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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Aug- 2024 -5 AugustClothing & Shoes
Alo Yoga unveils second store on Regent Street
US luxury activewear brand Alo Yoga has announced the opening of its new flagship store on London’s Regent Street. The news comes after the brand launched its first store on King’s Road last November. The new Regent Street flagship store spans 10,000 square feet and features a complete range of…
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Jul- 2024 -29 JulyClothing & Shoes
Axel Arigato opens flagship store in Covent Garden
Swedish footwear brand Axel Arigato has opened its flagship store in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials neighbourhood. With a footprint of 2,500 sq ft, Axel Arigato Covent Garden offers an extensive range of womenswear, menswear, and accessories, including sneakers and ready-to-wear. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the brand will also launch…
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24 JulyClothing & Shoes
Seven Dials to welcome quartet of store openings
Covent Garden’s Seven Dials is set to welcome NN.07 first standalone UK store, Form&Thread’s West End debut and the opening of Wax London’s third boutique alongside Vivobarefoot’s upsized flagship store. Introducing its first standalone UK store, NN.07 will be opening at Seven Dial’s 7 Earlham Street in August. The opening…
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22 JulyHealth & Beauty
Holland and Barrett unveils first London ‘H&Bean’ cafe
UK-based wellness retailer Holland and Barrett has started trialling its first London-based H&Bean cafe concessions at its Victoria Street street store. The news comes after the group trialled the takeaway service at its flagship store in Birmingham in November. The new H&Bean cafe concession will offer a brand-new range of…
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10 JulyNews
Whole Foods Market and BasicNet signs retail units in Chelsea
Whole Foods Market and BasicNet have recently signed as new tenants at the One Twenty King’s Road development in Chelsea, London. The development, which has been built from the formerly out of date Kings Walk Shopping Centre, has increased the net area from 55,000 sq ft to 84,000 sq ft…
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4 JulyNews
Castore opens new flagship shop at centre:mk
Sportswear brand Castore has recently announced the official opening of its regional flagship store at centre:mk. Located on centre:mk’s premium Silbury Arcade, Castore’s investment into centre:mk marks a new regional retail endeavour for the brand. Occupying 865 sq ft, the new regional flagship store is home to the brand’s complete…
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3 JulyDepartment Stores
M&S to open flagship stores in Bath and Bristol
Marks and Spencer has revealed plans to open new flagship stores in Bath and Bristol as it looks to cement its offering around the UK. The move will see it return to Bristol city centre with a brand-new 80,000 sq ft flagship full-line store at Cabot Circus. The store is…
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Jun- 2024 -10 JuneSupermarkets
GE could delay M&S Oxford Street store development
Marks and Spencer’s may once again see plans for its new Oxford Street flagship store delayed, this time due to the general election, according to This is Money. The news comes after the group was hopeful that its plans to rebuild its Oxford Street store would be approved by ministers…
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3 JuneNews
Today’s news in brief-3/6/24
Shein is reportedly preparing for a landmark London flotation valued at £50bn, marking the city’s most significant public float in over a decade. Sources indicate that the fast-fashion giant will soon file a prospectus with the Financial Conduct Authority, although the exact timing remains uncertain. This move comes after Shein…
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3 JuneClothing & Shoes
Superdry landlord drops challenge to restructuring proposal
M&G, landlord of Superdry’s London flagship store, will not formally seek to block a restructuring proposal, Sky News has reported. It is understood that Superdry received a reprieve after M&G backed down from a challenge to the struggling fashion chain’s rescue plan. As a result, M&G has decided not to…
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