Bolton
This coverage highlights retail developments and commercial activity in Bolton, providing updates on store openings and closures, regeneration projects, and trends affecting the town’s retail sector. Reporting is tailored for managers, executives, and professionals overseeing operations, property decisions, and regional strategies within the UK retail market.
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Aug- 2025 -21 AugustFeatures
River Island’s predicament: High Court rescue buys time, not certainty
River Island has won a crucial lifeline after a High Court judge sanctioned its restructuring plan, allowing the embattled fashion retailer to push ahead with sweeping store closures, deep rent cuts, and a debt write-off. The ruling came just days before the company warned it would run out of money…
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Jul- 2025 -29 JulyFeatures
Claire’s on the brink: can the chain avoid another collapse?
For decades, Claire’s has been the go-to destination for sparkly earrings, scrunchies and ear piercings – a rite of passage for generations of teenagers. But the glitter is starting to fade. The jewellery and accessories retailer, which operates nearly 300 shops in the UK and more than 2,300 worldwide, has…
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Apr- 2025 -1 AprilNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-1/4/25
Retailers are bracing for a £5.56bn rise in costs following the implementation of recent Budget measures, including higher National Insurance contributions and an increased minimum wage. According to Retail Economics, these changes will force businesses to absorb £1.76bn in profit losses while passing £1.72bn onto consumers through price hikes. Chancellor…
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1 AprilClothing & Shoes
M&S to invest £50m in North West stores
M&S has announced a £50m investment in stores across the North West of England for the year ahead, creating 300 jobs and 100,000 total new square footage across its store estate in the area. The investment is another step forward in M&S’s store renewal and rotation programme, focused on having…
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Jul- 2024 -24 JulyDIY
Tapi confirms Carpetright store closure locations
The full list of 218 Carpetright stores set to close following the company’s acquisition by Tapi has been confirmed. Tapi has acquired the company’s IP as well as two warehouses and 54 of its stores saving 308 jobs. However, the details of the deal mean that 1,018 jobs across the…
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Jun- 2024 -7 JuneNews
Lidl announces plans for new distribution centre
Lidl UK has revealed plans for a brand new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Bolton, Greater Manchester, following the freehold acquisition of 43.71 acres at Harworth Group’s flagship Logistics North development. The news of the warehouse marks another multi-million pound investment by the retailer, following a series of recent announcements…
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Mar- 2024 -6 MarchHealth & Beauty
THG targets £150,000 charity partnership with The Christie
THG PLC, the vertically integrated, digital first consumer brands group, has partnered with The Christie Charity in a new fundraising partnership to support one of Europe’s leading cancer treatment centres. The 12-month partnership is a first for THG, and forms part of its social impact strategy, THG in the community,…
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Feb- 2024 -16 FebruaryLuxury Goods
The Watches of Switzerland opens Tag Heuer in London Gatwick
The Watches of Switzerland Group has announced the opening of a new Tag Heuer boutique in London Gatwick, South Terminal. The single floor boutique, which has been designed to “the highest luxury specification” in conjunction with the brand’s interior design team, will stock a range of men’s and women’s luxury…
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8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Primark to invest £100m into UK stores
Primark has announced it is to invest more than £100m in its UK stores in 2024, as it marks 50 years on the Great British High Street. The news includes more than £75m of new investment in UK retail this year, building on plans it announced back in November 2022.…
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Oct- 2023 -10 OctoberNews
Poundland to open nine more converted Wilko stores
Poundland has confirmed another nine former Wilko stores have been converted and will open their doors the upcoming weekend. The announcement comes after an additional 20 former Wilko stores had already opened as a Poundland in the past week. The English and Welsh Poundland stores that will open on Saturday…
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