Footasylum is set to open a second women’s concept store in the UK on New Cannon Street at Manchester Arndale. Intu and M&G Real Estate said the company is also upsizing its current 4,700 square foot store to 7,200 feet at the centre. Manchester Arndale has also signed up Colette, the...
Edinburgh’s Fort Kinnaird shopping centre has secured a range of new lettings. Gibraltar Limited Partnership and British Land have announced that the new signings, which also include retailers who have moved to bigger stores in the centre, include O2, JD Sports, Schuh and Schuh Kids, Office, Starbucks, Waterstones, Card Factory,...
Cosmetics brand Inglot has secured its first UK store outside of London at a major shopping centre in Newcastle. The retailer has agreed a 10 year lease for a 1000sq ft store in Intu Eldon Square. The deal forms part of the retailer’s UK expansion drive, beginning with a focus on...
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, has recorded a 38.6% spike in its profits owing to growth in its Asian markets. The parent company of Uniqlo, which is based in Japan, said operating profit surged to 176.4 billion yen (£1,19 billion) for its financial year to August 31st, boosted by a 4.2% rise...
Aldi will be the latest retailer to continue accepting defunct £1 coins two weeks after the official deadline. The retailer has joined the likes of Tesco and Poundland in extending its deadline past October 15th when the old pound coins will cease to be legal tender. Roughly 500 million old pound coins...
Travelodge has teamed up with Inti and has opened a hotel at Lakeside shopping centre. The Lakeside Travelodge is a purpose built, 74 room hotel with a bar and cafe and on-site car-parking and has been designed in the company’s new contemporary brand design. This marks Travelodge’s 550th hotel. The opening...
After the announcement in September that the 25 strong store group, Just for Pets, would go into administration, nearly 200 jobs have now been saved following a takeover. Following the appointment of Ben Barrett and John Carpenter of Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery as joint administrators, the company has been sold...
WH Smith has reported that its full year group pre-tax profit rose by 7% to £140 million as revenue at its travel business overtook that of its high street stores for the first time. Like for like sales at the travel business rose by 4% but declined by the same percentage...
John Lewis’ sales were down 0.9% year on year last week to £89.1 million. The week’s warmer weather impacted fashion sales, which were down 2.7%. However, the retailer’s own brand Kin range had a strong week with sales up 55% compared to last year. Home sales fell by 2.5% even with a...
Dunelm has increased its like for like sales by 9.3% in the 13 weeks to September 30th. Dunelm’s first quarter like for like store sales grew by 6.5% while online sales climbed by 46.2%. Total revenue was up 24.8% to £247.9 million. Dunelm chairman, Andy Harrison said: “We have maintained the good...
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