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This coverage focuses on retail activity, trends, and developments in London, a central hub of the UK retail industry. Reporting highlights flagship store openings, property developments, regional economic factors, consumer behaviour, and strategic moves by both international and domestic brands. Tailored for retail executives and managers, it offers insights into operating and competing in one of the world’s most dynamic retail markets.
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Jul- 2021 -9 JulyDIY
First London ‘Little Dobbies’ opens
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced the opening of the first London-based ‘Little Dobbies’, located on Westbourne Grove. This marks the third Little Dobbies to open in the UK, following the success of its first two format stores in Edinburgh and Bristol, and brings Dobbies’ total open stores to 72 across…
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8 JulyHigh Street
WH Smith to open 18 new stores across UK airports
WH Smith has announced that it will open 18 new technology and accessories stores across some UK airports, including London Heathrow, London Stansted, Manchester, London Luton, Birmingham and East Midlands. The stores will trade under the North American, InMotion brand with the group anticipating that the new openings will deliver…
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6 JulyClothing & Shoes
Reiss opens new store in London’s St Pancras
Reiss has revealed it is celebrating its 50th anniversary year with a “positive outlook on bricks-and-mortar retail” by opening a new store in London’s St Pancras. It is the fourth new opening this year for the fashion brand, following new openings in London’s Liverpool Street, Cannock in Staffordshire, and another…
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5 JulySupermarkets
Morrisons set for bidding war after accepting £6.3bn offer
Rivalling private equity firms are reportedly preparing to engage in a bidding war for Morrisons after it accepted £6.3bn takeover offer yesterday (4 July). The UK supermarket chain’s board of directors accepted a 252p-a-share offer from private equity firm Fortress, rejecting an earlier bid Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) which…
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Jun- 2021 -30 JuneDepartment Stores
M&S partners with Clarks on kids collection
M&S has revealed a new partnership with Clarks shoes which includes selling the brand online and in eight UK destination stores. This latest brand partnership is part of the continued momentum for the retailer in its strategic shift from “special occasion” clothing and footwear to everyday “style and value”. The…
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29 JuneHigh Street
Footfall remains static due to variable weather
Footfall in the UK remained virtually unchanged over the past week due to variable weather conditions across the country, according to data analysts Springboard. For the week beginning 20 June 2021, week-on-week footfall only fell by 0.2%, which represents a 49.3% rise from the same period last year and a…
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29 JuneHealth & Beauty
Revolution Beauty announces AIM float intentions
Revolutionary Beauty Group has announced its intention to trade on AIM in a float expected to take place in July 2021. The beauty products retailer said that the proposed admission will consist of newly issued shares alongside existing shares held by the company’s current shareholders. Jupiter Asset Management has already…
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28 JuneHigh Street
DFS appoints new non-executive director
DFS Furniture has announced the appointment of Loraine Martins as an independent non-executive director of the company, effective immediately. Martins will be a member of the audit committee, nomination committee, and remuneration committees. Since 2012, she has been the director of diversity and inclusion at Network Rail, which is responsible…
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25 JuneEconomy
Long-term WFH may damage ‘perfectly good’ retailers, says BIRA CEO
A permanent working from home post-lockdown model could damage “perfectly good” businesses, according to the British Independent Retailers Association’s (BIRA) CEO. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Andrew Goodacre addressed how businesses in London would specifically be adversely affected by such a change. Goodacre’s intervention comes after research from…
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24 JuneDepartment Stores
Selfridges opens garden centre at flagship store
Selfridges London has revealed that its Accessories Hall and the store exterior on Duke and Orchard Streets has been transformed into a garden centre as part of its “Good Nature”, creative theme for 2021. The garden centre sells gardening tools, seeds, indoor and outdoor plants and pots, as well as…
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