Meadowhall
This coverage explores retail activity and trends at Meadowhall, providing insights for UK retail executives, managers, and brand professionals. Reporting includes store openings and closures, redevelopment projects, investment activity, marketing initiatives, and the performance of retailers within this major Sheffield shopping centre. The analysis helps professionals assess opportunities, challenges, and consumer behaviour shaping retail at Meadowhall.
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Aug- 2021 -9 AugustHigh Street
Forever New opens first UK store
Australian fashion retailer Forever New has opened its first store in the UK in Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield. Forever New said its collections are a ”unique blend of seasonal trends, feminine silhouettes, and of-the-moment detailing”. The initiative comes after the launch of the retailer’s international website in 19 countries in…
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Apr- 2021 -15 AprilShopping Centres
British Land eyes open-air retail parks
Property group British Land has unveiled plans to invest in more out-of-town retail parks as it capitalises on a click and collect strategy. The company is set to bet on a faster return of open-air locations where social distancing can be more easily managed than in covered shopping centres. In…
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Jan- 2020 -6 JanuaryEntertainment
HMV to close three stores and warns of more if rent negotiations fail
HMV has confirmed that three of its stores will close this month and has warned that a further 10 could close if rent negotiations with landlords fail to secure improved terms. In a statement released over the weekend the music retailer revealed it will be closing its Bury St Edmunds,…
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Dec- 2019 -20 DecemberShopping Centres
Westfield named best shopping centre in the UK
Westfield London and Westfield Stratford has been named the best shopping centres in the UK, for the second year running. According to GlobalData’s Top 50 Shopping Centres Report for 2019, Bluewater in Greenhithe, Kent was ranked in third place, followed by Intu Trafford Centre in Manchester. Intu Lakeside, Sheffield’s Meadowhall…
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Nov- 2019 -22 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Skopes receives £6m investment to fund 15-store expansion drive
Leeds-based menswear retailer, Skopes, is set to “significantly expand” its national high street presence with 15 new stores, after securing a £6m funding package. The brand, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last year, plans to open the 15 stores across the UK over the next two to three years. The…
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Sep- 2019 -27 SeptemberHigh Street
British Land drops Monsoon CVA challenge
British Land has dropped its legal challenge against Monsoon Accessorize’s CVA plans. According to Sky News, The property investment firm, which owns Sheffield’s Meadowhall, has agreed to abandon its bid to to block Monsoon’s restructuring plans. The news now allows Monsoon to cut rents by between 25% and 65% across…
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6 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Monsoon in legal battle with British Land over CVA plans
Monsoon is facing a legal battle with FTSE 100 property company British Land over its CVA plans. According to Sky News, the owner of Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield filed a challenge to block Monsoon’s restructuring plans which will see rents cut by between 25% and 65% across just over…
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Mar- 2019 -28 MarchClothing & Shoes
Arcadia ‘draws up list of 67 store closures’
Arcadia has listed 67 stores it wishes to close across all of its brands, the Financial Times has reported. As seen by the publication, stores of varying sizes across the UK and Ireland with a total annual rent of £11m are set to be shut. These include Burton, Topshop, Evans,…
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Nov- 2018 -16 NovemberProperty
British Land records £42m net loss as retail market ‘remains challenging’
British Land has reported a net loss of £42m in the first half of the year, attributed to the “challenging” retail market and has said it aims to reduce its retail portfolio over the next five years. British Land said that it aims to cut its holdings in retail property,…
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Oct- 2018 -9 OctoberClothing & Shoes
G-Star Raw to open new UK stores following Portas appointment
Dutch fashion brand, G-Star Raw, is to open four new UK stores in London, Manchester, Watford and Lakeside following the appointment of Portas as its lead strategic agency. The group recently opened a 2,500 sq ft store in Sheffield’s Meadowhall, which became the brand’s first store under its new retail…
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