Merseyside
This coverage examines retail activity and market trends across Merseyside. Reporting highlights store openings, property developments, high street performance, and strategies of both independent and national retailers operating in the region. Insights are tailored for retail professionals assessing commercial opportunities, consumer behaviour, and competitive dynamics within Merseyside’s diverse retail landscape, including city centres, retail parks, and waterfront destinations.
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Mar- 2024 -6 MarchNews
Waitrose partners with FareShare to deliver 20 million meals
Waitrose has redirected the equivalent of 20 million meals worth of surplus food to charities and community groups across the UK through its partnership with charity FareShare. Through its stores, customer fulfilment and distribution centres across the UK, the retailer’s decision to redistribute surplus food is in line with its…
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Jul- 2023 -26 JulyNews
Caramella pop-up store to debut in Liverpool One
Merseyside fashion brand Caramella is taking over a pop-up shop on Peter’s Lane in the heart of Liverpool One for the first time since the brand launched. Caramella was created in 2017 by Mollie-May Cartwright, and is now a fashion brand with over 280,000 followers on Instagram. Specialising in fashion-forward…
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Sep- 2021 -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…
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Jun- 2020 -25 JuneClothing & Shoes
The Very Group to cut 141 roles as part of tech restructure
The Very Group has announced it is set to cut 141 roles from its head office and customer care teams as part of a restructure which will also see around a 100 roles created elsewhere. The only retail group, which operates brands such as Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.co.uk, will further expand…
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Jan- 2020 -6 JanuaryDepartment Stores
Debenhams announces 19 store closures
Debenhams has announced the closure of 19 of its UK stores, resulting in 660 job losses. The department store, which entered administration in April last year, launched its CVA in the same month. The closures are due to take place during the next fortnight, with stores closing from 11 January,…
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Oct- 2019 -21 OctoberPeople Moves
Matalan strike suspended after bosses offer new pay deal
A long-running Matalan strike has been called off after bosses made GMB members a new pay offer. More than 500 workers at Matalan’s Northern Distribution Centre based in Knowsley, Merseyside, had been on strike after management made a pay offer which GMB said amounted to a “real terms pay cut”.…
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May- 2019 -16 MayAnalysis
The state of the UK high street in 2019
We may only be in the first half of the 2019 but there has already been a continuation of 2018’s disastrous year for the UK high street. In recent weeks we’ve seen Debenhams slide into administration with other household names like fashion retailer Select and off-license group Oddbins both close…
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