All Property articles – Page 335
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DSGi to slash store count
Electricals giant DSGi is expected to cut its dividend and announce the closure of up to 200 of its 700 stores in the first stage of new chief executive John Browett’s strategic review this week.
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Analysis
All about Town
Mixed residential and retail schemes are in vogue with the planners, but present challenges of their own for retailers. Ben Cooper weighs up the pros and cons
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Analysis
Sales drivers
Motorway service areas are becoming a new destination for retailers as they throw off their dismal image. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes to the highway
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Bolton’s Victoria Plaza scheme gains four more
Bolton’s Victoria Plaza development has secured four additional tenants.
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Lush on mission to double UK stores after 30% rise in profits
Handmade-cosmetics retailer Lush will forge ahead with its expansion plans after posting a 30 per cent uplift in group pre-tax profits to 10.3 million.
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Vision Express acquires 75-store rival
Vision Express has added 75 stores to its portfolio with the acquisition of Batemans Opticians parent company GC Bateman.
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St David’s extension signs seven
The St David’s Partnership, a joint venture between Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres, has secured seven new retailers to the next phase of its shopping centre development in Cardiff.
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Opinion
Snapping up rivals is becoming the norm
The news today that Vision Express has bought 100-year old family business G C Bateman sets out a new trend for retailers.
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Analysis
Are you sitting on a goldmine?
In the past 10 years, sale-and-leaseback deals have become the norm for retailers, and now even the grocers are cashing in on their portfolios. Ben Cooper finds out more
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Bravissimo heads for Milton Keynes
Lingerie retailer Bravissimo is to open its first regional shopping centre store at The Centre:MK in Milton Keynes.
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Bluewater tenants call for nil increase at rent reviews
Retailers at Bluewater shopping centre are demanding that their rents are not increased in their second review at the centre, taking place this year, as trading continues to prove tough.
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NewsWestfield London to land top retail names
Australian developer Westfield is poised to defy critics of its Westfield London shopping centre after securing a raft high-profile national and international retailers.
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Gerry Weber to up its presence in the UK
German womenswear retailer Gerry Weber has pushed the button on its UK and Ireland roll-out after trading in the country for just over two years.
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Opinion
Westfield should not be too hard on retailers
It was not all doom and gloom at last week’s Retail Week Property Directors’ Club, as you might expect in the present climate. Property directors were sounding a note of caution, but also enthused about certain projects and opportunities coming up this year.
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40 per cent of new space to be shelved report claims
As much as 40 per cent of new shopping centre space could be shelved or delayed because of decreasing retailer demand and the increasing scarcity of finance, according to property agency Savills.
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Analysis
Seeds of growth
When Neil Dixon joined then-budding retailer Julian Graves as a one-man property department, he found the challenge he wanted. He tells Ben Cooper why now’s no time to slow down
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Dublin city centre in line for £1bn retail transformation
Irish developer Chartered Land has submitted plans to Dublin City Council for a 1.7 million sq ft (157,930 sq m) retail-led mixed-use scheme that would transform a large part of the city and attract new retailers.
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Roche-Bobois signs for The Heart in Surrey
French home furnishings retailer Roche-Bobois is to open its second store outside London at The Heart in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
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King Sturge buys Hamilton Glen
Property agent King Sturge has bought Glasgow-based specialist Hamilton Glen as part of its continued expansion in retail.
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Opinion
High street woes will filter down to retail parks
The past week there has been a bloodbath on the high street.