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H&M Group-owned fashion brands Cos and Monki have announced that they will be opening up storefronts in Bristol’s Cabot Circus before Christmas. The 3500 sq ft shop will be “Scandi-chic/street-style” retailer Monki’s first shop outside of London and will feature “Forgotten Forest” fitting rooms and “Sea of Scallops” scallop-edged counters. Meanwhile, Cos...

It has been announced that The Lexicon Bracknell, a 580,000 sq ft retail, restaurant and leisure destination, has secured five new lettings. Joining retailers such as Marks & Spencer, River Island, Next, Topshop, Fenwick, Primark and H&M will be new comers Beaverbrooks, Footlocker and Smiggle. Vodafone is relocating to a larger...

Sportswear retailer JD Sports is looking to continue its growth plans by taking over its competitors Go Outdoors. Heading up the auction for Go Outdoors will be KPMG as it has been reported that “a number of bidders” are looking to take over the company. The results of the bid will be...

Tesco has announced that it is trialling 24-hour stores along the Victoria and Central lines in order to capitalize on the new Night Tube schedule. Martin Smith, Tesco's London convenience director, said: "London is such a vibrant and exciting place to live, work and visit and the Night Tube provides people...

Thousands of jobs have been saved after the High Court approved a restructure including securing leases at key stores. The move means that Debenhams Ireland will exit examinership and save all eleven stores in the group. Debenhams operates four stores in Dublin, two in Cork, and others in Galway, Limerick, Newbridge, Tralee...

It has been reported that economists are still in dispute as to whether the Olympics have been good or bad for retail. When London held the 2012 games the UK’s economy saw a big impact, with billions of pounds worth of investment in infrastructure and tourism and the BBC reported that...

Online retailer Amazon is continuing its push to create jobs as it reveals a new distribution centre to be opened in Essex in 2017 creating 1500 new jobs. Following on from its announcement only a week ago that it would be opening a new fulfilment centre in Doncaster, the company is...

Sports Direct has pledged an external review into its board of directors as part of an independent report into its working practices. The announcement comes after rumours circulated last week of a mutiny against the company’s chairman amongst Sports Direct shareholders. A report into its treatment of workers is due to be...

Rank and 888 have walked away from talks with William Hill over a proposed three-way tie-up which could have created a gaming giant. The two companies had made two approaches to William Hill, both exceeding £3 billion, but these were both rejected by William Hill’s board. Itai Frieberger, chief executive of 888...

Westminster City Council has revealed that it has given its approval for a new development that will host a new retail hub in Belgravia. Following the recent death of its owner the Duke of Westminster, Grosvenor, who own a large portion of Mayfair and Belgravia have won plans to build an...