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May- 2022 -16 May
Walgreens snaps up £4bn dividend from UK arm
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reportedly extracted more than $5.3bn (£4.3bn) of dividends from its UK holding companies. According to The…
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13 May
Pandora invests $100m into new crafting facility
Pandora has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a new jewellery crafting facility in Vietnam which will see the…
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12 May
Bloom & Wild unveils first ever retail pop-ups
Bloom and Wild has announced it will host a series of pop-up shops for the first time, available from 26…
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12 May
Covent Garden announces raft of new retail openings
Capital and Counties Properties PLC has announced a number of new brands to the Covent Garden estate, including TAG Heuer,…
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10 May
Cost of living crisis begins to hamper consumer spending
Spending on essential items dropped to 18.1% in April, compared to 17.4% in March, as inflation and rising living costs…
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9 May
Shop owners to be forced to rent out empty premises
Shop owners in England could be forced to let out premises that have been vacant for over a year, under…
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9 May
West End landlords Shaftesbury and Capco consider £3.5bn merger
The Boards of Shaftesbury PLC and Capital and Counties Properties PLC (Capco) have confirmed they are in advanced discussions regarding…
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6 May
Footfall drops again in April
Footfall in UK retail destinations dipped once again in April 2022, falling to -15.9%, down from a decline of -15.3%…
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6 May
Sports Direct opens £10m Birmingham flagship
Sports Direct is opening its latest flagship store in the heart of Birmingham with a 60,000 square feet concept space…
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4 May
Early May bank holiday provides footfall boost
The impact of two bank holidays has led to an uplift in footfall over the last week of April, up…
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