High Street

Fashion and lifestyle sales see record surge amid reopening

Retailers reported record results across fashion, lifestyle and homeware and sustained growth of online sales in April, as consumer confidence…

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WH Smith mulls takeover of Dixons Carphone’s airport stores

WH Smith is reportedly eyeing up a takeover of Dixons Carphone’s airport stores, after the electronics business closed 35 of…

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WH Smith launches fundraise to open 100 new travel stores

WH Smith has unveiled plans to open around 100 new travel stores after launching a £325 bond offering in convertible…

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Getting ready for the post-covid retail boom

From being in the grip of the second wave in a bleak mid-Winter two months ago with so much uncertainty…

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Search begins to find the UK’s fastest growing online retailers

One of the world’s leading Digital Operations Platforms has launched its search for the inaugural ‘Lightning 50’, a league table…

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Monsoon opens new boutique store in London

Monsoon has opened a new boutique store today (12 April) On London’s Marylebone High Street.​  The store is part of…

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Tui to close 48 high street sites

Tui, the travel operator, has announced that it is closing 48 of its UK high street sites, impacting 273 jobs…

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Over 11,000 high street shops shut in 2020, study finds

Over 11,000 stores closed on UK high streets last year and another 18,000 could follow in 2021, according to the…

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High street footfall rises 4% ahead of lockdown anniversary

Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +0.5% last week ahead of the one-year anniversary of the first national lockdown…

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Lidl & Aldi – Location, Location, Location

The demise of the high street and the evolution that part of retail is currently experiencing is extremely well documented.…

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