Homeware chain Habitat has re-launched its Tottenham Court Road flagship store, including a new fitted kitchen studio, cookshop, gallery space, expanded furniture and upholstery floor alongside a new lighting department.The store has been Habitat’s main flagship since 1983 and has survived the 2008-2011 period when Habitat made losses of £88...
Boutique fashion store Santoro has announced it is opening its first UK store in Milsom Street, Bath to celebrate its 30th anniversary.The design brand, which began as a supplier of prints to 20th Century Fox and is famous for its interactive, moving 3D greeting card collection of Swing Cards, is...
Department store John Lewis has reported an increase of 4.4% in sales last week benefiting from the seasonal weather.Stores that performed well include Ipswich with an increase of 13.8%, Swindon saw an increase of 9.4% and Leicester with an 8.8% rise. Other stores that performed well are Croydon and Chester,...
Next has revealed their upsized and revamped store at Bluewater after 10 months of development.The 44,226 square feet has a significantly improved sales area with new fixtures and fittings, a lingerie room, revamped shoe rooms and a petite offering on womenswear.The new store has been developed in-house by Next in...
Mothercare has announced that its second quarter like-for-like UK sales rose 6.5%, enhanced by online sales, which increased by 20.4% in the UK.Chief executive of Mothercare, Mark Newton-Jones, said: "In the UK our digital strategy resulted in strong double-digit growth of online sales, which in turn contributed to the growth...
It has been reported today (22nd October) that DIY retailer Travis Perkins has seen a 2.3% increase in like-for-like sales at its consumer division Wickes.Other figures show that total sales rose 4.9% regardless of a drop in the market year-on-year, and sales for Wickes saw an improvement in September and...
Ikea has collaborated with DreamWorks Animation to produce a series of animated short films to promote the Swedish furniture retailer’s new collection of toys, Lattjo. Due in stores this November, the Lattjo collection aimed at both children and adults consists of a range of games and toys for indoor and outdoor...
The chief executive of Debenhams, Michael Sharp, has announced that he will be stepping down in 2016 after five years at the helm of the department store chain.Mr Sharp said that it had always been his intention to serve just five years and said that it was the “right time”...
JD Sports is to relocate their Centre:mk in Milton Keynes store to a new 9,687 square foot store on Midsummer Arcade.The new space will be situated adjacent to the newly opened Smiggle and recently refitted Goldsmiths Jewellers and will open in late November. The store will incorporate a new look...
Bicester Village, the designer outlet centre has today announced (October 21st) that it is launching a new online campaign to announce the opening of seven new menswear shops.The online campaign lasts for one minute and features an immaculate well-groomed man describing himself as “sculptor, a filmmaker and more” with the...
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