High street – Page 47
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NewsAldi Tooting: smallest UK store gets Project Fresh overhaul
The 8,000 sq ft Tooting store in South London has closed for nearly four weeks while the refurbishment is carried out
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Comment & OpinionWhy Gen Z shoppers could turn out to be the unexpected saviours of the high street
Millennials may prefer shopping online, but new research shows the generation after them sees in-store shopping as a ‘special’ experience, says Glen Parker of UM
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Comment & OpinionHigh streets of the future don't have space for 'Big Retail'
Specialist food shops in a cluster can enrich the town centre food shopping experience, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsCo-op overtakes discounters in store planning 'space race'
The Co-op overtook the two discounters for the most planning applications submitted in the first half of 2018
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NewsRetailers call on chancellor to freeze business rates
Latest CPI figures means retailers are facing a near £200m rates hike
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NewsBrits 'more concerned' for independent eateries than chains
More than half of Brits prefer to eat out at independent restaurants
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NewsSales suffer at Thorntons after first full year under Ferrero
Chocolate retailer and supplier Thorntons has suffered a sharp drop in sales and an expansion of losses in its first full financial year under Ferrero ownership.
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NewsPoundworld fined £350k over mouse infestation
The branch, which closed in July, was found by Slough Borough Council to have been infested on two separate occasions
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Comment & OpinionCosta whips up coffee shop couture
Designer Kate Tabor has created gowns for the chain imitating the appearance of whipped milk
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Analysis & FeaturesBreaking the mould in convenience
It was a humble beginning for the step brothers behind premium food retailer Eat 17
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NewsItsu launches trial of paperless receipts
The move is designed to help cut down on the three million paper receipts Itsu prints each year
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NewsCosta rolls out Chatty Café scheme to battle loneliness
More than 300 Costa branches will incorporate the scheme
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NewsPret appoints former Just Eat exec in chief marketing role
Dawe left Just Eat in May following a management restructure
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NewsSupers and c-stores grow share in food-to-go
The MCA UK Eating Out report showed supermarkets and c-stores now hold a 14% share of all out-of-home eating occasions
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Comment & OpinionIFRS 16 accounting change will be momentous for UK retailers
Savvy retailers have a window of opportunity to proactively negotiate with their banks, says MUFG’s Simon Lello
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NewsPoundworld founder Edwards hopeful 171 stores can be saved
Edwards said he had raised £25m to restock empty branches and warehouses
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NewsPret to roll out compostable cutlery to all stores
After trials of wooden utensils ‘fell a little flat’ with customers
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NewsEat 17 to open Hammersmith store featuring street food market
The new store will have three street food booths featuring local food concessions such as The Pizza Project
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NewsNew government panel formed to 'rescue the high street'
Panel is set to be chaired by Sir John Timpson
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Comment & OpinionIt’s Groundhog Day for UK high streets with yet another review
If it were not that the problems facing the high street were so serious, the announcements from the latest high street minister, Jake Berry, would have been comedy gold