All Retail articles
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OnlineHotter Shoes launches CVA
Britain’s biggest shoemaker Hotter Shoes is launching a CVA proposal to creditors and shareholders in an attempt to permanently close 46 of its stores.
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Insight
View from the top: Mark Robinson, chair of High Street Task Force
The new chair of the government-led High Streets Task Force tells Property Week about the problems facing UK retail, his ambitions for the initiative and the importance of a sense of place.
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News
Investors and landlords weigh up options after intu collapse
Speculation mounts over future of shopping centre assets as investment market struggles through Covid
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Online
John Whittaker formally resigns from intu board
John Whittaker has resigned as deputy chairman and non-executive director of beleaguered retail landlord intu, Property Week can reveal.
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Online
Boots to close 48 optician stores, axing 4,000 jobs
High street pharmacy chain Boots is set to close 48 optician stores, cutting 4,000 jobs.
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Online
Bullring among eight John Lewis stores to close permanently
John Lewis will not reopen eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.
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Online
Frasers Group refuses to pay rents until trading “reaches a level” of normality
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has informed landlords it will not pay rents until it is “fully able to freely trade as a business” again.
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Online
H&M to close 170 stores worldwide
Fashion retailer H M is to permanently close 170 stores worldwide.
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Online
AllSaints CVA approved by creditors
Creditors of AllSaints have approved the CVA put forward by the retailer last month.
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Online
Edinburgh welcomes new rooftop marketplace
A new rooftop marketplace called the Neighbourhood is opening on Moorgarth’s Waverley Mall in Edinburgh tomorrow.
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News
Intu Broadmarsh taken over by council
Intu Broadmarsh has fallen into adminisation and been taken over by Nottingham City Council after retail landlord intu collapsed into administration at the end of last month.
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News
New Look prepares for second CVA in two years
New Look is preparing for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) for second time after its landlords turned down a request to reduce rents.
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News
Ballymore acquires Broadwalk Shopping Centre with redevelopment plans
Mixed-use developer Ballymore has acquired Broadwalk Shopping Centre from Aberdeen Standard Investments with plans to redevelop it.
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News
Supermarket REIT snaps up six Waitrose supermarkets for £74m
Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) has bought the freeholds of six supermarkets let to Waitrose for £74m.
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Online
Intu boss Matthew Roberts steps down
Intu’s chief executive Matthew Roberts has stepped down a week after the company collapsed into administration.
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Online
Poundstretcher creditors approve CVA
Creditors of Poundstretcher have approved the CVA put forward by the discount retailer earlier this month.
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Online
Capital & Regional collect 34% of rent for third quarter
Capital Regional has received 34% of rent due for the June quarter.
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Professional
Retailers can survive pandemic if they work with landlords
The opportunity is there for greater financial transparency and for leases to be reworked to benefit them both.
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Professional
Could Covid-19 lead to a high street property power shift?
Covid-19 has hit the retail industry hard. Research from Statista shows three quarters of retailers expect the pandemic to have a negative impact on their sales, and Brand Finance’s Global 500 2020 report found that fashion retailers alone could lose around £800bn as a result of Covid-19.
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Online
Increased investment in online capabilities expected in the retail sector, survey says
Investment in online capabilities and delivery apps across the retail sector is expected to increase further, according to research from CBRE.
