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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield today reveals that leading international clothing brands Hunkemöller, Scotch & Soda, Timberland and Nelson Premium have signed up for its Westfield Mall of the Netherlands development.
Following today’s release of Aldi FY figures for 2018, Thomas Brereton, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Aldi has once again impressed the grocery sector, revealing yet another year of double-digit revenue growth for 2018
It’s 100 days to Christmas on 16 September and Santa’s sack is already filling up as 24% of Brits – equating to 13 million across the UK have started their festive shopping for 2019 according to research from American Express.
Premium beauty brand RABOT 1745 has opened its first store at Westfield, White City in London.The brand, which is the beauty range from the founders of Hotel Chocolat, offers luxury yet affordable skincare with a range of cocoa rich beauty
The winners of the 2019 Barclaycard everywoman in Retail Awards were announced last week at a ceremony in London attended by hundreds of business leaders from UK’s leading retail brands.
Lifestyle Outlets signs British chocolatier, Hotel Chocolat, as the latest brand to join Gloucester Quays, the destination continues to buck the national retail trend of decline and closures thanks to its rising footfall, sales and new openings.
AF Blakemore & Son has relocated its inaugural company-owned Spar store to a larger forecourt site on Wolverhampton Road West, Walsall, and incorporated new Subway and Greggs departments.
Cheltenham-based developer Robert Hitchins and leading European outlet operating company ROS Retail Outlet Shopping have unveiled plans for Designer Outlet Cotswolds to be built at junction 9 of the M5 motorway in Gloucestershire. The 195,000sq ft outlet village will be
ELLE, the world’s biggest fashion and style media brand has announced a new format for its annual ELLE Weekender. Now in its second year, ELLE Weekender has evolved into a fully immersive beauty event, celebrating individuality and the joy that
M&S Food is partnering with infarm - one of the world’s most advanced urban farming platforms - to deliver a range of fresh produce grown and harvested in a selection of M&S’ London stores.
Iconic British home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley has appointed IMG to exclusively license the brand in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, through consumer home, fashion, beauty and lifestyle products that reflect its illustrious heritage and the regions’ growing
DW Fitness First has chosen leading click & collect technology specialist Doddle to create a first for the fitness industry - an e-commerce solution that enables customers to order sports kit online at DW Sports (www.dwsports.com) and have it ready
Champion, the athleisure and sportswear brand, has seen sales increase following the expansion of its online operations into Europe.
Aldi has raised an incredible £4 million for Teenage Cancer Trust since partnering with the charity just two years ago. The £4 million raised so far is already making a huge difference to the lives of young people with cancer
Central England Co-operative can today reveal that customers and members have donated enough food to feed 42,500 children at risk of going hungry this summer.
One of the world’s most recognisable denim retailers is opening at The Boulevard, Northern Ireland, in what has been a record year of footfall for the region’s top outlet shopping destination, owned by Lotus Property.
Footwear and accessories retailer, Dune London, and formal occasion menswear brand, Moss Bros, are to open at Wembley Park’s London Designer Outlet (LDO), the capital’s leading fashion and lifestyle outlet centre.
Euro-pro Europe, creator of the premium home technology brand SharkNinja, maker of Shark floorcare products and Ninja kitchen appliances, is investing in a new UK headquarters in Leeds.
Homebase has launched its first advertising campaign since announcing its turnaround plans earlier this year and appointing Atomic as the lead strategic & creative agency.
Henry Bell & Co, the family-owned and leading quality small animal and pet feed producer, has secured a listing with the largest national garden centre group, Dobbies. The new range will be available online and on the shelves of the
Ted Baker set out to improve the sustainability of its e-commerce packaging, while retaining its trademark ‘wow’ factor for customers. For an innovative solution, Ted turned to leading packaging strategist, DS Smith.
www.cosmetify.com, an online comparison website for beauty shoppers, launches today. Featuring over 180,000 products from more than 1,500 of the world’s leading beauty brands, it allows consumers to instantly find and compare the prices of all their favourite products under
The St David’s Partnership, owner of St David’s in Cardiff, one of the UK’s premier retail and leisure destinations, has today announced the signing of global lifestyle and performance footwear brand, Skechers, set to open in the autumn.
Shaftesbury is celebrating Seven Dials Market, which opened to the public on Saturday, 7 September. Created by street food pioneers, KERB, as their first-ever permanent home, the launch of Seven Dials Market follows the transformation of the historic 24,000sq ft
Lidl GB today unveiled its autumn advertising campaign, showing that Lidl is big on everything you need in the season of wonderful contradictions.
