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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Mar- 2019 -1 MarchSport & Leisure
Lego looks to break China despite cutting 8% of workforce
Lego has announced it is looking to expand into China despite the fact it is set to cut 8% of its global workforce. The company’s Chinese ambitions come following strong financial results for the 2018 financial year, which saw revenue rise by 4% up to £4.1bn during last year with…
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Jan- 2019 -24 JanuaryComment
Three common factors among retail survivors
It is hard to remember a time when analysts were not being harbingers of doom for the British high street. 2018 saw Toys R Us and Maplin disappear while House of Fraser, Claire’s and Superdry are three of many retailers who have announced profit warnings or store closure. Why are…
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18 JanuaryAnalysis
Fall of the high street — can retailers survive?
The UK’s high streets are under attack. From the continued rise of online shopping, which has led to a reduction in footfall, to increases in business rates and the Living Wage, Britain’s retailers are struggling. The decline of the British high street has dominated the headlines in 2018 with in…
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Dec- 2018 -13 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Russell and Bromley sees 55% profit plunge
Footwear retailer Russell and Bromley has announced a 55% fall in profits in the year to 31 December 2017. The fall represents the company’s third consecutive year of falling profits after it also announced that turnover dipped by 6% to £100.6m across the same period. The retailer called the challenges…
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Nov- 2018 -27 NovemberComment
Retail footfall: How to improve your store in 2019
Geaves Surfaces has looked into the UK retail industry to find the answers. Highlighting the market’s facts and figures, they’ve taken examples from leading stores around the world that are changing physical retail for the good, bringing customers back to their stores and offering something they cannot find online. What’s…
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Oct- 2018 -30 OctoberDepartment Stores
Selfridges opens in-store skate park
Selfridges has opened an indoor skate park in its London flagship store as part of refurbishment work in its menswear section. ‘The Bowl’ has become the UK’s only free wooden indoor skate bowl with skate lessons offered for £20 per hour. Selfridges has also added The Designer Street Room to…
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12 OctoberDepartment Stores
Sports Direct acquires HoF Glasgow store in ‘Harrods of the North’ ambition
House of Fraser today (Friday 12 October) vowed to create the “Harrods of the North” – after announcing a £95m deal to acquire the freehold of the Frasers building in Glasgow. The flagship store already has a strong luxury brand presence which includes Hermes, Christian Louboutin, Prada and Gucci giving…
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Sep- 2018 -21 SeptemberHealth & Beauty
Walgreens Boots Alliance launches flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall Global platform
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Alibaba Group Holding have announced the launch of a Boots flagship store on Tmall Global, Alibaba’s B2C platform for international brands and retailers. The deal will introduce a number of Boots beauty brands to more than half a billion consumers on Alibaba’s platforms in China. The…
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustDepartment Stores
House of Fraser property plans revealed
An announcement is expected to be made later this week concerning the closure of more House of Fraser stores. “Greedy landlords” have been blamed for the impending closures which may result in the loss of hundreds of jobs as “time is running out”. Landlords are reportedly hesitant to agree to…
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21 AugustDepartment Stores
House of Fraser Oxford Street store saved but 627 warehouse jobs still at risk
House of Fraser’s flagship Oxford Street store has been saved from closure by its new owners. The store was due to close in January under the House of Fraser CVA that was announced in June 2018 before the company entered administration. However Mike Ashley’s company Sports Direct agreed to acquire…
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