No longer the mainstay of hand-humping early adopters, virtual reality is truly about to enter the big league. IMAX is raising $50 million to finance the next generation of visual entertainment, à la virtual reality. The media ...
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Retail footfall in May was up 0.3% YOY, according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vancancies Monitor. This was better than the 2.4% decline seen in April, and significantly above the three month average of -1.7%. High street ...
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IKEA Centres Russia, part of IKEA Centres Group, is launching its new food concept called ‘Taste Boulevard’. The first example will be found at the heart of one of its flagship centres - MEGA Teply Stan in Moscow. This new ...
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Data released by Local Data Company (LDC) and the British Independent Retailers Association (bira) shows that independents opened the fewest number of shops in Britain’s top 500 town centres since LDC records began in 2009. The number ...
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Further details on Aldi’s expansion into Western Australia show things are running on time. While Woolworths supermarkets group announced the ditching of the Homebrand private label, analysts say the decision is an attempt to ...
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UK retail footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago – lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and the three-month average rate of -0.8% – according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. ...
Tags: BRC, Retail football, Goverment support
The new 2,800 sqft store in West Sussex is the latest move in the growing independent retailer's plans to open a swathe of stores across the country this year. UK multi-channel retailer, The Entertainer is preparing to open a new store ...
Australian ASX-listed fast food chain Domino’s Pizza has announced it is acquiring Germany’s largest pizza chain Joey’s Pizza. Following the October purchase of Western French chain Pizza Sprint, increasing the presence ...
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Coca-Cola South Pacific has re-launched its Appletiser range of sparkling juice with a big marketing campaign that connects Appletiser with celebrations of Christmas and the Australian holiday period. The Coca-Cola Company acquired ...
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Retail footfall in July was 1.1% lower than a year ago, up from the 1.5% fall in June and slightly above the three-month average of -1.2%, according to the BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor for July 2015. High streets and shopping centres ...
“Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is the default mall capital of India, since it has nearly a hundred malls, with best performing malls in the region enjoying a low average vacancy of around 10 per cent,” a top official of ...
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The latest BCSC/LDC vacancy monitor has found the number of shops in UK shopping centres trading as ‘multiples’ has increased in the last year, with the data showing a rise of 1.3% in the number of ‘multiples’ and a ...
American Express can spot “unusual” activity on Australian cardholders’ cards because their spending patterns are predictable. Its survey this month has found that only 10% of Australians are impulse shoppers. 85% shop the ...
Falling after a national payday, experts predict consumers to be out in force this Good Friday and Easter Monday. As Easter weekend approaches, footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets is forecast to jump 4.7 per cent ...
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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has launched the most wide-ranging review of national business rates in a generation – paving the way for changes to how businesses across England pay the tax. The review, set to ...
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