All Property articles – Page 34
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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.
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NewsWestfield Croydon construction faces fresh delay
Westfield has blamed the “economic and political outlook” and “structural changes” in retail for a fresh delay to its planned development in Croydon.
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NewsWest End retailers braced for April business rates hike
John Lewis, Primark, Debenhams and Selfridges will suffer some of the sharpest increases in business rates on their flagship West End stores, new research has found.
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NewsCo-op to launch 'significant number' of franchise stores
The Co-op is to launch franchise stores for the first time in its history as part of its aggressive expansion plans.