UK retailer Debenhams has asked its suppliers for a 2.5% discount on stock as a "contribution" to help fund its growth. In a letter dated 16 December, the high street retailer told suppliers the contribution would be applied to all orders ...
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To mark their 10th Anniversary this year, respected online street wear retailer Yukka has raised the bar by opening up a much-anticipated High Street store in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire. In addition to establishing themselves as ...
Tags: Streetwear, Flagship Store
Yellow Jersey Bike Shop is moving out of the city and into Arlington, a small town just north of Madison. The doors will open in its new space on October 1. Owner Andrew Muzi said that the primary impetus for the move was the opportunity ...
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The Bike Hub opened its second location in downtown Spokane, Washington last week. Owner Chris Andreasen teamed up with Giant's retail merchandising team to design the 2,600 square foot Giant Partner Store. "We began selling Giant in our ...
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One in five shops will close over the next five years says new survey. A new report has warned that 20 per cent of stores could disappear altogether from UK High Streets, as more people shop online. The Centre for Retail Research ...
Tags: Toys, Street Store
With low footfall, rising rents and online competition, running a High Street store is more challenging than ever. So, why not open one just for a month or a week? The toy industry has already dabbled in pop-up shops over the past few ...
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La-Z-Boy recognized the owners and operators of its top performing La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries at an awards ceremony held during the recent High Point Market. "Once a year, we take the opportunity to reflect on the great achievements of ...
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Department stores chain John Lewis has sold more than £1bn of merchandise via its website in the last 52 weeks, the first time it has broken through the £1bn-mark, following a 40 per cent increase in sales generated via the ...
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Hamleys' Regent Street store is celebrating the launch of Mega Bloks Barbie this weekend. A launch event will take place on Saturday, March 9th, complete with window and in-store displays, a real-life Barbie posing for photos and signing ...
Tree Fu Tom is celebrating its full product range launch in the UK. The hero of the popular CBeebies TV series made a series of appearances throughout half term. He visited Welwyn Garden City, Bluewater, Kingston upon Thames and ...
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Victoria’s Secret is synonymous with seduction so it was imperative that the lighting of its UK flagship store be equally alluring. Office of Light’s Russell Lipscombe bares all to Jill Entwistle and explains why achieving an ...
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Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
Tags: acquisitions, LEGO, Moshi Monsters, Mookie Toys
The iPad mini is a slimmed-down version of Apple’s popular tablet, so in a way, it’s fitting that Friday’s release brought out smaller crowds when compared to previous Apple product roll-outs. Crowds showed up at Apple ...
Wow Stuff’s Attacknids have been touring UK toy shops since October and have now made their final stop at Hamleys’ Regent Street store. The R/C robots and their 2x2 metre battle enclosure will remain in the toy shop up until ...
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Taking advantage of AirFlux Technology, the Philips A-19 LED bulb gets a new aesthetic look and enhanced performance Using just 11 watts of power while putting out over 830 lumens, the latest generation of Philips’ 60 watt A-19 ...