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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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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Jun- 2018 -26 JuneAdvice
Are physical stores still relevant?
Every week seems to bring yet another breaking news story about failing retailers and mass store closures. So much so that it would be easy to assume that bricks-and-mortar retail is on its way out. Contrary to speculation by the media and disenchanted consumers, I believe the high street shop…
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11 JuneClothing & Shoes
Nulty completes Azzedine Alaïa London flagship store
The lighting design consultancy Nulty has completed its renovation for the late fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa on its London flagship store, Alaïa. The redesigned Bond Street-based store, which has three floors and 6,000 sq ft, features the work of architect Aukett Swanke and designer Marc Newson with large pelota ring-like luminaire…
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8 JuneAdvice
Rebranding the high-street – the experience way
“Britain’s ‘doomed’ high street to see 100,000 shops close by 2022 unless action taken now” read one national media headline recently. Another article reported that the number of store openings on Britain’s high streets has fallen to a seven-year low, driven by the growth of online shopping and a shift…
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Mar- 2018 -7 MarchDepartment Stores
Debenhams to rent flagship store space to hot-deskers
Debenhams is reportedly looking for a way to make use of its flagship store’s excess space by renting it to a working space company. The retailer is said to be in the early stage talks with hot-desking firm WeWork. The news comes after Debenhams chief executive Sergio Bucher announced plans…
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Jan- 2018 -26 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Zara opens first click-and-collect store in London
Zara has opened its first ever store designed primarily for ordering and collecting of online orders. The store will be open until May at London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre, while the chain’s flagship store in the centre is refurbished and extended. The flagship store is being doubled in size to…
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