Liverpool
This coverage focuses on retail activity and developments in Liverpool, including store openings and closures, investment projects, consumer trends, and regional market performance. Reporting highlights how retailers adapt strategies to Liverpool’s economic and cultural landscape — offering insight for executives, managers, and professionals overseeing retail operations in this key UK city.
-
Jun- 2022 -23 JuneHigh Street
Flannels opens doors to first Liverpool flagship
Flannels has opened the doors to its first store in Liverpool today (23 June), bringing its fashion beauty and wellness experience to the North of England and marking the biggest investment through any Flannels (and Frasers Group plc) store yet. Set across seven floors and 120,000 square feet, the flagship…
Read More » -
20 JuneHealth & Beauty
Deliveroo and LloydsPharmacy add 110 stores to UK roll-out
LloydsPharmacy and Deliveroo announced that rapid deliveries of pharmacy essentials including cold and flu relief, painkillers and pregnancy tests will be available from a further 110 LloydsPharmacy stores over the coming months. LloydsPharmacy first partnered with Deliveroo in 2020, helping to bring medical essentials to households in as little as…
Read More » -
Apr- 2022 -26 AprilNews
Lidl asks public to help locate sites for new stores
Lidl has announced that it is calling on the British public for support in identifying sites for new stores. The retailer said it is investing £1.3bn in its expansion across 2021 and 2022. It has revealed that it is offering a finder’s fee to members of the public who successfully…
Read More » -
Feb- 2022 -21 FebruaryGovernment
Matalan founder Hargeaves loses 20-year court battle over tax bill
Matalan founder John Hargreaves has lost a long-running court battle with HMRC as he attempts to avoid a tax bill that may reach up to £135m. He has now been ordered to pay the tax bill after the Upper Tier Tribunal ruled he owes Capital Gains Tax in relation to…
Read More » -
Jan- 2022 -25 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Getir to create 6,000 UK jobs in 2022
Getir, a rapid grocery delivery app, reportedly expects to create up to 6,000 jobs in the UK this year alone. According to Sky News, the Turkey-based start-up has already created 4,000 jobs in the country, a figure that is expected to rise to 10,000 by the end of 2022. The…
Read More » -
Sep- 2021 -24 SeptemberDepartment Stores
Selco to open two new branches by 2022
Selco has announced plans to open two new branches in the last three months of 2021, in Canning Town next month and Rochester in December. The new branches will create more than 60 jobs in local areas. The warehouse-retailer will have opened three stores in 2021, after the launch of…
Read More » -
20 SeptemberSupermarkets
Supermarket Income Reit acquires six new sites for £113.1m
Supermarket Income Reit, the real estate investment group, has announced the acquisition of six supermarkets for a total purchase price of £113.1m. Acquired from different vendors, the purchases consist of a Tesco in Prescot, two Morrisons in Durham and Cumbria, an Aldi in Oldham and an Aldi and M&S Foodhall…
Read More » -
Aug- 2021 -10 AugustGovernment
Bira in talks with metro mayors to help retailers post-pandemic
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has said it is involved in discussions with mayors of UK metropolitan cities to discuss “new ways” of supporting independent retailers post-pandemic. The talks, which are being led by the group’s CEO Andrew Goodacre, have been looking at support for reforms to business rates…
Read More » -
4 AugustLuxury Goods
DMR expands presence in Liverpool with Omega boutique
David M Robinson (DMR) has expanded its presence in Liverpool One shopping district with the opening of a mono-brand Omega boutique later this year. This latest expansion is DMR’s first opening of a mono-brand boutique, combining the watchmaking heritage of Omega with customer service experience. The new boutique spanning 2000…
Read More » -
Jul- 2021 -8 JulyShopping Centres
HMV opens new site at St Johns Liverpool
St Johns Liverpool, the largest covered shopping centre in the city of Liverpool, has announced that HMV will open a new store in the site on 20 July. HMV will open on Williamson Square, joining over 100 other businesses within St Johns, such as JD Sports and Matalan. The store,…
Read More »
