Oxford Street
This coverage focuses on retail developments along Oxford Street, examining store openings and closures, pedestrianisation plans, investment activity, and shopper footfall trends. Reporting highlights how major retailers, landlords, and city planners respond to evolving consumer behaviour and urban regeneration — offering insight for executives, property managers, and professionals navigating strategies in London’s premier shopping corridor. For example, recent analysis shows vacancy rates dropping to 1.35 % amid flagship redevelopments like 340 Oxford Street.
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Feb- 2021 -10 FebruaryHigh Street
Dune launches CVA targeted at cutting rent costs
Dune has announced the launch of a CVA prospal targeted at cutting rent costs across its 43 stores and 175 concessions. According to Daniel Rubin CEO and founder of the Dune Group, before the pandemic the high street chain was “trading robustly”- however continuous stop-start lockdowns had a “severe financial…
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Jan- 2021 -22 JanuaryDepartment Stores
Selfridges endures ‘most difficult year’ thanks to 2019 performance
Selfridges has endured the “most difficult year” in its 113-year history, but was able to weather the storm. The chain of luxury department stores was reportedly kept afloat through growing sales in 2019 and investing in e-commerce. Anne Pitcher, managing director at the group, confirmed to the Times that the…
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13 JanuaryDepartment Stores
Debenhams to shutter six stores, 320 jobs affected
Debenhams has announced that six of its sites will no longer reopen this year, as part of the group’s ongoing winding down and stock liquidation process. In a statement released today (13 January), the group confirmed the move will affect 320 roles within its business. Debenhams said that while it…
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Jul- 2020 -10 JulyComment
Why a multi-skilled retail team is essential for optimal efficiency
Retail is a people business. And while the rise of online shopping has increased the role of technology, it has arguably made the colleague interactions that do happen even more important. The mantra for retailers of “right people, right place, right time” has never mattered more. A historical retail resourcing…
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Jun- 2020 -25 JuneNews
The Mall Maidstone appoints Gavin Cockayne as general manager
Capital and Regional and The Mall Maidstone have announced the appointment of Gavin Cockayne as the new general manager, succeeding Andy Davy, who is retiring from the company after 11 years. Cockayne has over 20 years experience in the retail industry, working with a number of major UK retailers in…
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Feb- 2020 -6 FebruaryDepartment Stores
PETA buys Frasers Group stake amid anti-fur protests
PETA US has become a shareholder in Frasers Group, the animal rights group has announced. The move is in response to House of Fraser reportedly reversing its pledge to not to sell any fur products. The animal rights activists said that by breaking its previous pledge, the retail group was…
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Jan- 2020 -3 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Arcadia Group confirms Westfield Stratford Topshop closure
Arcadia group has confirmed its Topshop and Topman sites at London Westfield Stratford City will close, Drapers reports. The two-storey shop, which opened in September 201, is closing as its lease comes to an end. The closure is not part of the companies seven CVAs which were passed in June.…
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Nov- 2019 -13 NovemberHigh Street
£2.9bn investment set to ‘transform’ London’s Oxford Street
The New West End Company, the representative of Oxford, Bond and Regent Street businesses, has announced the 1,000 day countdown to when a total of £2.9bn will be invested within a one mile radius of Oxford Street by 2022. According to the group, this is set to be a “significant…
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4 NovemberHigh Street
Sir Philip Green in talks with lenders to raise £300m before Christmas
Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green is reportedly in talks with specialist lenders about acquiring a £300m loan before Chritsmas in order to pay off the loan secured against Arcadia’s flagship Oxford Street Topshop store. According to the Sunday Times, to meet the repayment deadline next month Green is in talks…
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Oct- 2019 -11 OctoberNews
Vans opens new boutique concept store in Covent Garden
Vans has kicked off what is described as its “UK retail transformation” with the official opening of its brand new boutique in Covent Garden, London. The store which is “the first of its kind in Europe”, is part of the Mercers’ company property estate is located on Neal Street, spanning…
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