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The Financial Times reported that UK retail sales grew substantially in November, due to Black Friday attracting shoppers to the high street. The amount of items purchased rose by 1.4% in November from October, according to the Office for National Statistics. “Retailers reported strong growth on the month due to Black Friday...

Remus Uomo has opened a new outlet store at the Icon Outlet at London’s O2. The store is based in a 1,600 square foot unit and is the second Outlet store in the UK, following the opening of a unit at the Galleria in Hatfield, which opened earlier in 2018. The brand...

Vodafone has launched a new store on London’s Oxford Street to offer customers more than a traditional retail environment. The store includes product experience zones, work spaces for business customers, a repair hub, click and collect zones and a youth area. Customers will be able to book tutorial appointments in order for...

Eve Sleep has appointed Cheryl Calverley as its new chief marketing officer. Calverley joins the company from The Automobile Association worked for three years as the head of marketing and then as marketing director. Prior to working at The Automobile Association, she held in a range of senior marketing roles at Birds...

Levis has chosen to open its first UK womenswear in the Bluewater shopping centre, Kent. The 1,900 square feet store will feature only womenswear, and will be only the second Levis store of this kind. The first womenswear only store was opened in Nice in the south of France two years ago....

Apricot is going to be opening its first US store in March. Its first US store will be in Boston, Massachusetts, and will be in a 4,000 square foot unit within Natick Mall, which is the largest shopping centre in Boston. Apricot currently only has 14 standalone stores in the UK and...

Losses at Victoria Beckham’s luxury fashion house have widened after it made a number of key investments back in to the business. The brand recorded a loss of £10.2 million last year compared to £8.5 million the year before.  The company has attributed these losses to investments including a website overhaul. The...

Laura Ashley is set to close 40 of its UK stores. The company’s new chairman, Andrew Khoo told the Press Association that he wanted fewer stores, but wanted the remaining stores to be bigger.  He also said that the company will be expanding its presence in China. He said: “The direction I...

IKEA has announced that its new store in Greenwich will officially open on 7th February. The store will span across 32,000 square metres and will be the company’s most sustainable store to date.  It will offer IKEA’s traditional product range, inspirational rooms sets, a crèche, restaurant, bistro and Swedish food markets. Helen Aylett,...

Canada Goose is delaying the opening of its first store in China due to ongoing construction. The original open date for the store in Beijing was December 15th. A company spokesperson said in an emailed statement “We look forward to opening our newest store in the near future, but first and foremost...