Ealing
This coverage explores retail developments and trends in Ealing, 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 West London district. The analysis helps professionals assess opportunities, challenges, and consumer behaviour shaping Ealingโs retail landscape.
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Aug- 2025 -4 AugustSupermarkets
Planning delays threaten affordable flats in John Lewis rental scheme
John Lewis Partnership has warned that affordable housing could be cut from its planned rental scheme in Reading if council delays and funding demands make the project financially unviable, The Telegraph has reported. The news comes after the retailer has already reduced the scheme from 215 to 170 homes following…
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May- 2025 -28 MayProperty
John Lewis wins approval for West Ealing housing plans
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has been successful in its planning appeal to redevelop Waitrose West Ealing and build hundreds of new homes.ย A government planning inspector confirmed the plans had been given the go ahead after JLP submitted an appeal in summer 2024 on the grounds of a โnon-determinationโ.ย …
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Mar- 2025 -10 MarchSupermarkets
Asda eyes sale of car parking space to finance debt
Asda has reportedly launched a process to sell off almost 10 acres of car parking space as a way to reduce its debt, according to The Telegraph.ย Newsteer, which is advising Asda on the sales, has informed potential developers that Asda has identified surplus space at its stores in Slough,…
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Sep- 2024 -4 SeptemberDepartment Stores
John Lewis submits ยฃ80m plan to turn Reading depot into housing
The John Lewis Partnership has submitted plans for an ยฃ80m development that would see a disused Reading warehouse turned into new rental housing.The group submitted a planning application to Reading Borough Council with its proposal to transform the former distribution warehouse into 215 energy-efficient homes. The proposed regeneration would also…
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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 companyโs acquisition by Tapi has been confirmed. Tapi has acquired the companyโs 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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Apr- 2024 -3 AprilTechnology
Amazon to ditch Just Walk Out tech in US stores
Amazon is reportedly set to ditch its grab-and-go checkout system, Just Walk Out, across its US Amazon Fresh stores in favour of newer technology.ย Tony Hoggett, Amazonโs senior vice president of grocery stores, told The Information that the companyโs Just Walk Out technology, which relied on cameras and sensors to monitor…
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Dec- 2023 -19 DecemberNews
Asda opens 81 Express stores ahead of Christmas
Asda has opened a record 81 new Asda Express stores in December in a bid to bring Asda value to even more communities ahead of Christmas. The conversions of its recent acquisition of Co-op and EG UK sites, alongside the opening of eight standalone Asda Express stores, brings the total…
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Oct- 2023 -9 OctoberNews
Todayโs news in brief-09/10/23
Frasers Group CEO Michael Murray has announced a significant shift away from the traditional department store model for House of Fraser. Murray aims to “rethink the space” by incorporating Frasers Group’s own brands and potentially phasing out the House of Fraser brand altogether. This transformation seeks to address previous issues,…
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9 OctoberSupermarkets
John Lewis to persist with housing venture despite ‘extreme challenges’
John Lewis strategy director Nina Bhatia has maintained that the retailerโs commitment to its housing venture was โunwaveringโ in The Telegraph, regardless of who will succeed Dame Sharon White as chairman.ย This comes after last December, the retailer revealed plans to build 1,000 rental properties on its land as part…
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Jul- 2023 -25 JulyHigh Street
Amazon closes its first checkoutless store after two yearsย
Amazon’s first Amazon Fresh store in the UK has closed, having opened just over two years ago. The till-less store opened in Ealing Broadway in March 2021 and was the retailerโs first store of its kind to open outside of the US. The store was permanently shuttered on Sunday (23…
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