All Shopping centres articles – Page 64
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NewsTesco builds Chinese mall
Tesco will open its first shopping centre in the northeastern Chinese city of Fushan later this year.
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NewsWestfield London to cap parking charge during tube strike
Westfield London is offering shoppers all-day parking for £10 during a strike on the underground that began in the capital yesterday evening.
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Cushman & Wakefield: retail property may be ‘past the worst of it’
A leading property agency has said that the market may have passed its lowest point as the rate of growth in high streets voids showed signs of slowing and has even reversed in some areas.
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NewsNew Look to revamp all shops as it steams into new markets
New Look is to revamp all of its stores after a successful trial, and move into new markets including Ukraine, Poland and Singapore.
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NewsMarks & Spencer Westfield London makeover as big-ticket sales struggle
Marks & Spencer is expected to begin a realignment of its Westfield London store, reflecting the challenges retailers have had selling furniture and groceries in the centre.
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NewsWestfield London cuts service charge
Australian shopping centre owner Westfield is to reduce service charges by 7 per cent at its Westfield London shopping centre following a campaign from disgruntled retailers.
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OpinionCroydon: still a good bet… for some
Saturday in Croydon, always a busy time and a couple of days ago proved no exception. By 9.30am, the central car parks were almost full and North End, the main pedestrianised drag providing access to the town’s shopping centres, was rammed. And yet many of the shops were not.
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NewsModus Ventures collapses into administration
Manchester-based property company Modus Ventures has fallen into administration.
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NewsRetailers to claim as Bullring scare ‘decimates’ trade
Retailers angry at facing estimated losses of at least £2m after a suspected chemical leak closed Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre are tabling claims against the scheme’s landlord.
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GalleryStore of the week: Louis Vuitton Westfield London
This is Louis Vuitton in Westfield, London, last week the scene of an opening event that featured an urban garden, created by artist Jeremy Deller. Quite what the collection of plants – contained within black plastic bin bags and resting on a straw-strewn floor – had to do with the ...
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NewsPuma to axe all but one UK store as it cuts costs after punishing Q1
German sportswear retailer Puma is exiting all but one of its UK stores as part of a major international disposal programme.
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OpinionLouis Vuitton vs the Post Office
Visiting the new Louis Vuitton store in Westfield London last week was an impressive, but ultimately unsatisfying experience. Yes, it’s a fine example of the brand’s current shop-fit, but were you to travel to Munich and to wander into local luxury department store Oberpollinger, you’d find more or less the ...
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AnalysisAt Mahon Point in Ireland retailers are fighting the recession
Times may be tough but Cork’s Mahon Point scheme isn’t taking the recession lying down. John Ryan goes to see how it’s wooing shoppers
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NewsBirmingham Bullring closed after suspected chemical leak
Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre was closed down for part of Thursday after several people fell ill following a suspected chemical leak.
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NewsModus’s Wigan Grand Arcade in administration
The company which owns Wigan Grand Arcade shopping centre, which was developed by Modus, has been placed into administration.
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OpinionBanks’ failure to lend is the biggest block to development
The BCSC is right to call on the public and private sectors to take a more collaborative approach to planning.
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NewsBCSC calls for collaboration to unblock property pipeline
Retailers are facing a serious threat from a breakdown in the property pipeline unless the private and public sectors take a more collaborative approach to planning, the British Council of Shopping Centres has told a group of MPs.
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NewsSaints & Sinners opens in Liverpool One
Just opened in Liverpool One, Saints & Sinners is a men’s fashion shop that is dubbed a lifestyle store and which is intended to combine elements of Tokyo retail design with the look and feel of a boutique hotel.Designed by Manchester-based consultancy Rawfish, the 4,500 ...
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AnalysisSt David’s in Cardiff: right scheme, wrong time
Launching a shopping centre extension in the present climate is a tough task, but as Ben Cooper reports, St David’s in Cardiff should stand up to the challenge and raise the city’s retail profile
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NewsEmpty shops soar at Land Securities’ centres
One of Britain’s biggest shopping centre and retail park owners today admitted that void levels are higher than during the downturn in the 1990s.