Square opens
The £170m extension to Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre opened this week.
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GalleryGreen Market to new market: Debenhams returns to Newcastle
Debenhams has returned to Newcastle after 15 years and its store has some bold new features. Yet it works.
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AnalysisOne New Change: Big change in the big City
Can Land Securities’ soon to open, mixed-use development wake the City up to a new kind of retail offer?
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NewsAsda on a mission to take crown in non-food using etail and home
Asda is gunning to be the UK’s number one retailer in non-food in the next five years, and intends to hit its target by growing online and opening more Living stores.