Watford
This coverage examines retail activity, store developments, and market trends in Watford, providing insight into the town’s role as a regional retail destination. Reporting highlights new openings, property investments, consumer behaviour, and economic factors shaping retail performance in the area. Retail executives, managers, and stakeholders can use this content to inform decisions on operations, expansion, and strategy in Watford.
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Apr- 2021 -7 AprilSupermarkets
Asda opens third in-store Covid vaccination centre
Asda has opened a third in-store Covid vaccination centre at its Old Kent Road Superstore in London. The opening follows the launch of vaccination sites at its Cape Hill store in Birmingham and Watford Superstore back in January – with the grocer facilitating the vaccinations of 26,000 patients. The supermarket…
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Mar- 2021 -16 MarchShopping Centres
SGS reveals host of new lease deals
SGS, the property company that manages four UK retail and leisure destinations – Lakeside, Atria Watford, Braehead and Victoria Centre – has announced a string of lease renewals, extensions and new deals. One of the deals, will see Apple renew its lease on a 5,502 sq ft space at its…
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Feb- 2021 -22 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis to shutter up to eight stores
John Lewis is reportedly considering the closure of up to eight of its stores in a bid to further cut costs, according to The Sunday Times. While the exact number of closures is “yet to be determined”, the chain’s bigger and older sites are thought to be most at risk.…
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Aug- 2020 -26 AugustOnline & Digital
Online returns hotspots revealed by Royal Mail
Royal Mail has revealed the areas in the UK where customers have returned the most amount of items from online orders from purchases made during lockdown. The group saw a 25% increase in returns traffic against last year, as consumers “reflected on some of their hastier purchases”. St Albans was…
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Jul- 2020 -28 JulySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s trials virtual queuing system
Sainsbury’s is piloting a virtual queuing system to test whether the technology will help customers “stay safe, save time and shop conveniently” in stores. The trial, which will run via the app ufirst, will be live in five stores from Monday (3 August) and is the first time this technology…
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13 JulyCoronavirus
Debenhams to reopen all remaining stores in Scotland
Department store Debenhams is to reopen nine stores in Scotland from today (13 July), following the “successful reopening” of its first six stores last week. Stores in Ayr, Dumfries, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth reopened on Monday 29 June. Whereas those in Aberdeen, Dundee, East Kilbride, Falkirk, Inverness, Leith, Livingston,…
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9 JulyCoronavirus
John Lewis shutters eight stores, 1,300 jobs at risk
John Lewis has confirmed it will not be reopening eight sites across the UK, and will now enter into consultation with impacted employees across its estate. The move will reportedly place 1,300 jobs at risk. The sites that are now set to close their doors include its travel hub shops…
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Jun- 2020 -17 JuneClothing & Shoes
Debenhams opens 38 more stores following ‘successful’ Monday reopening
Department store chain Debenhams has announced it will reopen a further 38 stores in England, following the “successful reopening” of 50 of its stores earlier this week. Debenhams revealed that four stores have also reopened in Northern Ireland, whilst the business awaits confirmation from Wales and Scotland as to when…
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9 JuneCoronavirus
Debenhams to close three more stores permanently
Debenhams has confirmed three more of its stores will not reopen once lockdown restrictions are eased next week. It revealed that three of its stores located in Intu shopping centres will close permanently after it failed to agree terms with the shopping centre owner. The stores are located within Intu…
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Jan- 2020 -10 JanuaryHigh Street
Game to shutter 40 UK stores
Video game retailer Game has confirmed it intends to shutter 40 stores throughout the UK. To date, 13 sites have had notice served including existing Game sites in Mansfield, Canterbury, Watford, Glasgow Fort and Leicester. On 8 January notice was served on a further 14 sites impacting outlets owned mostly…
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