Flagship Store
This coverage examines flagship stores and their strategic role in UK retail, highlighting openings, refurbishments, closures, and design innovations. Reporting focuses on how these high-profile locations serve as brand showcases, influence customer experience, and support broader commercial objectives. Insights help retail managers, brand executives, and decision-makers assess the impact of flagship strategies on visibility, engagement, and sales.
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Jan- 2024 -19 JanuaryDepartment Stores
M&S to invest £30m in Scottish stores
M&S has unveiled plans to invest £30m in bricks and mortar stores across Scotland. The retailer’s investment will deliver more than five new store openings and expansions over the next 18 months. These plans include a £15m investment in M&S Aberdeen Union Square which will almost double in size and…
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16 JanuaryNews
Frasers Group to launch new flagship store in Kent
Frasers Group has announced that it has signed a new long-term lease agreement for its 101,921 sq ft unit at M&G Real Estate’s Maidstone town centre retail destination. The new agreement will see Frasers Group fully refurbish its current House of Fraser unit at Fremlin Walk into a flagship store…
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15 JanuaryNews
Harvey Norman to open flagship at Merry Hill
Lifestyle, technology, and entertainment retailer Harvey Norman has recently signed a lease for a flagship store at Merry Hill. The new location will offer the retailer’s selection of luxury furniture, including sofas, dining sets, as well as outdoor furniture. A range of homeware products will also be on offer, including…
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10 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Axel Arigato to open flagship store in Covent Garden
Axel Arigato, the Swedish footwear brand, is set to open a new flagship store in Covent Garden in 2024. Located in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials, the entrance of the lifestyle brand spotlights Covent Garden’s position as a destination for international, high quality, fashion retailers. A ‘people-powered’ lifestyle brand, Axel Arigato…
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Dec- 2023 -4 DecemberElectrical
EE boss vows to take on Amazon and Currys
EE boss Marc Allera is planning to take on Amazon and Currys in a bid to become one of the UK’s biggest sellers of electrical goods, according to This is Money. According to the outlet, Allera stated that he wants customers to make purchases “every day and every week”. His…
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1 DecemberNews
Seven Dials enhances retail offer
Shaftesbury Capital has announced that five new brands have joined the Seven Dials neighbourhood located within its Covent Garden portfolio. Incorporating a mixture of UK debuts and permanent brick-and-mortar locations, these new additions continue to demonstrate the destination’s ongoing appeal in attracting independent and innovative brand debuts, as well as…
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Nov- 2023 -29 NovemberNews
Dune London opens new flagship store in Manchester
Dune London has announced the opening of a new 1,596 sq ft flagship store in the Manchester Arndale, expanding its presence in the North West. The new store is fitted with Dune London’s premium flagship concept, designed in house by the retailer’s store development team. The store brings together polished…
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24 NovemberFeatures
In conversation with Mikkel Grene, CEO of Søstrene Grene
Can you tell us about your career leading up to becoming CEO of the family business? My parents founded Søstrene Grene only one year after I was born, so Søstrene Grene has always been part of my life. In my younger years, I was not sure whether I wanted to…
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17 NovemberNews
Today’s news in brief-17/11/23
HMV is set to make a comeback at its historic Oxford Street location, reopening on November 24, four years after the flagship store closed. The store at 363 Oxford Street, the site of the first HMV store in 1921, will create over 70 new jobs. The refurbished flagship will serve…
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17 NovemberNews
Luxury perfumier Creed opens flagship Covent Garden store
Shaftesbury Capital has announced that Creed, the luxury authentic perfume house, has opened its flagship store in Covent Garden, unveiling its new store design and third standalone boutique in the UK. Dedicated to the creation of artisan fragrances, heritage brand Creed has garnered a reputation as “one of the world’s…
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