Paris
This coverage explores Paris’s relevance to the UK retail sector, focusing on fashion weeks, luxury brand strategies, flagship store launches, and cross-border retail trends. Reporting highlights how developments in Paris influence UK retail operations, consumer expectations, and competitive positioning — offering insights for executives, buyers, and professionals engaged with luxury, fashion, and international retail markets.
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Nov- 2020 -24 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Abercrombie & Fitch to close seven flagship stores
Abercrombie and Fitch has announced it is planning to close its flagship stores in London and six further cities in a bid to restructure the business. The move forms part of its “ongoing global store network optimization initiative”, as well as its reported goal of repositioning from larger format, tourist-dependent…
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Aug- 2020 -17 AugustDepartment Stores
Selfridges launches sustainability initiative
Selfridges has announced the launch of a “transformational” sustainability initiative entitled Project Earth. The initiative builds upon previous steps the department store has taken to “place sustainability at the heart of the business”, and will work to change the way customers shop by 2025. The scheme will address the materials…
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Feb- 2020 -27 FebruaryAnalysis
Heathrow’s third runway will not be taking off after all
Heathrow’s third runway has been ruled illegal by the court of appeal, because the government did not properly consider its own climate change pledges in line with the Paris Agreement when drawing up its plans. The court is actually on the same street as our offices here at Mulberry Media…
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21 FebruaryShopping Centres
Hammerson offloads seven retail parks to Orion in £400m deal
Hammerson has announced it has agreed a deal to offload a portfolio of seven retail parks to Orion European Real Estate Fund V (Orion) in a £400m deal. The transaction marks the largest UK retail park portfolio sale in the past decade and follows Hammerson’s strategic decision, announced in July…
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18 FebruaryAdvice
HSBC to cut 35,000 jobs, new chancellor sticks to schedule, Bezos creates $10bn ‘Earth fund’
HSBC has announced plans to cut 35,000 jobs over the next three years after a dire set of financial results. Profits have fallen by 33% year on year and that is before the impact of the coronavirus can even be fully measured in Q1 and the months to come. The…
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14 FebruaryAnalysis
German stagnation, Javid out, RBS gets environmental, Norton no-show
The German economy has stagnated due to significant falls in spending and exports. New figures show that GDP ‘flat lined’ (financial jargon for neither growing nor contracting) in the final quarter of 2019, bad news since economists and analysts had hoped that it would grow about 0.1%. It means Germany’s…
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Jan- 2020 -28 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s pledges to become carbon neutral by 2040
Sainsbury’s has announced it will commit £1bn towards becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The supermarket giant will use the £1bn investment to “implement a programme of changes”, including reducing carbon emissions, food waste, plastic packaging and water usage, and aim to increase recycling, biodiversity and healthy and sustainable eating. The…
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9 JanuaryComment
How retailers can make their social media shoppable
Social media commerce presents retailers with one of the biggest changes and opportunities since the emergence of online shopping. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are becoming stand-alone direct sales channels, meaning retailers have to change how they approach social media to cash-in on this new opportunity. Social commerce – a…
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Nov- 2019 -20 NovemberShopping Centres
Hammerson reaches £577m of disposals with £54m St Oswald’s sale
Hammerson has exchanged contracts on the sale of St Oswald’s Retail Park, Gloucester, to a local authority for £54m, taking its total to £577m in disposals this year. The 20,900m2 scheme, which is located to the north of Gloucester city centre offers a range of bulky goods, retail and leisure…
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5 NovemberPeople Moves
Hammerson appoints new non-executive director
Hammerson has announced the appointment of Méka Brunel as its new non-executive director. Brunel is currently chief executive of Gecina, a Paris-based retail estate investment trust that owns almost €20bn (£17.2bn) in office and residential assets. Her career in retail estate began in construction, where she delivered major residential and…
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