Edinburgh
This coverage focuses on retail activity in Edinburgh, including store openings and closures, investment initiatives, local consumer trends, and regional trading performance. Reporting highlights how retailers tailor strategy, site selection, and marketing to the city’s unique economic, cultural, and tourist landscape — offering insight for executives, managers, and professionals overseeing retail operations in Scotland’s capital.
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Jan- 2025 -16 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-16/1/25
The UK economy experienced modest growth in November 2024, with GDP rising by 0.1% following two months of decline. This upturn was driven by a 0.1% increase in services output, primarily bolstered by a 2% rise in accommodation and food services. Consumer-facing services grew by 0.5%, while wholesale and retail…
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16 JanuaryHigh Street
High Streets UK launches to tackle key high street issues
Business representatives from the nation’s flagship high streets have come together to launch High Streets UK, a new partnership which aims to tackle the “most pressing” issues facing the nation’s flagship high streets. Founding members of High Streets UK include leading Business Improvement Districts from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool,…
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Dec- 2024 -18 DecemberComment
Becoming a heritage brand of the future
For Jessica Hanley, founder of Piglet in Bed, building a brand was always the goal. Inspired by the shifting ways brands were communicating with consumers, Hanley identified a gap in the homewares market: a need for products that reflected modern lifestyles—beautiful, sustainable, and effortlessly authentic. Combining creativity, an entrepreneurial spirit,…
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13 DecemberNews
Sainsbury’s opens first ever airport store in Edinburgh
Sainsbury’s has announced the opening of a new 24-hour shop inside Edinburgh Airport. The new convenience store is Sainsbury’s first ever shop to be located at an airport and its arrival is part of a major revamp of the food, drink and shopping options on offer to passengers flying to…
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Nov- 2024 -1 NovemberComment
From side hustle to global costume leader – The story of Fraser Smeaton’s costume empire
In 2009, Fraser Smeaton, CEO and co-founder of MorphCostumes, saw an unusual potential in what seemed like an ordinary moment. While walking the streets of Dublin with a friend sporting a bright blue spandex suit, he noticed that people couldn’t help but stop and stare, with many even approaching to…
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Oct- 2024 -30 OctoberNews
Majestic launches delivery partnership with Just Eat
Wine retailer Majestic has partnered with delivery partner Just Eat in order to expand its on-demand offering. The partnership has officially launched from 43 Majestic stores, including 16 shops across London, two in Edinburgh, and branches in Sheffield, Derby, Abingdon and High Wycombe. The roll-out will include a total of…
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25 OctoberNews
Strathberry relocates store to Covent Garden
Strathberry, the Edinburgh-based brand specialising in luxury leather goods, has relocated its store within Covent Garden’s historic Market Building. Capitalising on the success of its debut store, Strathberry has doubled the size of its Covent Garden Market Building boutique. The upsized unit, measuring 1,200 sq ft, will enable the brand…
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21 OctoberHigh Street
WHSmith stores to sell vinyl records for first time in 30 years
WHSmith has revealed it is to start selling vinyl records in 80 of its high street stores across the UK in response to growing customer demand. Stores including Canterbury, Chester, Edinburgh Gyle and York will stock a selection of chart hits and classic albums on vinyl, from Taylor Swift to…
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18 OctoberDepartment Stores
Furniture Village doubles employee profit share payouts
Furniture Village has doubled its employee profit share payouts following its strong trading performance for the year ended in June. After the retailer’s share buyback in October 2022, resulting in the business becoming 100% family owned, it implemented a companywide profit-sharing scheme known as the ‘Family Partnership’. The group’s full-year…
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15 OctoberNews
Wilko partners with Deliveroo for home delivery
Wilko has partnered with Deliveroo to give customers access to on-demand delivery of Wilko products delivered directly to their doors in as little as 25 minutes. As the 90-year-old retailer continues its return to the high street with new stores across the country, this partnership will see more than 3,000…
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