Milton Keynes
This coverage focuses on retail activity and trends in Milton Keynes, including store openings, shopping centre developments, leasing decisions, and consumer behaviour in this significant regional hub. Reporting supports retail executives, property managers, and planners interested in location strategy, footfall dynamics, and commercial opportunities in one of the UK’s prominent retail destinations.
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Jun- 2020 -4 JuneCoronavirus
Co-op expands robot service in Milton Keynes
The Co-operative has expanded its same-day autonomous robot deliveries in the UK across Milton Keynes and surrounding towns and villages amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The convenience retailer became the first to trial same-day autonomous robot deliveries in the UK when it teamed-up with Starship Technologies in April 2018 to offer…
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May- 2020 -21 MayCoronavirus
Matalan reopens 15 retail park stores
Matalan has reportedly opened a select number of its stores located in retail parks across the country. According to Drapers, the retailer has reopened 15 of its stores following changes to the government’s guidance on 1 May that classes homeware as essential. As such around 417 members of staff have…
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15 MayCoronavirus
Poundland to reopen 36 stores across the UK
Discount chain Poundland has revealed it is set to open 36 stores across the UK next week as it begins to reopen its store estate. While most of Poundlands stores have remained open for “essential” shopping, In March, the retailer closed around 100 stores that were located close to another…
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Mar- 2020 -5 MarchClothing & Shoes
H&M launches global supply chain initiative
H&M announced it will be launching a new initiative to provide other retailers access to its global supply chain, in what it says is a bid to “accelerate sustainable change”. The initiative, entitled Treadler, will begin to offer access to its global supply chain as a service to external companies…
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4 MarchSupply Chain
H&M to shutter Stoke-on-Trent warehouse placing 500 jobs at risk
H&M is reportedly set to close its warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent with plans to relocate its distribution to a new site. According to the BBC, the move may place around 500 jobs at risk after XPO Logistics, which runs the Stoke warehouse confirmed the clothing retailer plans to open a new…
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Nov- 2019 -8 NovemberHigh Street
Mamas and Papas to close six stores as it enters administration
Mamas and Papas has announced job cuts and store closures after it entered administration and sold to Bluegem Capital in a pre-pack administration deal. The private equity firm, which has owned Mamas and Papas since 2014, has regained control over the business’s assets thanks to the deal. The move will…
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Oct- 2019 -28 OctoberHigh Street
Arcadia to move Topshop logistics to Daventry warehouse
Sir Phillip Green is allegedly moving Topshop and Topman’s logistics to Daventey distribution centre Arcadia announced over the summer that Topman was already being fulfilled from the new Daventry distribution centre, with plans to make Topshop live from the site in early 2020 Earlier this year, Arcadia opened a new…
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Jun- 2019 -26 JuneAdvice
How technology has boosted the retail supply chain
In today’s world of digital marketing and both on and offline competition, technology is growing in importance for retail businesses. But how has it affected the supply chain specifically? Read on as we explore how technology has transformed and helped businesses maximise their supply chain efficiency, including making deliveries speedier…
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Apr- 2019 -18 AprilProperty
Largest store for 25 years opens in Centre:MK
Centre:MK is set to open its largest store in 25 years with the opening of a 75,000 square foot Primark in the former site of BHS. The new store on Silbury Arcade opens a week after Primark opened its largest ever store in Birmingham. The new store at Centre:MK has…
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Feb- 2019 -6 FebruaryDepartment Stores
Warehouse supplying HoF to shut affecting 280 jobs
A warehouse which supplies deliveries to House of Fraser is set to close later this year, affecting some 280 job roles. Trade union Usdaw announced that the Wellingborough, Northampton site, operated by XPO Logistics will shut on 10 April. The union said the closure ended months of “uncertainty for staff”…
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