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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Apr- 2022 -11 AprilHigh Street
Scotch & Soda to open London flagship store amid global expansion
Scotch and Soda has announced it will open a flagship store in London, amid a global expansion which will see the brand open a total of 20 new brick-and-mortar stores globally over the next six months. Scotch and Soda will launch its third brick-and-mortar address in London this summer. The…
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4 AprilDepartment Stores
Demolition plans for M&S flagship site to be reconsidered
Sadiq Khan is reportedly reconsidering previous plans to demolish Marks and Spencer’s flagship store on Oxford Street following ongoing backlash over the decision. According to Architects Journal, City Hall officials will now review proposals to demolish the site after they initially decided “not to intervene” in the application. Simon Sturgis,…
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Feb- 2022 -8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
NICCE to open first physical store in spring
Nicce has announced the opening of its flagship store on Carnaby Street in spring 2022, marking the first physical flagship store for the brand. The London store comprises 1,400 square feet of space spanning across two floors, and the space will reportedly host a variety of events and customer activations,…
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Jan- 2022 -20 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Superdry H1 losses narrow despite dip in revenues
Superdry said it has been hit by the continued impact of Covid-19 as well as its move to a full-price trading stance, as revenue fell by 1.9% on a one-year basis and 24.9% on a two-year basis in the half-year ended 23 October 2021. Nonetheless, the fashion retailer ensured that…
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4 JanuaryDepartment Stores
New Selfridges owners unveil hotel plans for flagship store
The new owners of Selfridges, The Central Group, reportedly plan to open a new luxury hotel and serviced apartments as part of a revamp of its flagship Oxford Street store. According to the Financial Times, the Thai-based group and its Austrian real estate company the Signa Group also want to…
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Nov- 2021 -18 NovemberDepartment Stores
House of Fraser to close its Oxford Street store
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has confirmed that its flagship store on London’s Oxford Street is to close permanently. The retailer revealed that it had been served its notice by the landlord after planning permission was granted to redevelop the site. Frasers added that since it acquired the site in 2018…
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4 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Superdry welcomes strong Autumn trading
Superdry has welcomed an “encouraging” start to its Autumn trading season, with revenue up by 8.8% against last year in the eight weeks to 23 October, and by 17.2% against the same period in FY20. While the group welcomed an improvement in its retail channel performance across the eight-week period,…
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Sep- 2021 -16 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Superdry sees its losses narrow to £36m
Superdry CEO Julian Dunkerton has hailed that the company is “turning the corner” after it revealed statutory losses before tax for FY21 have narrowed to £36.7m, down from £166.9m the previous year. In its preliminary results for the 52-week period ending 24 April 2021, the retailer posted a full year…
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Aug- 2021 -5 AugustHigh Street
Astley Clarke to open flagship London store this Autumn
British jewellery brand, Astley Clarke has announced that it will debut its first UK flagship store at Seven Dials’ Monmouth Street, London, this Autumn. Spanning just over 900 sq ft, the jeweller’s first bricks and mortar home will stock fine and demi-fine elevated jeweller. Founded in 2006 by Bec Astley…
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Jul- 2021 -27 JulyHigh Street
Superdry opens new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street
Superdry has announced that it has agreed a deal to open a global flagship store on London’s Oxford Street this Autumn. The store is located at 360 Oxford Street, close to Selfridges and adjacent to the new Bond Street Crossrail station, which is due to open in early 2022. Totalling…
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