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Charles Tyrwhitt announces the opening of its first store in Cheltenham

15th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

British menswear brand, Charles Tyrwhitt, opened its eighth store in 18 months in the town of Cheltenham on Wednesday 14th August. Charles Tyrwhitt welcomes its new store [...]

Chit ‘n’ Chaat to open a new restaurant at Trafford Centre with grand celebration

15th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

 Trafford Centre is thrilled to introduce its visitors to Chit ‘n’ Chaat’s authentic Indian street food restaurant, opening this Autumn in a 2000 SQFT location.  Originating from [...]

Newcastle Building Society announces plan for innovative new branch in North Yorkshire town

15th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

Newcastle Building Society has revealed plans for a new branch in a North Yorkshire town, bucking the national trend of branch closures and restoring essential banking services [...]

New quick-service Detroit-style pizza restaurant to launch first site in Manchester this autumn

15th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

Brand new quick-service pizza restaurant, Detroit Slims, has announced that its first venue is set to open at Circle Square on Oxford Road this Autumn - bringing [...]

CO.LAB: The micro-retail destination paving the way for DTC brand expansion in the UK

14th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

CO.LAB is a new pop-up micro-retail destination launched by Landsec and Lone Design Club in Cardiff, Wales, designed to utilise large retail spaces and support innovative direct-to-consumer [...]

Visa data shows boost in tourism in France as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 come to a close

13th August 2024|Latest News, Trends|

42 percent more tourists traveled to Paris in the first week of the Olympic Games, with US Visa cardholders representing the largest share of visitors (72 percent, [...]

M&S to remove 5.5 million units of plastic every year as it swaps to paper packaging for garlic baguettes

13th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Sustainability|

M&S Food is the UK’s first retailer to move single and twin garlic baguettes into paper packaging The change is expected to remove 5.5M units of plastic [...]

Wingstop UK and Heavenly Desserts set to land in ealing with the help of Shelley Sandzer

12th August 2024|Latest News, New Stores|

Specialist leisure and F&B property agency, Shelley Sandzer, has secured popular chicken wing restaurant, Wingstop UK, and leading dessert restaurant, Heavenly Desserts, for adjacent units on New [...]

Just Eat and cardfactory launch exclusive partnership to offer on demand gifting and celebration products

12th August 2024|Latest News|

Just Eat has partnered with cardfactory to deliver gift and celebration products including greeting cards, candles, balloons, gift bags, confectionery and stationery The trial has initially gone [...]

ITSU set to open first shopping centre site in the north at Trafford Centre

9th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

itsu, the Asian-inspired health[ier] restaurant brand with over 80 locations across the UK, has announced it is set to open its first shopping centre site in the [...]

Ocado Retail & UK Refill Coalition launch first major online reusable packaging scheme

9th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Sustainability|

Ocado Retail has become the first major supermarket to pilot a new reusable packaging scheme, specially designed for online, in an effort to reduce the use of [...]

DS Smith launches service for businesses to assess recyclability

8th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Sustainability|

DS Smith’s Recyclability Evaluation Service (RES) has launched for businesses of all sizes. First integrated paper, packaging and recycling company to offer this service. Designed to address [...]

Visa data shows how spending at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is boosting the French economy

8th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

26 percent year-on-year rise in sales for Paris small businesses during the first weekend of the Olympic Games Paris 2024[1] Significant increase in spending from Visa cardholders [...]

AllSaints returns to Liverpool ONE with highly anticipated Peter’s Lane pop-up

8th August 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Grosvenor has announced that British fashion retailer, AllSaints, has returned to Liverpool ONE, launching a pop-up on Peter’s Lane. The return of the fashion brand underlines Liverpool [...]

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