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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Dec- 2023 -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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17 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Frasers Group opens multi-fascia store at Gateshead Metrocentre
Frasers Group has opened the doors to Sports Direct’s brand new 50,000 sq.ft multi-fascia store in Metrocentre, Gateshead including USC, Evans Cycles, and Game. Sports Direct’s new store offers specialist sporting areas for running, football, and outdoor, across men’s, women’s and kidswear, and brings Sports Direct’s Running Concept to customers.…
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17 NovemberEntertainment
HMV to return to iconic Oxford St flagship
HMV is set to return to its iconic Oxford Street location this month, four years after it first shuttered the flagship site. The music retailer will return to 363 Oxford Street, home of the first HMV store which opened in 1921, on 24 November. According to HMV, the reopening of…
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16 NovemberClothing & Shoes
JD upsizes store at Bullring & Grand Central
Hammerson has announced that JD has more than doubled its footprint at Bullring and Grand Central, after officially opening an upsized store at the destination. The new 27,500 sq ft store demonstrates the appeal of Bullring and is reflective of Hammerson’s wider strategy to enliven its assets with high profile…
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2 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Profits and revenues surge at Kurt Geiger
British accessories brand Kurt Geiger has reported a 49% increase in EBITDA to £30m and a 31% increase in revenues to £329.5m for the 12 months ended 28 January 2023. As the brand celebrates its 60th anniversary, it attributed the growth in sales and profits to its continued expansion in…
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Oct- 2023 -31 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Footasylum furthers expansion with new Birmingham and Watford stores
Footasylum has continued its expansion with the opening of two new stores, having opened a new site in the Bullring in Birmingham, and one in the atria shopping centre in Watford. Following these openings, the group said an upsized store in Fosse Park Leicester will also be opening next month. …
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