Once the largest shopping centre in Europe, a tired UK retail complex took another blow as Halifax confirmed its imminent closure. Runcorn Shopping City will only have one bank left after Halifax closes on 29 April 2025, following in the footsteps of Santander. Branded a “shopping centre with no shops in it” by Runcorn barber...
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TGI Fridays closes a dozen stores across America in just one month
TGI Fridays CEO Brandon Coleman III reacts to McDonald’s reportedly raising its franchise royalty fee for the first time in 30 years on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Your ability to enjoy a plate of loaded potato skins and $5 happy hour drinks is slowly dwindling, as TGI Fridays has closed 12 U.S. locations in the past...
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Full list of Wilko stores open in the UK as latest branch returns to London
Wilko are making their return to the British high street once again – with a brand new location in London (Credits: PA) Wilko will be making its return to the capital next month with the opening of a new branch. The shop branch in Uxbridge, west London, is set to open its doors to the...
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Sainsbury’s Enhances Convenience Store Range
Sainsbury’s is set to elevate its convenience stores through a new range improvement initiative aimed at enhancing customer experience. The programme will reassess the product range in stores, focusing on optimising ‘dine in’ and ‘food-to-go’ selections. It also explores efficient utilisation of space within convenience store sites to better cater to shoppers’ needs. An extension...
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Harvey Norman Launches Its First UK Store at Merry Hill
Harvey Norman has unveiled its first UK store within the Merry Hill shopping centre, marking its entry into England’s competitive retail landscape. This Australian-based retailer aims to captivate UK consumers with a rich selection of lifestyle, home, and tech products, housed in a 57,000 sq ft flagship store. A New Dawn for Harvey Norman in...
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Harvey Norman launches inaugural UK store at Merry Hill
Harvey Norman, the renowned Australian lifestyle, home, and technology retailer, has opened its first store in England, marking a significant expansion into the UK market. Situated in the Merry Hill shopping centre in the West Midlands, the flagship store spans 57,000 square feet, offering an extensive range of luxury furniture and home goods. The store...
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Google Expands Store Ratings To India, Australia, Canada, and the UK
Google is rolling out the Store ratings feature beyond US Search. It is rolling out to searchers in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom. Although, we’ve seen examples of Google showing them in Australia and other countries over the years, I guess as a test. Google wrote, “Google’s Store Ratings have been helping US...
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Woman ‘still suffering’ after being knocked out by a cauliflower while grocery shopping
A grocery shopper in the United Kingdom was reportedly knocked unconscious after a discounted cauliflower fell on her head. Sammi Mai, a resident of Kingston-upon-Thames, England, told GB News that she was recently browsing a discount rack at a Waitrose grocery store in Bath when the vegetable hit the back of her head. “Suddenly a...
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NIQ doubles down on UK grocery shopping behaviour
Consumer research company doubles its shopper sample to 30,000 households in a bid to better measure UK grocery buying habits NIQ, a leading consumer intelligence company, has doubled its UK Homescan sample to 30,000 households in a bid to better measure grocery shopper behaviour in supermarkets. NIQ’s Consumer Panel Services (CPS) will use data from this...
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Sensormatic Solutions Predicts The Busiest Shopping Days For UK’s 2024 Peak Trading Season – Retail News And Events
Advertisement Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), today released its predictions for the top busiest shopping days of the 2024 Christmas season in the UK, with Super Saturday (21 Dec) once again predicted to be the busiest in-store shopping day of Peak Trading 2024. Each year, Sensormatic Solutions retail traffic...
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TGI Fridays U.K. loses 36 stores and 1,000 jobs despite rescue deal
The United Kingdom division of casual-dining chain TGI Fridays is saved for now after private equity firms, Breal Capital and Calveton U.K., have jointly acquired 51 out of the 87 TGI Fridays stores put up for sale by former U.K. TGI Fridays master franchisee, Hostmore PLC. According to The Independent, although nearly 2,400 jobs were...
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I’m travelling to every record shop in the UK – here are my 10 favourites
I still remember the excitement of buying my first vinyl aged 11, Duane Eddy’s great 1962 single (Dance With the) Guitar Man, and that bug has been with me ever since. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of digging through the racks and finding that elusive wishlist record. When I retired, I made it my...