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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Jun- 2023 -26 JuneNews
Gymshark CCO steps down
Gymshark has announced that its chief commercial officer, Niran Chana, has stepped down from the role after eight years. Chana joined the fitness wear retailer as a customer service manager and has since held positions in the company’s management team, being in charge of the management of merchandising, planning, marketing…
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16 JuneNews
EE opens new visionary store in Westfield London
EE has unveiled the future face of retail at its visionary new flagship store, The EE Studio, located in Westfield London, White City. Designed to empower customers with the best connectivity and technology solutions for their whole connected life, the 4,230 sq ft showcase will also serve as a hub…
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May- 2023 -26 MaySport & Leisure
Man City opens interactive store at Manchester Arndale
Manchester Arndale has announced that Manchester City is set to open the club’s new store in the former Pink unit within the shopping centre. Opening today (26 May), the interactive store offers merchandise ranging from the team kits, including the recently released 2023/24 home kit, and training apparel, as well…
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26 MayHigh Street
Mango to open 13 new UK stores this year
Mango has announced an expansion across the south and centre of the UK, with 13 planned store openings over the span of 2023 in major cities such as Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds and Brighton. Among the “key” store openings is the Westfield Stratford City branch that opened today (26 May),…
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22 MayNews
Sandersons appoints new head of buying
Independent department store Sandersons has recently appointed Louise Fearnehough as head of buying. Fearnehough joined the company seven years ago and during that time has worked in the beauty department, headed the fragrance team and two years ago was promoted to running the company’s flagship store at Fox Valley in…
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15 MayNews
Zara relocates to Trinity Leeds for latest flagship store
Zara has recently revealed that it will open its newest flagship store at Trinity Leeds shopping centre, as it upsizes and relocates into the centre from its current location on Briggate. The new 46,000 sq ft store will showcase the latest technological innovations from Zara’s integrated online and physical store…
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2 MaySport & Leisure
Footasylum to open Oxford Street flagship
Fashion streetwear and sportswear retailer, Footasylum, has announced that it will be opening a flagship store at 73-89 Oxford Street, London, as it continues its nationwide plans for expansion. The new 20,000 sq ft store will officially open in the second half of 2023, with an exact launch date yet…
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Apr- 2023 -26 AprilFeatures
Experience and experiment: the changing nature of the flagship
“Our flagship has always been at the heart of Heal’s, and is symbolic of the significant role that bricks and mortar has played in our centuries-long heritage. From the flagship, our predecessors have worked not only through evolving design and retail trends, but through key moments in modern history, having…
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3 AprilHigh Street
The Fragrance Shop to open flagship store on London’s Oxford Street
The Fragrance Shop has confirmed it is to open a brand new flagship global experiential store on Oxford Street later this summer. The move will mark the first time the UK independent fragrance retailer will open a flagship shop in London. The 2,300 sq ft location will feature a prominent…
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Mar- 2023 -24 MarchProperty
Fortnum and Mason revamps flagship to appeal to wider audience
Fortnum and Mason is attempting to shed its image as a grocer for the super rich by revamping its flagship store in Piccadilly, according to reports from The Telegraph. The retailer will re-open the third floor of its store on Piccadilly in London as a “creative hub” focused on food…
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