Store Estate
This coverage examines UK retailers’ store estate strategies, including site selection, portfolio optimisation, leasing decisions, openings, closures, and location analytics. Reporting highlights how businesses shape physical footprints to balance cost efficiency, customer accessibility, and market growth — offering insight for executives, real estate managers, and operations professionals responsible for retail property planning.
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May- 2025 -23 MaySupermarkets
Co-op to roll-out smart electronic shelf labels
The Co-operative Group (‘Co-op’) has partnered with VusionGroup to replace paper shelf edge labels in store with electronic shelf edge labels, across its store estate. The convenience retailer is working with VusionGroup to roll-out the innovative technology across its near 2,400 stores. It said the electronic labels will offer enhanced clear, accurate and transparent product…
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14 MayDIY
Wickes revenues up almost 7% in Q1
Wickes has announced that its group revenues have risen 6.9% to £533.1m during the 17 weeks ended 26 April 2025. This came after strong volume-led sales growth within its retail arm which saw its revenue grow 9.6% to £396.7m in the period. Wickes stated that it increased its market share…
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14 MaySport & Leisure
Angling Direct sees FY sales and profits rise
Angling Direct has reported a 11.9% increase in group revenues to £91.3m and a 23.6% rise in adjusted profit before tax to £2.0m for the 12 months ended 31 January 2025 (FY25). Its adjusted EBITDA also increased 20.0% to £3.4m, slightly ahead of recently upgraded consensus market expectations. In the…
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14 MayFeatures
A Lidl bit more: Why is Lidl investing in expansion?
On 28 April Lidl announced that it is going to invest £500m in store expansion, aiming to open more than 40 stores in the process. The budget supermarket has been rapidly gaining market share in the UK hitting a record 8.1% in May 2024, according to data from Kantar. With…
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9 MayDIY
Dobbies unveils revamped Cadnam store
Dobbies Garden Centre has revealed it has relaunched its Cadnam store as part of a nationwide refurbishment programme. This is the second in Dobbies’ extensive programme of investment across the store estate. At Dobbies Cadnam, the team has worked closely with new and existing suppliers to increase its plants and…
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7 MayHigh Street
Card Factory sales and profits rise in FY25 amid growth strategy
Card Factory has welcomed a year of “resilient” trading, with both revenues and profits rising as the group implemented its growth strategy and expanded its store portfolio and product offerings over the period. In the full-year ended 31 January 2025, adjusted profit before tax rose by 6.3% to £66m, while…
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Apr- 2025 -29 AprilClothing & Shoes
Primark UK sales fall 4% in H1 as US and Europe boost growth
Primark’s sales grew by 1% to £4.47bn in the first half of the year, with adjusted operating profit up 8% to £540m, as weaker UK and Ireland sales were offset by growth across the US and Europe. In both the UK and Ireland, sales fell by 4% despite good like-for-like…
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25 AprilHigh Street
TOFS places hundreds of jobs at risk under new revival plans
Nearly 1000 jobs at The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) reportedly could be at risk as the company embarks on a survival plan which hinges on widespread rent cuts, according to Sky News. Modella Capital, the new owner of TOFS, has reportedly drawn up plans to renegotiate rents at 88 of…
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3 AprilHigh Street
Co-op FY profits soar sixfold but warns of cost pressures ahead
Co-op has seen its full-year pre-tax profits rise by nearly sixfold, soaring by £133m to £161m, up from £28m the prior year, despite facing over £200m of new headwinds and investment costs across the group. The surge in profits was driven by increased operating profits, which rose by £34m to…
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1 AprilClothing & Shoes
M&S to invest £50m in North West stores
M&S has announced a £50m investment in stores across the North West of England for the year ahead, creating 300 jobs and 100,000 total new square footage across its store estate in the area. The investment is another step forward in M&S’s store renewal and rotation programme, focused on having…
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