All Property articles – Page 34
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AnalysisRetail Week Awards 2019: Boxpark brings new thinking to retail
After the success of its Shoreditch site, Boxpark has expanded outside of East London to Croydon and Wembley as the brand continues to innovate each location and their surroundings
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NewsDFS boss unveils ambitions for Sofology expansion
DFS posted its half-year results today with an increase in profits and sales across the group. Boss Tim Stacey told Retail Week his plans to keep the success surging with Sofology expansion plans.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail isn’t dead – it’s returning to its roots
What is retail? I don’t want to sound too philosophical but in recent years, when more often than not the word has come attached to ‘dead’, ‘apocalypse’ or something equally demoralising or ominous, an examination of what retail really represents might be necessary.
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NewsPaperchase launches CVA in bid to slash rents
Paperchase has launched a company voluntary agreement (CVA) proposal after bringing in advisers from KPMG in January.
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NewsClarks shutters Somerset factory with loss of 35 jobs
Clarks has closed its only remaining UK manufacturing hub in Somerset with the loss of 35 jobs, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsAmazon to open dozens of supermarkets across US
Amazon is set to open dozens of grocery stores across the US in major cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC and Philadelphia.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How will shopping centre flux impact retailers?
Property giants Hammerson and Intu intend to sell off a raft of assets and ramp up their focus on residential units and hotels in an effort to rejuvenate their portfolios including flagship malls. Retail Week examines what the strategy means for the future of retailers in shopping centres.
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NewsHammerson to splash cash on events to drive footfall
Shopping centre landlord Hammerson will ramp up investment in events and hotels as it bids to tackle ailing footfall and sales.
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NewsAldi opens new £50m distribution centre in the Southeast
Aldi has opened a new £50m distribution centre to help it expand its store network in the Southeast.
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NewsHammerson ramps up sell-off ambitions as profits fall
Hammerson has posted a decline in its full-year property values in what boss David Atkins described as “a tough year, particularly for the UK”.
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OpinionProperty owners and retailers must be honest with each other
There has been plenty of media coverage recently on the need for greater transparency and collaboration between owners and occupiers.
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AnalysisCan the West End survive another business rates hike?
Eye-watering business rate rises have made trading in central London more costly than ever. With some retailers shutting up shop, can the West End survive?
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NewsMPs call for online sales tax to save high street
A parliamentary inquiry has called for a new online sales tax to “level the playing field” and provide “meaningful relief” to high street retailers.
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NewsIntu to look to residential and hotels to drive footfall
Intu’s chief financial officer Matthew Roberts has said the property giant will be looking to intensifying its residential and hotel offerings to offset declining retail footfall.
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NewsIntu suffers drop in footfall but rental income rises
Intu suffered a drop in footfall to its shopping centres last year but hailed “robust” growth in rental income.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Taxi for Amazon...
Patrick Blower’s take on Amazon’s second headquarters being driven out of New York.
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Retail VoiceThe warehouse market will weather the Brexit storm
With Brexit dominating the news, Sally Duggleby, head of UK industrial and logistics occupier advisory at Savills, reviews the potential impact for retail warehouse space.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill boss Day eyes M&S stores
Retail entrepreneur Philip Day, owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill, hopes to snap up stores being closed by Marks & Spencer.
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NewsAmazon ditches plans for second HQ in New York
Amazon has rolled back plans to open its second US headquarters in New York following political backlash over the tax subsidies the firm would have received.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Do Pat Val's new owners have recipe for success?
Scandal-hit Patisserie Valerie has been bought out of administration by its new management team, backed by private equity funding.