All South West & Wales articles – Page 4
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NewsVacancy rates show sharp north-south divide
Shop vacancy rates have stabilised at 14.3% during the second half of last year, although the latest figures show a sharp north-south divide.
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NewsGlasgow Buchanan Street 91% let as Fat Face and Skechers sign up
Retailers including Watches of Switzerland, Skechers and Fat Face have signed up to Land Securities’ Glasgow Buchanan Street development, which is now 90.7%pre-let.
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NewsGilly Hicks opens with a splash in Cardiff
Abercrombie & Fitch owned lingerie, beach and nightwear brand, Gilly Hicks, has opened at the St David’s Centre in Cardiff.
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AnalysisRetail Week On The Road: Wales and the Southwest
We visit Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bristol.
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Opinion
Survival of the biggest
The best shopping centres are attracting visitors, but the challenge is converting visits to sales
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AnalysisWhy flexibility brings rewards
Making it easier to request flexible working can work in retailers’ favour, says Joanne Ellul.
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AnalysisThe Olympic opportunity
Retailers are hopeful that the Olympic Games will give a boost to consumer spending. Rebecca Thomson finds out what retailers need to do to make sure they are ready for the big event.
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NewsBigger role for Sunnucks as Gap picks London as its non-US base
US fashion giant Gap is to take advantage of the UK’s “great retail talent” by making London its new international hub as it improves efficiencies across the business.
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OpinionThe compliance costs of devolution
I sense that devolution is entering a distinctly different and more vigorous phase of its development. The reasons aren’t the same in every nation but there’s a growing feeling of muscles being flexed.
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NewsInditex to push lesser known brands in UK
Spanish fashion giant Inditex plans to roll out its lesser-known brands including Pull and Bear and Bershka across the UK this year.
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NewsGoodbye Ann, hello Man
Lingerie retailer Ann Summers is to rename four of its prominent stores ‘Man Summers’ in the run-up to Valentine’s Day in an attempt to lure in male customers.
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AnalysisReady, steady... Sale!
Transforming a store for Sale is a race against the clock. So how do retailers ensure it’s as smooth as possible? Liz Morrell spent the night before Christmas at John Lewis to find out
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NewsBlack is the new Dixons
Dixons will today open a new format store under a new fascia as it seeks to emulate the success of Apple’s retail stores.
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GalleryThe right stuff from White Stuff
White Stuff has opened its biggest store yet, in Edinburgh, bringing an old building to life with cunning visual merchandising and plenty of humour. John Ryan visits
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AnalysisThe shop of the new
Technology-astute, value conscious shoppers are redefining what they are looking for from a trip to a shopping centre. Mark Faithfull reports on the impact of a new consumer mindset
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AnalysisDelivering a decade of top shopping destinations
What is it that makes a great shopping development? Over the next five pages Mark Faithfull highlights the best of the past decade
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AnalysisStir up talent in the milk round
Retailers are adopting innovative ways of attracting prospective employees, finds Liz Morrell
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NewsHolland & Barrett owner eyes £1bn sales for next five years
Holland & Barrett owner NBTY Europe is targeting £1bn of sales over the next five years following its takeover by US private equity firm Carlyle Group.
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NewsAlexon shuffles the pack as it adds to portfolio
Alexon is aiming to expand its store portfolio from 63 to 100 over the next three to five years.