Northampton
This coverage focuses on retail developments in Northampton, highlighting key business movements within the town’s retail sector. Explore updates on new store openings, changes in the retail landscape, local shopping centre performance, and strategic shifts from major retailers. With insights tailored for professionals in retail operations, brand management, and business development, this content provides valuable updates to support decision-making and strategy within Northampton’s retail market.
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Nov- 2019 -4 NovemberHigh Street
New flagship River Island store opens in Grosvenor Shopping Northampton
Fashion retailer River Island has opened a new flagship store in Grovesnor Shopping Northampton. The announcement comes from LGIM Real Assets (Legal and General), which revealed that the new unit will operate over 11,000 sq ft, with two trading levels of space. Following the centre’s refurbishment in 2015, this development…
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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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Nov- 2018 -2 NovemberHigh Street
RSPH names Grimsby as ‘unhealthiest UK high street’
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has named Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, as the ‘unhealthiest UK high street’. The announcement came after a league table published by the group ranked 70 of Britain’s major towns and cities by the impact of their high streets on the public’s health and…
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Jun- 2018 -21 JuneGovernment
MPs hit out at ‘baloney’ supermarket claims of price-cut post-merger
Neil Parish MP yesterday told Asda CEO Roger Burnley not to “give us a load of baloney” after Burnley repeatedly claimed his firm’s merger with Sainsbury’s and the product price cuts they have promised would not negatively affect small suppliers. Burnley said during a Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select…
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May- 2018 -22 MayDepartment Stores
Revealed: M&S names stores to shutter
M&S has announced the next tranche of UK stores proposed for closure or set to close as it reshapes its UK store estate with plans to take at least a third of sales online. The retailer will close over 100 stores in total by 2022, including 21 that have already…
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