All Property articles – Page 294
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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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International still the future for Abercrombie & Fitch
US fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch said that overseas expansion remains “the future” for its brands as global operations continued to prop up its struggling US arm.
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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.
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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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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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NewsNewcastle’s Eldon Square opens
The £170m extension to Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre opened this week.
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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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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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NewsNewcastle’s Eldon Square opens £170m extension
The £170m extension of Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre opens today introducing new retailers to the city along with key flagship stores.
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NewsHome Bargains launches £25m Northern Ireland expansion programme
Value retailer Home Bargains has launched a £25m expansion programme under which it will open in Northern Ireland for the first time.
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AnalysisWhere did it all go right?
With the fate of many UK high streets hanging in the balance, Mark Faithfull looks at five very different towns that are striving to prove there is still a place for local shopping — Derby, Rotherham, Morpeth, Plymouth and Ludlow
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NewsNext to anchor delayed Leeds scheme
Next has signed for an anchor store in the planned Trinity Leeds development, where it will open one of its largest shops.
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NewsSuits You offers better terms to secure CVA
Suits You owner Speciality Retail Group’s proposed company voluntary arrangement is expected to be backed by landlords as the retailer attempts to offer more amenable terms than previous CVAs.
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NewsDutch fashion player McGregor launch for UK
Upmarket Dutch sportswear retailer McGregor is on the hunt for its first UK stores.
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NewsPeterborough Garden Park opens this week
Garden Park Investments’ £25m Peterborough Garden Park opened its doors this week.
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OpinionWeak retailers need to be weeded out
UK retail, particularly fashion, has too many weak brands and too many stores. If consolidation does turn out to be the theme of 2010, that won’t be such a bad thing.