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Holborn

This coverage examines retail activity in Holborn, providing reporting for professionals overseeing stores, operations, and property strategy in this central London area. It highlights store openings and closures, leasing and property developments, footfall patterns, and local consumer behaviour — helping retail executives understand how Holborn’s commercial environment influences strategic decisions and business performance.

  • Mar- 2023 -
    8 March
    High StreetTK Maxx eyes further London expansion

    TK Maxx eyes further London expansion

    TK Maxx is reportedly looking to expand its presence in London, the Evening Standard has reported.  As the capital continues to bounce back from Covid restrictions and with the recent ONS analysis regarding a boost in footfall levels, TK Maxx is reportedly among the companies keen to open more shops…

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  • Feb- 2023 -
    24 February
    SupermarketsSainsbury’s to offer staff four day work week

    Sainsbury’s to offer staff four day work week

    Sainsbury’s has reportedly offered its staff the option of working four days a week, according to The Times. Staff based at its head offices in Holborn, Coventry and Milton Keynes, as well as its warehouses, and store managers in its 1,400 UK stores will be given the option of a…

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  • Dec- 2022 -
    20 December
    SupermarketsTesco to open three more GetGo stores with new hybrid format

    Tesco to open three more GetGo stores with new hybrid format

    Tesco has announced a further expansion of its GetGo stores trial, with the first of three already open at Chiswell Street Express. The expansion of the trial – which will include two stores in London and another in Birmingham – will allow more customers to shop and pay without scanning…

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  • Apr- 2022 -
    1 April
    SupermarketsSainsbury’s axes 300 jobs as part of cost-cutting drive

    Sainsbury’s axes 300 jobs as part of cost-cutting drive

    Sainsbury’s is set to axe 300 jobs across its store support centres with plans to outsource the roles. First reported by Retail Week, the grocer will outsource the roles to Accenture, impacting employees working in food commercial, finance operations and people services and HR in Sainsbury’s central offices in Manchester,…

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  • Feb- 2022 -
    15 February
    Clothing & ShoesUniversal Works debuts London showroom

    Universal Works debuts London showroom

    Universal Works, the Nottingham-based fashion brand, has announced it has launched its first dedicated showroom in the heart of London’s Camden Town, in a commercial property deal advised on by local law firm Nelsons. Along with three standalone stores, the team has now taken on a space at Holborn’s Emerald…

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  • Nov- 2021 -
    30 November
    NewsSainsbury’s debuts checkout-free store

    Sainsbury’s debuts checkout-free store

    Sainsbury’s has launched a new digital innovation with a contactless, checkout-free convenience store at Holborn Circus, powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. It said it is the latest example of Sainsbury’s strategy to use innovative technology to make shopping “convenient for customers” and builds on recent digital initiatives which…

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  • Oct- 2021 -
    19 October
    SupermarketsTesco opens first checkout-free store

    Tesco opens first checkout-free store

    Tesco has opened its first ever checkout-free store in London, as part of a trial that will see customers shop and pay without scanning a product or using a checkout.  The rollout of its ‘GetGo’ concept to Tesco Express High Holborn follows a successful trial at Tesco’s colleague store in…

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  • May- 2019 -
    22 May
    AnalysisIs retail cashing out on PoS?

    Is retail cashing out on PoS?

    Last month saw Sainsbury launch the UK’s first till-free store, with its Holborn Circus store in London undergoing a complete refurbishment to remove the checkout area and tills. The three-month trial at the store, where 82% of transactions were cashless prior to the start of the trial, allows shoppers to…

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  • Apr- 2019 -
    30 April
    SupermarketsSainsbury’s launches UK’s first till-free grocery store

    Sainsbury’s launches UK’s first till-free grocery store

    Sainsbury’s has launched the UK’s first till-free grocery store at Holborn Circus. The store has been refurbished to remove the checkout area and tills with customer feedback from the experiment helping Sainsbury’s further develop its SmartShop Scan, Pay and Go app before being rolled out more widely. All customers will…

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  • Nov- 2018 -
    28 November
    AdviceTime to end painful queue, returns and changing room dramas

    Time to end painful queue, returns and changing room dramas

    Zara in the UK introduced self-service in some of its London flagship sites earlier in 2018, as the fashion retailer upgraded its showcase store to highlight its technological and customer service prowess. Its Westfield Stratford City store, in isolation, has been touted as a place where the digital meets the…

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