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uk news inbrief

AllsAints opens new concept store hAmmerson secUres eXclUsiVe
At mAnchester ArndAle leGo stores For 2019 the white compAnY Grows
Luxury lifestyle brand The White Company will
be opening its first site in Southampton at its
M&G Real Estate and intu, joint owners of Manchester Hammerson has announced that the world flagship destination in the city, Westquay. The
Arndale, have welcomed AllSaints’ new architectural famous LEGO Group is to open two new new 6,500sq ft unit is expected to open in time
concept store at Manchester Arndale, marking the stores in its flagship destinations - Bullring in for Christmas. The company has been producing
brand’s biggest UK store opening of the year. Birmingham and Westquay in Southampton. impeccably stylish, beautifully designed products
Following several years of strong trading on Market These will be The LEGO Groups only new for nearly 25 years.
Street, AllSaints committed earlier this year to a UK stores this year, and doors will open
lease in a new location within the centre. The global ahead of the Christmas shopping season.
contemporary fashion brand has now opened the doors The stores will stock the widest selection pUll&BeAr reAdY to UpsiZe
to its beautifully designed new store on New Cannon of the latest LEGO sets, such as LEGO Grosvenor Europe has announced that
Street, joining a compelling line-up of big fashion names Stranger Things: The Upside Down and PULL&BEAR, Inditex’s urban fashion brand, is
including Gap, Monki, Superdry, River Island, Victoria’s LEGO Creator Expert Harley Davidson to upsize in Liverpool ONE. The larger store
Secret and Victoria’s Secret Pink. Fatboy. The new stores will also offer will also be the only location in the UK and
AllSaints, which is headquartered in East London additional benefits for LEGO VIP members Ireland to be designed with the brand’s new
and has been designing full collections of womenswear, including exclusive VIP gifts with purchase 18,1 concept.
menswear and accessories since 1994, has introduced and double-points events.
one of its market-leading shop fits to its new home. The The LEGO stores will be a great addition
architectural approach takes inspiration from a diverse to both centres who have already seen a decAthlon Aims to hit 50
range of references and the design employs a reduced number of exciting new openings in 2019. Sports retailer Decathlon has announced
palette of exposed materials and finishes. plans to have 50 stores in the UK by 2021. The
company opened seven new stores in the UK in
meAdowhAll’s stronG Growth 2018. It currently operates in 54 countries and
in FootFAll drAws new BrAnds has annual sales of €11.3bn. It opened its first
UK store in 1999.
Four new retailers have signed leases at latest fit-out concept. Meanwhile, home and
Meadowhall, Sheffield’s leading shopping and body cosmetics brand, Rituals and fashion silVerBUrn GAins A BrAnd
leisure destination, as the centre records retailer, Hobbs have opened 1,000sq ft and Hammerson has announced that the UK’s
its twelfth consecutive month of year-on- 2,000sq ft stores respectively. leading high street specialist bookseller,
year footfall growth. Hobbs, Lovisa, Newbie Boots has also opened its second ever Waterstones, will launch at Silverburn in
and Rituals have chosen to open at the beauty hall, its first outside of London at Glasgow this month. The 6,000sq ft store will
British Land-owned centre, demonstrating Meadowhall. The new concept will allow be the first ever dedicated bookshop at the
continued retailer and consumer demand customers to experience a revamped and destination and will be adjacent to New Look.
for great destinations. inspirational store layout, be able to get
Newbie, the Swedish lifestyle brand for fabulous advice from brand new Beauty
children, will be opening a 900sq ft store, Specialists, and shop more of the industry’s pUttshAcK to Add new site
one of its first to open in the UK outside most innovative brands and products Puttshack, the UK’s leading indoor mini golf
the trAnsFormAtion oF BroAdGAte into A miXed-Use centrAl london destinAtion continUes As retAil spAce is let to new BrAnds. nine new retAil, Food of London. The Newbie summer bus, which including Fenty Beauty by Rihanna. experience, will open its second site with shopping
And BeVerAGe BrAnds inclUdinG GAnt, Kiehl’s And BAr doUro will Be openinG on British lAnd’s cAmpUs, JoininG nAmes sUch As eVerYmAn, eAtAlY And Grind. acts as a mobile, digital and social showroom Meadowhall is also reaping the benefits
wAtches oF switZerlAnd, the lUXUrY Jewellers hAVe chosen 100 liVerpool street to open their eAst london FlAGship store, while chocolAtier, chArBonnel centre owner intu in the summer of 2020 at
et wAlKer Are retUrninG to BroAdGAte FollowinG the sUccess oF their preVioUs store in 100 liVerpool street. for the brand and is currently touring the of a late-night programme. The shopping the 400,000sq ft expansion of intu Watford. intu
UK, will also arrive at Meadowhall on 29th centre has recorded a 6 per cent increase has also signed up the hi-tech concept for intu
August until 1st September. Lovisa, the in footfall since 2018, with over 2 million Lakeside’s £72M leisure extension where it opened
UniQlo to eXpAnd morphe to open At fashionable jewellery specialist, will open people visiting to the centre after 4pm its first venue outside of London last month.
london Footprint intU eldon sQUAre a 700sq ft shop, where it will showcase its since January.

CBRE Global Investors has announced that Uniqlo has taken a Mega-popular makeup brand Morphe has signed up for a
15,000sq ft anchor store at Angel Central, a shopping centre in second store with shopping centre owner intu, at Newcastle’s
Islington that is currently undergoing an £11M transformation. intu Eldon Square.
Set to open in late 2019, the new Uniqlo store will occupy 5,300sq The 4,400sq ft store will be Morphe’s first in the north east of
ft on the ground floor and 10,200sq ft at basement level. It will be England as the American beauty brand works with intu to expand
opposite H&M and sell Uniqlo’s specialised LifeWear range, which into some of the most popular retail locations across the UK. It
focuses on good quality basics with a simple design. will open another store at intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham
Take Morikawa, CEO at Uniqlo EU, commented: “It’s a privilege this summer. intu Eldon Square is one of the UK’s largest city
to be opening at North London’s most popular retail and leisure centre shopping destinations, with a 37 million annual footfall
destination, with such a strong footfall and an exciting refurbishment, and a strong line-up of other high profile and international
Angel Central is a very attractive location.” retailers at the heart of Newcastle, including All Saints, Hollister
Known for its understated aesthetic and product innovation, and Apple.
Uniqlo has now over 1,000 stores around the world. The new Angel Mark Spillman, Morphe Regional Manager EMEA, commented:
store will join a retail mix that also includes fellow Japanese retailer We know that Morphe will thrive at intu Eldon Square as it’s
Muji, premium cosmetics labels L’Occitane and Rituals and clothing the ideal location for our newest UK store and the first in the
brands Gap and Oasis. north east of England.

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