Lancashire
This coverage examines retail developments and business activity across Lancashire, with reporting on store openings and closures, high street trends, and investment projects impacting the region. Insight is tailored for retail executives, managers, and professionals overseeing operations, property decisions, and regional growth strategies within the UK retail sector.
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Jul- 2020 -21 JulyCoronavirus
Antler’s online business sold
Luxury luggage brand, Antler, has confirmed its brand, online retail business and assets have been sold to an ATR group company after KPMG was drafted in to restructure the business. Antler, founded in Bury, Lancashire in 1914, had traded across a number of retail outlets and various online channels prior…
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May- 2020 -5 MayAdvice
Supermarket Peep: a glimpse at UK shopping behaviours in the now
As we sit in our make-shift offices, attempting to keep a work-life balance and ponder where we will go on our permitted once daily exercise, it’s hard to walk past the local parade of shops or high street and not wonder when or even if normality will ever be the…
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Sep- 2019 -26 SeptemberSupermarkets
Tesco scraps its first-ever Jack’s store
Tesco has confirmed it is closing the first-ever discount Jack’s store, only around a year after it unveiled its new concept. The store in Rawtenstall, East Lancashire, was the first ever discount store that the ‘Big Four Grocer’ opened as it looked to rival the German discount supermarkets Aldi and…
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18 SeptemberElectrical
Vodafone extends franchise operation with 24 new high streets stores
Vodafone is set to take on at least 24 empty premises by the end of this year and fit them out as new retail stores as part of its franchise programme. Vodafone is continuing its ongoing investment in its retail presence to “help customers get the most from its new…
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Apr- 2019 -26 AprilOnline & Digital
Shop Direct protects 200 jobs with Raven Mill deal
Shop Direct has transferred its returns activity at its Raven Mill site over to logistics company Clipper Logistics in a move which will see 200 jobs safeguarded. The logistics firm will operate on behalf of Shop Direct at the 215,000 square foot site near Oldham, Lancashire. Clipper Logistics will operate…
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Jun- 2018 -8 JuneClothing & Shoes
Poundland to make history with fastest roll out in retail
Poundland’s fashion brand, PEP&CO, will trade across the UK and Republic of Ireland from more than 300 locations by the end of June, a year since it first started its ‘shop-in-shop’ roll out. Poundland’s upcoming openings in Milford Haven, Edgware, Wallsend and Naas in the Republic of Ireland expect to…
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