Croydon
This coverage explores retail activity and market trends in Croydon, providing insights for UK retail executives, managers, and brand professionals. Reporting includes store openings and closures, redevelopment projects, investment activity, and the performance of retailers in this major South London centre. The analysis helps professionals assess opportunities, challenges, and consumer behaviour shaping Croydon’s retail landscape.
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Nov- 2021 -5 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s opens convenience store in South Croydon
Sainsbury’s has announced the opening of its latest convenience store on Brighton Road, in South Croydon. The 2,640 sq. ft store was transformed from a vacant unit into a “fully fitted-out” Sainsbury’s Local in just five weeks where it will now serve customers from 7am – 11pm seven days a…
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Feb- 2021 -22 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis to shutter up to eight stores
John Lewis is reportedly considering the closure of up to eight of its stores in a bid to further cut costs, according to The Sunday Times. While the exact number of closures is “yet to be determined”, the chain’s bigger and older sites are thought to be most at risk.…
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Jan- 2021 -15 JanuaryShopping Centres
Hammerson CFO steps down
Hammerson has announced that James Lenton will step down as the company’s chief financial officer. Lenton informed the shopping centre operator’s board of directors of his decision to leave the position earlier this week. Despite departing Hammerson, Lenton will continue as the company’s CFO and as a non-executive director until…
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Jul- 2020 -9 JulyCoronavirus
John Lewis shutters eight stores, 1,300 jobs at risk
John Lewis has confirmed it will not be reopening eight sites across the UK, and will now enter into consultation with impacted employees across its estate. The move will reportedly place 1,300 jobs at risk. The sites that are now set to close their doors include its travel hub shops…
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Mar- 2020 -27 MarchCoronavirus
What we know about furlough leave and the CJRS
HMRC published details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 26.3.20 which are available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme Key points include: Employees that employers can claim CJRS for For the purposes of CJRS, the definition of employee would include workers and agency workers provided they are subject to PAYE i.e. this…
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Apr- 2018 -1 AprilHigh Street
Clas Ohlson To Sell Fresh Bottled ‘Swedish Air’
To mark the brand’s 100th year birthday, homeware brand Clas Ohlson announces has today announced that it is launching going to sell bottled Swedish Air, a take away container of pure, Swedish air for British consumers to enjoy. Clas Ohlson has been synonymous with Swedish culture since its opening in…
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Mar- 2018 -14 MarchHigh Street
Poundworld fined £1.1m for ‘out of control’ infestation
Discount retailer Poundworld has been fined £1.1m due to its Croydon store failing food hygiene protocols, with over 100 dead mice and a dead fox found in the premises. The retailer was found to have taped products up that rodents had eaten and put them back on sale, reports the…
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Jan- 2018 -10 JanuaryGovernment
Mayor greenlights £1.4bn Croydon regeneration scheme
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has approved a major development as part of long-term plans to regenerate Croydon town centre. The redevelopment of the Whitgift shopping centre by a joint venture of Westfield and Hammerson will create nearly 1,000 homes, and provide the local community with new leisure facilities…
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Nov- 2017 -16 NovemberUncategorized
New £1.4bn Westfield Croydon centre gets council green light
A new Westfield shopping centre – London’s third – has been given the go-ahead by Croydon Council. Construction on the £1.4 billion redevelopment proposal for the Whitgift Shopping Centre by the Croydon Partnership – the joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson – was unanimously given the green light by members…
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