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.
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Jul- 2023 -19 JulyNews
Red Run to open flagship store at Liverpool One
Women’s active streetwear brand, Red Run, is set to open its flagship store at Liverpool One this autumn. Trading from 1,400 sq ft, the shop will stock the brand’s range of active streetwear for women, including exclusive collections and limited edition pieces. The new flagship store marks an important stage…
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18 JulyNews
Hollister and Gilly Hicks open at Liverpool ONE
Hollister Co, the global teen retailer division of Abercrombie & Fitch, has recently opened at Liverpool ONE featuring an updated store design concept. The store opening sits alongside sister brand Gilly Hicks, giving the brand an expanded footprint and first dedicated storefront at Liverpool ONE. Located on South John Street,…
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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneNews
Sweaty Betty and Space NK make debut at Liverpool ONE
Activewear brand Sweaty Betty and luxury cosmetics retailer Space NK have both opened at Liverpool ONE, Grosvenor has revealed. Sweaty Betty has made its city store debut in the 2,500 sq ft Peter Lane’s site, marking the brand’s largest retail store in the North of England. The store debuts a…
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May- 2023 -19 MayClothing & Shoes
Lucy & Yak to open four new stores
Lucy and Yak is reportedly set to expand its high street presence through the opening of four new stores this year, according to Drapers. The brand, best known for its overalls and jumpsuits, currently has five stores in Brighton, Norwich, Bristol, Nottingham and Cambridge. It is now looking to further…
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Apr- 2023 -27 AprilSupermarkets
M&S invests £12.5m into London store estate
M&S is investing £12.5m into its stores across London in the coming year, in a move that will create 200 jobs and double the total new square footage secured across its store estate last year. Over the last year, the group invested £10.3m into London, creating 200 jobs, meaning the…
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21 AprilEconomy
Poor weather sees retail sales fall 0.9% in March
Retail sales in the UK fell 0.9% in March according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Some of this fall can be attributed to the poor weather in March following a 1.1% rise in February. Furthermore, non-food stores sales volumes fell by 1.3% in March 2023,…
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Mar- 2023 -24 MarchNews
Asos to expand Face and Body offering by over 200 products
Asos has revealed it is set to expand its Face and Body category offerings as it hailed a surge in demand driven by social media which has seen its sales of cream blushes grow by over 600% in the last six months. It comes after a survey of 2,000 UK…
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15 MarchShopping Centres
Liverpool One hails sales performance
Grosvenor has revealed that Liverpool One has “bucked national trends” since the start of 2023, with a 16.5% uplift in sales compared with the same period in 2022. The year-on-year rise outperforms the national picture, with an average increase of 5.2% in sales being recorded across the country according to…
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7 MarchHigh Street
Greggs sales rise 23% in FY22
Greggs has welcomed a strong performance in FY22, with total sales up by 23% to £1.5bn, and like-for-like sales in company-managed shops up by 17.8% year-on-year. Over the period, pre-tax profits were also up 1.9% to £148.3m, against £145.6m the prior year. It comes as the group reported a “record”…
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Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Former Co-op chief emerges as frontrunner to become Matalan CEO
Jo Whitfield, the former Co-op supermarkets chief, has reportedly emerged as a frontrunner to run Liverpool-based fashion retailer brand Matalan, according to Sky News. The outlet reports that following her decision to step down as the Co-op’s food chief last year, Whitfield is now in detailed talks with Matalan’s new…
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